Izuko to mo haru no hikari wa wakanaku ni mada Miyoshino no yama wa yuki furu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いづことも春の光は分かなくに
まだみ吉野の山は雪降る

Roma-ji: Izuko to mo haru no hikari wa wakanaku ni mada Miyoshino no yama wa yuki furu
English Translation: Not choosing one place
from another, the light of spring
shines on all, and yet
upon fair Yoshino's mountain
still the snow keeps falling down
Meaning: The light of spring shines everywhere without distinction, yet on the mountains of fair Yoshino snow is still falling.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems I 19

Headnote: "In the same reign, when the poet served in the Imperial Kitchen, lamenting his low position and hoping they would be shown to the emperor, he sent twelve poems to a certain chamberlain; this is one of them."
Spring light shines everywhere without distinction, yet snow is still falling on Mount Yoshino. Likening the light of spring to the emperor's favor and snowy Yoshino to himself, beyond its reach, the poet appeals against his neglect.
According to the headnote, in the same reign of Emperor Daigo as the preceding poem, while serving in the Imperial Kitchen, the poet lamented his lowly state and sent twelve poems to a chamberlain in the hope that they would reach the emperor's eyes; this is one of them.
The poet, called "Mitsune," is Ōshikōchi no Mitsune. One of the compilers of the Kokin Wakashū, he served as a minor official in Kai and Izumi provinces, and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.
The second line of the main text reads "haru no hikari wa," which does not match "hana no hikari wa" in the reading line. Here the main text is followed.

The first line, "Not choosing one place," means "no matter where," and corresponds to "wakanaku ni" in the third line.
The second line, "the light of spring," shows the sunlight of spring, a figure for imperial favor.
In the third line, "naku ni" is adversative, meaning "though it makes no distinction."
In the fourth line, "mi" in "Miyoshino" is an honorific prefix. Snowy Yoshino stands for the poet himself, left out of favor.
The last line, "still the snow keeps falling down," depicts snow falling even in spring, expressing his low fortunes. Whereas the snow in 1 and 2 of this book was joined to the joy of spring, the snow here voices the grief of a spring that does not arrive.
Author: Oshikochi no Mitsune
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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