Sanitsurau imo o omou to kasumi tatsu haruhi mo kure ni koiwataru ka mo

さ丹つらふ妹を思ふと霞立つ
春日もくれに恋ひわたるかも

Roma-ji: Sanitsurau imo o omou to kasumi tatsu haruhi mo kure ni koiwataru ka mo
English Translation: Rosy-cheeked and fair,
thinking of my darling girl,
where the haze arises,
on the spring day, dark in heart,
on and on I go on longing.
Meaning: Thinking of my rosy-cheeked beloved, I go on longing so that even the spring day where haze rises grows dark to me.
Commentary: Book Ten Spring Love Poems 1911

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Love Expressed Through Haze"
This poem laments longing so for a lovely beloved that even a bright spring day with rising haze sinks into darkness in the heart. "Kure ni" is thought to overlay the sense of the day darkening with that of the heart growing dark, and the contrast between the bright spring day and the sunken heart is striking. Within the group on haze, the spring day of rising haze becomes the backdrop to love's lament.

The first line, "sanitsurau," describes cheeks glowing red and is a pillow word attached to "imo," evoking a young and lovely woman.
The second line, "thinking of my beloved," names the source of the longing.
The third line, "where haze rises," modifies "spring day," showing its brightness.
In the fourth line, "haruhi mo kure ni," "kure ni" is taken to mean so that the heart grows dark, overlaid with the dusk of the day.
The last line, "koiwataru ka mo," I go on longing, with "ka mo" exclamatory, is the same ending as 1891 and 1908.
Source: Manyoshu
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