Sakurabana niou mono kara tsuyukeki wa kono me mo mono o omou narubeshi - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

桜花匂ふものから露けきは
このめも物を思ふなるべし

Roma-ji: Sakurabana niou mono kara tsuyukeki wa kono me mo mono o omou narubeshi
English Translation: Cherry blossoms
shine in all their loveliness,
yet so wet with dew;
the buds, like these eyes of mine,
must be lost in sorrow too.
Meaning: The cherry blossoms glow in all their beauty, yet they are wet with dew: the buds on the trees, like these eyes of mine, must be lost in sorrow too.
Commentary: Book Twenty Lament Poems 1277

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on the topic of seeing the blossoms at home at the height of the cherry season, in the spring of the year after losing his daughter, and putting a little of his feeling into words"
The poet says that the cherry blossoms are wet with dew though they glow so beautifully, for the buds must be lost in sorrow too. It is composed on the same topic as the preceding poem, 1276. Pivoting on "konome," buds on the tree and "these eyes," it lays the dew-wet blossoms and buds over the eyes of one weeping for the dead. Its ingenuity lies in making even the flowers seem to share the human grief.
Poems 1274 through 1277 form a sequence on the topic of the cherry blossoms in the spring after a daughter's death, Saneyori's own poem on losing his daughter being followed by poems by other poets on the same topic. The book of laments opens with cherry blossoms that call the dead to mind.
The author, Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu, was a son of Ōnakatomi no Yorimoto, chief priest of the Ise Shrine, and took part in compiling the Gosenshū as one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets and is known for his poem "mikakimori" in the Hyakunin Isshu.

First line, "sakurabana," means "cherry blossoms," sharing this word with the first line of 1274 and the third line of 1275 in this book.
Second line, "niou mono kara," means "though they glow," with "mono kara" concessive.
Third line, "tsuyukeki wa," means "that they are wet with dew," sharing with the final line of the preceding poem, 1276, "tsuyu ni zo arikeru," the laying of tears over dew.
Fourth line, "kono me mo mono o," is a pivot word: "konome" means "buds on the tree" and "these eyes."
Final line, "omou narubeshi," means "must be lost in thought," with "naru" the attributive form of the assertive "nari" and "beshi" conjectural.
Author: Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Source: Shui Wakashu
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