Sakurabana koyoi kazashi ni sashinagara kakute chitose no haru o koso heme - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

桜花今宵かざしに挿しながら
かくて千年の春をこそ経め

Roma-ji: Sakurabana koyoi kazashi ni sashinagara kakute chitose no haru o koso heme
English Translation: Cherry blossoms now
I wear in my hair tonight,
and just as they are,
so may I spend in this way
a thousand springs to come.
Meaning: Wearing cherry blossoms in my hair tonight just as they are, so would I pass a thousand springs.
Commentary: Book Five Celebration Poems 286

Headnote: "When a blossom banquet was held at the palace in the third year of Tentoku"
On the night of a blossom banquet, the poet wishes to spend a thousand springs just like this, with cherry blossoms in his hair. Wishing the joy of the banquet to last forever, he blesses the long continuance of the reign. According to the headnote, it was composed when Emperor Murakami held a blossom banquet at the palace in the third year of Tentoku (959).
The author, called the Kujō Minister of the Right, is Fujiwara no Morosuke. A son of Fujiwara no Tadahira, he rose to Minister of the Right. His daughter Anshi became consort of Emperor Murakami, and his descendants flourished as the regents' house.

First line, "sakurabana," means "cherry blossoms."
Second line, "koyoi kazashi ni," means "as hair ornaments tonight."
Third line, "sashinagara," means "while wearing them in the hair." It has the same sound as the third line of 284 in this book, "sashinagara," though the meaning differs.
Fourth line, "kakute chitose no," means "thus, a thousand." The next poem, 287, also sings of "a thousand springs."
Final line, "haru o koso heme," means "I would pass the springs," with "me" the perfective form of the auxiliary "mu" expressing will or wish, resolving "koso."
Author: Fujiwara no Morosuke
Source: Shui Wakashu
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