Harusame wa itaku na furi so sakurabana imada minaku ni chiramaku oshi mo

春雨はいたくな降りそ桜花
いまだ見なくに散らまく惜しも

Roma-ji: Harusame wa itaku na furi so sakurabana imada minaku ni chiramaku oshi mo
English Translation: O the rain of spring,
do not come so heavily!
Blossoms of cherry—
not yet have I gazed on them,
how sad if they should scatter!
Meaning: O spring rain, do not fall so hard! I have not yet seen the cherry blossoms, and how I would grieve to have them scatter.
Commentary: Book Ten Spring Miscellaneous Poems 1870

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Flowers"
This poem calls on the spring rain not to scatter the cherry blossoms before the poet has looked at them fully. The cherry that bloomed at the urging of spring rain in the preceding poem is now feared to be scattered by that same rain, so the two poems form a pair around spring rain and cherry. It frankly expresses the heart that grieves for blossoms.

The first line, "spring rain," is the one addressed, taking up the spring rain that opened the flowers in the preceding poem.
The second line, "itaku na furi so," uses "na ... so" for prohibition: do not fall so hard. The poem breaks here.
The third line, "cherry blossoms," is what the poet grieves for, taking up "the cherry blossoms" of the preceding poem.
In the fourth line, "imada minaku ni," "naku ni" is the nominalized negative with "ni": though I have not yet seen them.
In the last line, "chiramaku oshi mo," "maku" is the nominalized "mu," "oshi" means regrettable, and "mo" is exclamatory, closing with sorrow at their scattering.
Source: Manyoshu
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