Ware o koso tou ni ukarame harugasumi hana ni tsukete mo tachiyoranu kana - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

我をこそ訪ふに憂からめ春霞
花につけてもたちよらぬかな

Roma-ji: Ware o koso tou ni ukarame harugasumi hana ni tsukete mo tachiyoranu kana
English Translation: To visit me, yes,
may be a tiresome thing, but
like the haze of spring
not even for the flowers
do you rise and stop by here
Meaning: Visiting me may be a burden to you, but you do not drop by even on the pretext of the flowers, as the spring haze rises.
Commentary: Book Three Spring Poems III 113

Headnote: "Sent at the height of the blossoms to an acquaintance who had long failed to visit."
Visiting me may be tiresome, the poet says, but now that the flowers are at their height, you do not even stop by on the pretext of them. With "tatsu," the rising of the spring haze, she reproaches the other's neglect in not even using the excuse of flower-viewing.
According to the headnote, it was sent at the height of the blossoms to an acquaintance who had long failed to visit. The next poem is the reply of Minamoto no Kiyokage, and the two form an exchange.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

In the first line, "koso" forms a kakarimusubi pattern with the perfective "me" in the second line.
In the second line, "ushi" means reluctant: "visiting me may be tiresome," continuing adversatively.
The third line, "harugasumi," leads into "tachi." 99 and 112 of this book also pair haze with "tatsu."
The fourth line, "hana ni tsukete mo," means "even on the pretext of the flowers."
In the last line, "tachi" is a pivot word joining the haze "rising" and "tachiyoru," to stop by. "Kana" expresses a sigh. The next poem, 114, answers by placing the same "tachiyoranu" in its first line.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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