Yoso nite mo hana miru goto ni ne o zo naku waga mi ni utoki haru no tsurasa ni - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

よそにても花見るごとに音をぞ泣く
我が身にうとき春のつらさに

Roma-ji: Yoso nite mo hana miru goto ni ne o zo naku waga mi ni utoki haru no tsurasa ni
English Translation: Even from afar,
whenever I see the flowers,
I cry aloud,
for the pain of a spring that
keeps its distance from my life
Meaning: Even from afar, each time I see the blossoms I weep aloud, pained by a spring that holds itself apart from me.
Commentary: Book Three Spring Poems III 87

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
Pained that the bright spring has nothing to do with them, the poet weeps aloud each time they see the blossoms, even from afar. The brightness of the world's spring is set against the poet's own misfortune in having no share in it.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Yoso nite mo," means "even from afar," from a place that has nothing to do with oneself.
The second line, "hana miru goto ni," means "each time I see the flowers."
In the third line, "ne" is voice, so the phrase means to cry aloud. "Zo" forms a kakarimusubi pattern with the attributive "naku." The poem pauses here.
In the fourth line, "utoshi" means distant or estranged, showing that spring keeps its distance from the poet. Like the opening poem, 81, it laments the poet's own lot.
The last line, "haru no tsurasa ni," means "for the pain of spring," an inversion giving the reason for the third line.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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