Haru o dani matade nakinuru uguisu wa furusu bakari no kokoro narikeri - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

春をだに待たで鳴きぬる鶯は
古巣ばかりの心なりけり

Roma-ji: Haru o dani matade nakinuru uguisu wa furusu bakari no kokoro narikeri
English Translation: The warbler that sang
and left without waiting
even for the spring—
its heart, I see, held me
as no more than an old nest
Meaning: The warbler that sang and flew off without even waiting for spring—its heart, I now see, held me as no more than an old, forsaken nest.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems III 738

Headnote: "Sent to Morotada, Commander of the Left Military Guards."
The poet says that the warbler that sang and left without even waiting for spring had a heart that thought of her as no more than an old nest. Likening the man who has left her to a warbler leaving its old nest before spring, she reproaches his coldness.
According to the headnote, the poem was sent to Fujiwara no Morotada, Commander of the Left Military Guards.
The poet, Hon'in no Hyōe, was a lady-in-waiting known by that name, and little is known of her life.

The first line, "Haru o dani," means "even spring," with "dani" a particle that names a lesser thing to imply more.
The second line, "matade nakinuru," means "sang and left without waiting."
The third line, "uguisu wa," means "the warbler," figuring the man who left her.
The fourth line, "furusu bakari no," means "no more than an old nest," the old nest figuring herself, abandoned.
The last line, "kokoro narikeri," means "was such a heart," with "narikeri" expressing a sigh of realization.
Author: Hon'in no Hyōe
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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