Yama no ma no yuki wa kezu aru o minagirau kawa no soi ni wa moenikeru ka mo

山の際の雪は消ずあるをみなぎらふ
川の沿ひには萌えにけるかも

Roma-ji: Yama no ma no yuki wa kezu aru o minagirau kawa no soi ni wa moenikeru ka mo
English Translation: Between the mountains
the snow lingers, not yet gone,
yet by the swelling
waters flowing to the brim,
the willows have budded green.
Meaning: Between the hills the snow still lies unmelted, and yet along the brimming river the willows have burst into bud.
Commentary: Book Ten Spring Miscellaneous Poems 1849

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Willows"
This poem tells how the willows have budded along the swollen river even though snow still lingers between the hills. Like the preceding poem it contrasts mountain snow with riverside willows, but here the word "minagirau" also depicts the force of a river brimming with snowmelt, expressing the advance of spring more vigorously. It forms a pair with the preceding poem.

The first line, "yama no ma no," is nearly the same as "yama no ma ni" that opens the preceding poem, marking their correspondence.
The second line, "though the snow has not melted," uses "o" in an adversative sense and is hypermetric.
The third line, "minagirau," means brimming over, with "fu" marking continuation, showing the river swollen with snowmelt.
The fourth line, "along the river," implicitly points to the riverside willows, like "kawayagi" in the preceding poem.
The last line, "has budded," is the same ending for the fourth time in the willow group. It omits the willow as subject and closes with the wonder of budding alone.
Source: Manyoshu
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