Haru tatsu to omou kokoro wa ureshikute ima hitotose no oi zo soikeru - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

春立つと思ふ心はうれしくて
今ひととせの老いぞ添ひける

Roma-ji: Haru tatsu to omou kokoro wa ureshikute ima hitotose no oi zo soikeru
English Translation: That spring has begun:
the thought of it fills my heart
with gladness, and yet
one more year's worth of old age
has been added on to me.
Meaning: My heart rejoices at the thought that spring has come, yet with it one more year of age has been laid upon me.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Spring Poems 1000

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poet rejoices at the coming of spring, yet realizes that with it one more year of age has been added to him. Setting side by side a heart glad at the new year and a lament for a body growing older, the poem expresses the feeling of age that keeps him from welcoming spring with simple joy.
This book gathers spring poems of the miscellaneous section that do not belong to the seasonal books, and in its latter half it reaches into the things of summer. This opening poem sings of old age together with the joy of spring's arrival, and the closing poem, 1081, likewise laments growing old, "itazura ni oinu beranari," so the beginning and end of the book answer each other as poems of age.
The author, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, was one of the compilers of the Kokinshū and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "haru tatsu to," means "that spring has begun," speaking of spring's arrival by the calendar.
Second line, "omou kokoro wa," means "the heart that thinks so," with "wa" a binding particle singling it out.
Third line, "ureshikute," means "is glad, and yet," the upper verse telling of joy and turning toward the lament of the lower verse.
Fourth line, "ima hitotose no," means "one more year's worth," with "ima" adding the sense of "yet another."
Final line, "oi zo soikeru," means "old age has been added," with the binding particle "zo" resolved by "keru," the attributive form of the past auxiliary "keri," which expresses a sigh of realization. Together with the final line of the next poem, 1001, "furimasarikere," it shares a lament for one's own aging at the new year.
Author: Oshikochi no Mitsune
Source: Shui Wakashu
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