Haru kureba sugi no shirushi mo mienu kana kasumi zo tateru Miwa no yamamoto - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

春来れば杉のしるしも見えぬかな
霞ぞ立てる三輪の山もと

Roma-ji: Haru kureba sugi no shirushi mo mienu kana kasumi zo tateru Miwa no yamamoto
English Translation: Now spring has come
the cedar that served as sign
can no longer be seen:
haze has risen all about
the foot of Mount Miwa
Meaning: Now that spring has come, even the cedar that served as a landmark can no longer be seen; haze has risen at the foot of Mount Miwa.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems I 10

Headnote: "Composed as a poem on haze"
Composed on the topic "haze," this poem notes that the foot of Mount Miwa, known for the cedar that marks it, loses even that landmark once spring comes and haze settles in. By hiding the famous cedar of old poems within the mist, it conveys the depth of the spring haze.
The author, "Minister of Justice Yorisuke," is Fujiwara no Yorisuke, son of Major Counselor Fujiwara no Tadanori, who rose to Minister of Justice. He was renowned as a master of kemari, courtly football, and his elder brother was Fujiwara no Norinaga.
The poem takes as its foundation an anonymous Kokin Wakashū poem in which the speaker invites a lover to visit a hut at the foot of Mount Miwa, marked by a cedar at the gate.

First line, "haru kureba": "when spring comes."
Second line, "sugi no shirushi mo": "shirushi" means a mark or sign, referring to the cedar that marked the hut's gate in the source poem.
Third line, "mienu kana": "it cannot be seen," with the exclamatory "kana." The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "kasumi zo tateru": "zo" forms a kakari-musubi with "ru," the attributive of the continuative "ri," giving the reason the cedar is hidden.
Fifth line, "Miwa no yamamoto": the source poem's phrase used as is, ending on a noun. The next poem, 11, also ends with "Miwa no yamamoto," so two poems on the Miwa cedar hidden in haze stand side by side.
Author: Fujiwara no Yorisuke
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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