Yamazato no iei wa kasumi kometaredo kakine no yanagi sue wa to ni miyu - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

山里の家居は霞こめたれど
垣根の柳末は外に見ゆ

Roma-ji: Yamazato no iei wa kasumi kometaredo kakine no yanagi sue wa to ni miyu
English Translation: The dwelling, they say,
in the village in the hills
is wrapped up in haze,
yet the willow by the hedge
shows its tips outside the mist.
Meaning: Though the dwelling in the mountain village is wrapped in haze, the tips of the willow by the hedge can be seen showing outside it.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Spring Poems 1031

Headnote: "When the Prince Governor-General had people compose poems"
The poet says that though the mountain dwelling is wrapped in haze, the tips of the willow by the hedge can be seen showing outside it. The headnote shows it was composed when the Prince Governor-General had people compose poems. It depicts a spring scene in which, within a mountain village shut in by haze, the budding tips of the willow at the hedge peep out. The Prince Governor-General was a prince who served as Governor-General of Dazaifu, thought to be Prince Atsumichi.
The author, Yuge no Yoshitoki, was a poet of the mid-Heian period and one of the Thirty-Six Later Immortal Poets.

First line, "yamazato no," means "of the mountain village."
Second line, "iei wa kasumi," means "the dwelling, haze," taking up again the haze of 1014 to 1019 in this book.
Third line, "kometaredo," means "though it is wrapped," with "tare" the perfective form of the auxiliary "tari" and "do" a concessive particle.
Fourth line, "kakine no yanagi," means "of the willow at the hedge."
Final line, "sue wa to ni miyu," means "its tips show outside," contrasting the dwelling wrapped in haze in the second line with the willow tips peeping out.
Author: Yuge no Yoshitoki
Source: Shui Wakashu
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