Harukaze wa nodokekaru beshi yae yori mo kasanete nioe yamabuki no hana - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

春風はのどけかるべし八重よりも
重ねてにほへ山吹の花

Roma-ji: Harukaze wa nodokekaru beshi yae yori mo kasanete nioe yamabuki no hana
English Translation: Surely the spring wind
will blow gentle and mild this year;
beyond your eight folds,
layer upon layer bloom bright,
O blossoms of the kerria!
Meaning: Surely the spring wind will be gentle this year; bloom in layer upon layer, even beyond your eightfold petals, O kerria blossoms!
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Spring Poems 1059

Headnote: "Composed on double-flowered kerria in a year with an intercalary third month"
The poet says that the spring wind this year must be gentle, and bids the kerria blossoms bloom in layers even beyond their eightfold petals. The headnote shows it was composed on double-flowered kerria in a year with an intercalary third month. Linking the extra month of spring to the layered petals of the double kerria, it calls on the flowers to bloom in more layers than ever.
The author, Sugawara no Sukeaki, was a son of Sugawara no Fumitoki and a man of letters of the mid-Heian period.

First line, "harukaze wa," means "the spring wind," sharing the same line with the first line of 1035 in this book, "harukaze wa."
Second line, "nodokekaru beshi," means "must be gentle," speaking of the longer spring brought by the intercalary month. The poem breaks after this second line.
Third line, "yae yori mo," means "more than eightfold," speaking of the layered petals of the double kerria.
Fourth line, "kasanete nioe," means "bloom in still more layers," with "nioe" in the imperative. It echoes the doubling of spring by the intercalary month.
Final line, "yamabuki no hana," calls out "O kerria blossoms," ending on a noun.
Author: Sugawara no Sukeaki
Source: Shui Wakashu
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