Isokage no miyuru ikemizu teru made ni sakeru ashibi no chiramaku oshi mo

磯影の見ゆる池水照るまでに
咲ける馬酔木の散らまく惜しも

Roma-ji: Isokage no miyuru ikemizu teru made ni sakeru ashibi no chiramaku oshi mo
English Translation: The pond's rocky shore
mirrored there in the water
shines with the flowers
of the ashibi in bloom;
how sad it would be to see them fall
Meaning: The ashibi blooms so brightly that the pond water reflecting the rocky shore seems to shine; how sad it would be to see them scatter.
Commentary: Book Twenty Miscellaneous Poems 4513

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Three poems composed on seeing the garden."
The ashibi blooms so that the pond water mirroring the rocky shore shines; how sad if it should scatter: a poem regretting the passing of the flowers' prime. The left note attributes it to Kannabi no Ikago, Senior Assistant Minister of the Treasury, and it closes the three. Taking up the reflection in the pond from the preceding poem, it pictures blossoms bright enough to light the water and ends in regret that they will fall.
The author, Kannabi no Ikago, formerly Prince Ikago, later received the surname Kannabi no Mahito. At this time he was Senior Assistant Minister of the Treasury.

The first line, "isokage no," "the reflection of the rocky shore," takes up "reflection" in the preceding poem.
The second line, "miyuru ikemizu," means "the pond water where it shows."
The third line, "teru made ni," "so that it shines," expresses the flowers' profusion.
The fourth line, "sakeru ashibi no," places ashibi in the fourth line, as all three poems of the set do, carrying on the theme.
The closing line, "chiramaku oshi mo," uses maku, a nominal form of mu: how sad that they will fall.
Author: Kannabi no Ikago
Source: Manyoshu
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