Toki wakazu fureru yuki ka to miru made ni kakine mo tawa ni sakeru unohana - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

時分かず降れる雪かと見るまでに
垣根もたわに咲ける卯の花

Roma-ji: Toki wakazu fureru yuki ka to miru made ni kakine mo tawa ni sakeru unohana
English Translation: So that one might think
it was snow that had fallen
heedless of season,
bending even the hedges,
the deutzia in full bloom.
Meaning: The deutzia blooms so thickly that the hedge bends beneath it, until one might take it for snow that fell regardless of the season.
Commentary: Book Two Summer Poems 94

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The deutzia blooms so profusely that the hedge bends beneath it, and the poet mistakes it for snow that has fallen regardless of the season. Likening a summer flower to winter snow emphasizes the whiteness and abundance of the deutzia.

First line, "toki wakazu," means "without regard to season," leading to the comparison that snow seems to have fallen even in summer.
Second line, "fureru yuki ka to," means "as if it were snow that has fallen," with "ru," the attributive of the continuative auxiliary "ri." Following the waves, offerings and robes of the preceding poems, the comparison here is to snow.
Third line, "miru made ni," means "so much that one might see it so," expressing degree.
Fourth line, "kakine mo tawa ni," means "bending even the hedge," overlapping the image of branches bent under snow with that of branches bent under flowers. With this poem the pairing of deutzia and hedges comes to its close.
Final line, "sakeru unohana," ends on a noun, closing the deutzia sequence that began with 89. Like the final line of 80, "miyuru unohana," it ends with the deutzia.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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