Hanazakari yomo no yamabe ni akugarete haru wa kokoro no mi ni sowanu kana - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

花盛り四方の山辺にあくがれて
春は心の身に添はぬかな

Roma-ji: Hanazakari yomo no yamabe ni akugarete haru wa kokoro no mi ni sowanu kana
English Translation: Blossoms at their height,
it wanders to the hillsides
on every side,
so in spring my heart
does not stay within my body
Meaning: With the blossoms at their height, my heart wanders off to the hillsides in every direction, and all through spring it will not stay with my body.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems I 64

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed as a poem on blossoms when people composed poems for the Kamo Shrine poetry contest"
Composed on "blossoms" for the same Kamo Shrine contest as the preceding poem, this one says that when the blossoms are at their height, the heart wanders off to the hills on every side in search of them, so that all through spring heart and body are not together. It conveys the restlessness of spring, when the heart is stolen by the flowers and parted from the body.
The author, "Fujiwara no Kinhira Ason," was a courtier poet of the late Heian period.

First line, "hanazakari": the peak of the cherry blossoms. 51 in this book begins with the same line.
Second line, "yomo no yamabe ni": "to the hillsides on every side," the same phrase as in 42 of this book.
Third line, "akugarete": "akugaru" means for the heart to leave the body and wander. Following 22, 26 and 43, it depicts a heart lured by blossoms or fragrance.
Fourth line, "haru wa kokoro no": "in spring, the heart."
Fifth line, "mi ni sowanu kana": "does not stay with the body," taking up "akugarete" to express the separation of heart and body. "Kana" is exclamatory.
Author: Fujiwara no Kinhira
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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