Kawakami ni ima yori utamu ajiro ni wa mazu momijiba ya yoramu to suran - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

河上に今よりうたむ網代には
まづ紅葉葉や寄らむとすらん

Roma-ji: Kawakami ni ima yori utamu ajiro ni wa mazu momijiba ya yoramu to suran
English Translation: Upstream on the river
in the wicker weir that now
we shall set in place,
is it the autumn leaves, I wonder,
that will gather there the first?
Meaning: In the fish weir we will now set up upstream, will the autumn leaves be the first to gather?
Commentary: Book Seven Names of Things 362

Headnote: "Riutamu (gentian)"
The poet wonders whether, in the fish weir about to be set up upstream, the autumn leaves will gather before any fish. Pairing the scene of autumn leaves flowing down the river with the weir, a device of winter, the poem hides the name "riutamu" given in the headnote in the run of sounds "yori utamu" in the second line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.
In the Kokinshū too there is a poem by Ki no Tomonori on the topic "riutamu no hana," so the same topic was taken up again.

First line, "kawakami ni," means "upstream on the river."
Second line, "ima yori utamu," means "which we will now drive in," referring to driving the stakes of the weir. "Yori utamu" hides the name "riutamu."
Third line, "ajiro ni wa," means "in the fish weir."
Fourth line, "mazu momijiba ya," means "first, the autumn leaves," with "ya" a questioning particle.
Final line, "yoramu to suran," means "will they come to gather," with "ya" resolved by the attributive "ran."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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