Sakiniou hana no atari wa haru nagara taesenu yado no miyuki to zo miru - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

咲き匂ふ花のあたりは春ながら
絶えせぬ宿のみゆきとぞ見る

Roma-ji: Sakiniou hana no atari wa haru nagara taesenu yado no miyuki to zo miru
English Translation: Where blossoms glow
in their fullness, though it's spring,
I see it as snow,
the deep snow of an ever-coming
royal visit to this house
Meaning: Where the cherries bloom in full glory, though it is spring, I see deep snow there, the royal visits that will never cease to come to this house.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems I 52

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed when Retired Emperor Shirakawa visited the Kyōgoku residence during the tenfold offering service, and had poems presented the following day"
Composed on the same occasion as the preceding poem, this one says that around the blossoming cherries, though it is spring, everything is white as if snow had piled up, and it seems both the sign of imperial visits that will never cease to come to this house and deep snow that will never melt. Pivoting "miyuki" on "imperial visit" and "deep snow," the poet likens the cherries to snow while celebrating the hope that the Retired Emperor's visits will continue.
The author, "Captain of the Right Gate Guards Mototada," is Fujiwara no Mototada, a late Heian courtier who served as Captain of the Right Gate Guards.

First line, "sakiniou": "blooming in radiant glory."
Second line, "hana no atari wa": "around the blossoms."
Third line, "haru nagara": "nagara" means "though it is spring," signaling the surprise of seeing snow in spring.
Fourth line, "taesenu yado no": "of a house where it never ceases," wishing that imperial visits continue unbroken. The word "taesenu" also appears in 18.
Fifth line, "miyuki to zo miru": "miyuki" is a pivot word meaning both an imperial "visit" and "deep snow." The particle "zo" closes with the attributive "miru."
Author: Fujiwara no Mototada
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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