Kinō yori kyō wa masareru momijiba no asu no iro o ba mide ya yaminan - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

昨日より今日はまされる紅葉葉の
明日の色をば見でや止みなん

Roma-ji: Kinō yori kyō wa masareru momijiba no asu no iro o ba mide ya yaminan
English Translation: Deeper than yesterday
are their colors on this day,
the leaves of autumn,
and tomorrow's deeper hue,
must I leave and never see?
Meaning: The autumn leaves are deeper in color today than yesterday; must I leave without ever seeing their color tomorrow?
Commentary: Book Three Autumn Poems 199

Headnote: "Composed when I went to see the autumn leaves in the Eastern Hills and was leaving early the next morning"
The leaves are more richly colored today than yesterday, yet the poet, who must go home, regrets that he will leave without seeing the still deeper colors they will show tomorrow. The poem portrays the beauty of leaves deepening day by day and the reluctance to part without seeing it through. According to the headnote, it was composed when the poet went to see the autumn leaves in the Eastern Hills and was about to return early the following morning.
The author, written as Egyō Hōshi, was a monk and poet of the mid-Heian period. He associated with the poets who gathered around the monk Anpō, who lived at the Kawara Palace, and he is counted among the Later Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "kinō yori," means "than yesterday," and together with "kyō" (today) in the second line and "asu" (tomorrow) in the fourth, it builds the poem on the sequence of yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Second line, "kyō wa masareru," means "today they are deeper," with "ru," the attributive of the continuative auxiliary "ri."
Third line, "momijiba no," means "of the autumn leaves." Following 194 and 195 of this book, the word "momijiba" is used again.
Fourth line, "asu no iro o ba," means "tomorrow's color," the color that will surely be deeper still.
Final line, "mide ya yaminan," means "must I end without seeing it." The main text writes "mite ya," but in keeping with the departing mood of the headnote it is read with voicing as "mide," taking "de" as the negative conjunctive particle. The questioning particle "ya" is resolved by "nan," the attributive of the auxiliary of emphasis and conjecture. Whereas 195 of this book resolved to keep gazing at the leaves even as the day darkened, this poem sings of the regret of leaving without seeing them through, pairing the heart that stays and the heart that departs.
Author: Egyō
Source: Shui Wakashu
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