Katayama ni hata yaku onoko ka no miyuru miyamazakura wa yokite hata yake - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

片山に畑焼く男かの見ゆる
み山桜はよきて畑焼け

Roma-ji: Katayama ni hata yaku onoko ka no miyuru miyamazakura wa yokite hata yake
English Translation: On the mountainside,
you who burn the fields, O man,
the cherry in the hills
that can be seen over there,
spare it as you burn your fields!
Meaning: You there, burning the fields on the hillside: spare the mountain cherry you can see over there as you burn your fields!
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Spring Poems 1052

Headnote: "Composed on seeing fields being burned when he was going about striking the gong"
The poet calls to the man burning fields on the hillside to spare the mountain cherry he can see over there. The headnote shows it was composed when, while going about striking the "komuku," he saw fields being burned. "Komuku" seems to be a metal gong, and the phrase appears to mean going about beating it. Worrying that the flames of the slash-and-burn fields will reach the mountain cherry, he voices his care for the blossoms in a plain appeal to the man burning the fields.
The author, Fujiwara no Nagatō, was a son of Fujiwara no Tomoyasu and a younger brother of the Mother of Michitsuna. He served Emperor Kazan as a close attendant and held posts such as Vice-Governor of Kazusa and Governor of Iga. He taught poetry to the monk Nōin, which is regarded as the first master-pupil relationship in the way of poetry. He is one of the Thirty-Six Later Immortal Poets.

First line, "katayama ni," means "on the hillside."
Second line, "hata yaku onoko," means "you man burning the fields," calling out to him. The poem breaks after this second line.
Third line, "ka no miyuru," means "that can be seen over there," modifying "miyamazakura" in the fourth line.
Fourth line, "miyamazakura wa," means "the deep-mountain cherry," sharing "miyama" with the first line of the preceding poem, 1051, "miyamagi no."
Final line, "yokite hata yake," means "burn your fields avoiding it," with "yake" in the imperative. Repeating "hata yaku" of the second line as "hata yake" in the final line, it strengthens the appeal.
Author: Fujiwara no Nagato
Source: Shui Wakashu
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