Take chikaku yodoko ne wa seji uguisu no naku koe kikeba asai serarezu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

竹近く夜床寝はせじ鴬の
鳴く声聞けば朝寝せられず

Roma-ji: Take chikaku yodoko ne wa seji uguisu no naku koe kikeba asai serarezu
English Translation: Near the bamboo, no,
I will not lay my night's bed,
for the warbler's
song, whenever I hear it,
will not let me sleep the morning
Meaning: I shall not make my bed for the night near the bamboo again, for when I hear the warbler sing, I cannot sleep late into the morning.
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 48

Headnote: "Staying at a place where bamboo grew in front of the bedchamber."
Staying at a house with bamboo before the bedchamber and woken early by a warbler singing in it, the poet playfully vows never again to sleep near bamboo. While pretending to complain that his morning sleep was disturbed, he reveals an elegant delight in the warbler's song.
According to the headnote, he composed it while lodging where bamboo was planted in front of the bedchamber. The warbler was thought to perch in bamboo as well, and one pictures its voice ringing close at hand.
The poet, Fujiwara no Korehira, was a son of Fujiwara no Toshiyuki. He served as Middle Captain of the Left Inner Palace Guards and rose to Consultant.

The first line, "Take chikaku," points to the bamboo before the bedchamber. Bamboo in a garden also appears in 54 of this book, which likewise pairs bamboo with an image of spring.
In the second line, "yodoko" is one's bed for the night, and "ji" is negative intention: "I will not sleep at night near the bamboo." The poem pauses here.
The third line, "uguisu no," names the warbler that comes to sing in the bamboo.
The fourth line, "naku koe kikeba," means "when I hear its cry," an inversion that gives the reason for the second line afterward.
In the last line, "asai" means sleeping late, "rare" expresses possibility and "zu" negation. Woken by the warbler, he jokingly laments that he cannot even sleep in.
Author: Fujiwara no Korehira
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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