Ohatsuse no hana no sakari o miwataseba kasumi ni magau mine no shirakumo - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

小初瀬の花の盛りを見渡せば
霞にまがふ峰の白雲

Roma-ji: Ohatsuse no hana no sakari o miwataseba kasumi ni magau mine no shirakumo
English Translation: At Ohatsuse,
when I gaze across the blossoms
at their fullest bloom,
blended with the haze they seem
white clouds upon the peaks
Meaning: When I gaze across Hatsuse with its blossoms at their height, they look like white clouds on the peaks, blending into the haze.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems I 74

Headnote: "Composed as a poem on blossoms when I held a poetry contest"
Composed on "blossoms" for a poetry contest, this poem says that gazing over the cherries of Hatsuse in full bloom, the blossoms whitening the peaks look like white clouds, mingled with the trailing haze until the two cannot be told apart. It depicts a hazy, splendid scene in which the white things of spring, cherry, haze and cloud, melt together.
The author, "Assistant Governor-General of Dazaifu Shigeie," is Fujiwara no Shigeie, son of Master of the Western Capital Fujiwara no Akisuke, who rose to Assistant Governor-General of Dazaifu. The younger brother of Fujiwara no Kiyosuke, he was a poet of the Rokujō Fujiwara house.

First line, "Ohatsuse no": "o" is a euphonic prefix, and Hatsuse is the place in Yamato where Hasedera stands.
Second line, "hana no sakari o": following "hana no sakari ni" in 69 and 70 of this book, it depicts the cherries in full bloom.
Third line, "miwataseba": the same line as in the opening poem, 1. There the poet surveyed a plain where haze had just begun to rise; here he surveys mountains in full bloom, still filled with haze.
Fourth line, "kasumi ni magau": "magau" means to blend until indistinguishable.
Fifth line, "mine no shirakumo": ending on a noun, it repeats the last line of 70 in this book, likening the cherries to white clouds.
Author: Fujiwara no Shigeie
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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