Hi no moto ni sakeru sakura no iro mireba hito no kuni ni mo araji to zo omou - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

ひのもとに咲ける桜の色見れば
人の国にもあらじとぞ思ふ

Roma-ji: Hi no moto ni sakeru sakura no iro mireba hito no kuni ni mo araji to zo omou
English Translation: When I see the hue
of the cherry blossoms blooming
beneath the lamplight,
here in the land of the sun, I think
no other land could have their like.
Meaning: Seeing the color of the cherry blossoms blooming beneath the lamp, here in the land of the sun, I think there could be nothing like them in any other land.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Spring Poems 1050

Headnote: "Composed on cherry blossoms broken off and set beneath a lamp in the attendants' hall of Lord Seishin's house"
The poet says that seeing the color of the cherry blossoms blooming beneath the lamp, he thinks such beauty cannot exist in any other land. The headnote shows it was composed on cherry branches broken off and set beneath a lamp in the attendants' hall of the house of Lord Seishin, Fujiwara no Saneyori. Pivoting on "hi no moto," "beneath the lamp" and "the land of the sun," it praises the beauty of blossoms lit by lamplight as something found only in this country. Like 1048 in this book, it is a poem on cherry blossoms at the house of Lord Seishin.
The author, written as "Kanemori's younger brother," is said to have been a younger brother of Taira no Kanemori; his name has not come down to us.
The third line of the main text reads "iro mireba," which does not match "hana mireba" in the reading line. Here the main text is followed.

First line, "hi no moto ni," is a pivot word: "hi no moto" means "beneath the lamp" and "the land of the sun," that is, Japan.
Second line, "sakeru sakura no," means "of the cherry blossoms in bloom," with "ru" the attributive form of the auxiliary "ri."
Third line, "iro mireba," means "when I see the color," with "ba" after the perfective form meaning "when."
Fourth line, "hito no kuni ni mo," means "in other lands," paired with "hi no moto" in the first line.
Final line, "araji to zo omou," means "I think there cannot be," with "ji" an auxiliary of negative conjecture and the binding particle "zo" resolved by the attributive "omou."
Author: Younger Brother of Taira no Kanemori
Source: Shui Wakashu
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