Tani samumi imada sudatanu uguisu no naku koe wakami hito no susamenu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

谷寒みいまだ巣立たぬ鴬の
鳴く声若み人のすさめぬ

Roma-ji: Tani samumi imada sudatanu uguisu no naku koe wakami hito no susamenu
English Translation: Since the vale is cold,
still unfledged within its nest,
the warbler's song
is so young and tender that
no one cares to hear it
Meaning: Because the valley is cold, the warbler has not yet left its nest, and since its song is still so young, no one takes delight in it.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems I 34

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown."
The warbler, unable to leave its nest because the valley is cold, sings in so young a voice that no one cherishes it. One may also read in it the poet's own lot of going unrecognized in the world, laid over the warbler not yet grown.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The last line of the main text reads "hito no susamenu," which does not match "hito no susaenu" in the reading line. Here the main text is followed.

In the first line, "samumi," the suffix "mi" expresses cause: "because the valley is cold."
The second line, "still unfledged within its nest," shows the young warbler not yet flown.
The third line, "the warbler's song," continues the warbler poems from the preceding poem, 33. Whereas that warbler sang in a garden even amid snow, this one still keeps to the valley.
In the fourth line, "wakami," "mi" again expresses cause: "because its voice is young." Repeating the construction of the first line gives the poem its rhythm.
In the last line, "susamu" means to take to heart and admire, so no one prizes the song.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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