Miyoshino mo wakana tsumu ran wagimoko ga hibara kasumite hikazu henureba - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

み吉野も若菜摘むらん我妹子が
ひはらかすみて日数経ぬれば

Roma-ji: Miyoshino mo wakana tsumu ran wagimoko ga hibara kasumite hikazu henureba
English Translation: In fair Yoshino, too,
they must be picking young greens;
for where my love dwells
the cypress moor lies hazy
and so many days have passed.
Meaning: In Yoshino, too, they must be picking young greens, for the cypress moor where my beloved lives lies in haze and many days have passed.
Commentary: Book Seven Names of Things 407

Headnote: "Haraka (haraka fish)"
Because the cypress moor where his beloved lives has been hazy for many days, the poet imagines that in Yoshino too they must be picking young greens. Singing of longing for a distant person as spring deepens, the poem hides the name "haraka" given in the headnote in the run of sounds "hibara kasumite" in the fourth line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.
The author, written as Motosuke, is Kiyohara no Motosuke. A grandson of Kiyohara no Fukayabu, he took part in compiling the Gosenshū and in reading the Man'yōshū as one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber. He was the father of Sei Shōnagon and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "miyoshino mo," means "in Yoshino, too," with "mi" an honorific prefix.
Second line, "wakana tsumu ran," means "they must be picking young greens," with "ran" an auxiliary of present conjecture. The poem pauses here. It echoes the gathering of young greens in 399 of this book.
Third line, "wagimoko ga," means "of my beloved."
Fourth line, "hibara kasumite," means "the cypress moor lies hazy," hiding the name "haraka." After the names of birds in the preceding poems, the name of a fish is sung of.
Final line, "hikazu henureba," means "since many days have passed," giving by inversion the grounds for the conjecture in the second line.
Author: Kiyohara no Motosuke
Source: Shui Wakashu
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