Kaze majiri yuki wa furitsutsu shikasuga ni kasumi tanabiki haru sarinikeri

風交り雪は降りつつしかすがに
霞たなびき春さりにけり

Roma-ji: Kaze majiri yuki wa furitsutsu shikasuga ni kasumi tanabiki haru sarinikeri
English Translation: Mingling with the wind
still the snow is falling down;
even so, and yet
the haze is trailing along—
spring has come upon us now.
Meaning: Mixed with the wind, the snow keeps falling—and yet the haze trails along, and spring, I realize, has come.
Commentary: Book Ten Spring Miscellaneous Poems 1836

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Snow"
This poem realizes that, even as snow keeps falling on the wind, haze trails along and spring has surely come. Linking the snow of winter's lingering and the haze of spring's sign with "shikasuga ni," it captures an instant in the turning of the season. In contrast to 1832, which says snow falls though spring has come, this poem says spring has come though snow falls, reversing the composition with the same "shikasuga ni."

The first line, "mingled with wind," presents the wintry lingering of cold wind and snow.
The second line, "the snow keeps falling," is identical to the last line of 1832. What ended that poem is here placed above, reversing the composition.
The third line, "shikasuga ni," is the word of contrast used again after 1832 and 1834, running through the snow group.
The fourth line, "haze trailing," shows the haze that has served as the sign of spring since 1812 at the head of the book, announcing spring once more.
In the last line, "haru sarinikeri," "keri" expresses exclamatory realization, closing with the wonder of noticing that spring had come even amid the snow.
Source: Manyoshu
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