Tare ni yori matsu o mo hikan uguisu no hatsune kai naki kyō ni mo aru kana - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

誰により松をも引かん鶯の
はつねかひなき今日にもあるかな

Roma-ji: Tare ni yori matsu o mo hikan uguisu no hatsune kai naki kyō ni mo aru kana
English Translation: For whose sake, I ask,
should I pull the young pines now?
The bush warbler's song,
its first notes, and the first Rat Day,
today all are in vain.
Meaning: For whose sake should I pull the young pines now? Today the warbler's first song and the first Day of the Rat alike are empty.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Spring Poems 1022

Headnote: "Sent to a lady called Miya no Kimi when the Day of the Rat fell within the forty-nine days of mourning for the Higashi Sanjō Imperial Lady"
The poet asks for whom he should now pull up the young pines, saying that today the warbler's first song and the first Day of the Rat are both in vain. The headnote shows that he sent it to a lady called Miya no Kimi when the Day of the Rat came round within the forty-nine days of mourning after the death of the Higashi Sanjō Imperial Lady. It mourns her, saying that the pulling of young pines on the Day of the Rat, a prayer for long life, is empty now that the one for whom to pray is gone. From here to 1029, poems on the Day of the Rat and the pine continue.
The author, written as "Kintō, Intendant of the Right Gate Guards," is Fujiwara no Kintō. A son of the Chancellor Fujiwara no Yoritada, he rose to Provisional Major Counselor and was called the Shijō Major Counselor. He compiled the Wakan Rōeishū and wrote the poetic treatise Shinsen Zuinō.
The Higashi Sanjō Imperial Lady was Fujiwara no Senshi, a daughter of Fujiwara no Kaneie. She became a consort of Emperor En'yū, bore Emperor Ichijō, and was the first to receive the title of Imperial Lady.

First line, "tare ni yori," means "for whose sake."
Second line, "matsu o mo hikan," means "should I pull the young pines," a rhetorical question. It speaks of pulling young pines on the Day of the Rat, and the poem breaks after this second line.
Third line, "uguisu no," means "the bush warbler's."
Fourth line, "hatsune kai naki," means "its first song in vain," with "hatsune" a pivot word on the warbler's "first song" and "hatsune," the first Day of the Rat of the new year.
Final line, "kyō ni mo aru kana," means "such a day is today," with "kana" exclamatory.
Author: Fujiwara no Kintō
Source: Shui Wakashu
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