Nagameyaru yamabe wa itodo kasumitsutsu obotsukanasa no masaru haru kana - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

眺めやる山辺はいとど霞みつつ
おぼつかなさのまさる春かな

Roma-ji: Nagameyaru yamabe wa itodo kasumitsutsu obotsukanasa no masaru haru kana
English Translation: The mountains I gaze
toward far off are all the more
veiled in haze, and so
the uncertain anxious heart
grows deeper in this spring.
Meaning: The mountains I gaze toward are ever more veiled in haze, and this spring my anxiety at not knowing how you fare only grows.
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems III 817

Headnote: "To someone who had gone up Mount Hiei in winter and sent no word until spring"
The poem says that the mountains one gazes toward are ever more hidden in haze, and this spring the anxiety of not knowing how the beloved fares only grows. The headnote shows it was sent to someone who had gone up Mount Hiei in winter and sent no word until spring. In the spring haze hiding the mountain, it lays a heart anxious over one who sends no news.
The author, "daughter of Fujiwara no Kiyotada," is the daughter of Fujiwara no Kiyotada, whose name has not come down to us. Her father Kiyotada was a son of Fujiwara no Kanesuke and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "nagameyaru," means "gazing far off."
Second line, "yamabe wa itodo," means "the mountains all the more," referring to Mount Hiei in the headnote.
Third line, "kasumitsutsu," means "veiled in haze." It shares spring haze with the second line of the preceding poem, 816, "Hibara no kasumi."
Fourth line, "obotsukanasa no," means "of anxious uncertainty," laying the mountain hazy and unclear over a heart anxious for one who sends no word.
Final line, "masaru haru kana," means "a spring when it grows," with "kana" exclamatory.
Author: Daughter of Fujiwara no Kiyotada
Source: Shui Wakashu
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