Harukaze ni Shiga no yamagoe hana chireba mine ni zo ura no nami wa tachikeru - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

春風に志賀の山越え花散れば
峰にぞ浦の浪は立ちける

Roma-ji: Harukaze ni Shiga no yamagoe hana chireba mine ni zo ura no nami wa tachikeru
English Translation: In the spring wind
on the pass that crosses Shiga
the blossoms scatter,
and upon the very peaks
the waves of the bay arise
Meaning: When the spring wind scatters the blossoms on the mountain pass to Shiga, it is on the peaks that the waves of the lake's bay rise.
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 88

Headnote: "Composed as a poem on blossoms when presenting a hundred-poem sequence"
Composed on "blossoms" for a hundred-poem sequence presented to Retired Emperor Sutoku. When the spring wind scatters the blossoms along the mountain pass to Shiga, the white petals swirl over the peaks like waves, so that the waves that should rise in the lake's bay rise on the peaks instead. It moves the lakeside waves to the mountain peaks: where the preceding poem saw waves in the sky, this one sees them on the peaks.
The author, "Former Consultant Chikataka," is Fujiwara no Chikataka, son of Provisional Middle Counselor Fujiwara no Tamefusa, who rose to Consultant. He was one of the poets of Retired Emperor Sutoku's Kyūan Hundred-Poem Sequence.
This is the second poem of the sequence, with 87 before and 89 after, that overlays the blossoms of Shiga with the waves of the lake. The preceding poem sees waves in the sky; this one sees them on the peaks.

First line, "harukaze ni": the spring wind that scatters the blossoms, a gentler wind set against the "storm" of the preceding poem.
Second line, "Shiga no yamagoe": the mountain road from the capital that crosses south of Mount Hiei to Shiga, known for its cherries.
Third line, "hana chireba": the realized condition, "when the blossoms fall."
Fourth line, "mine ni zo ura no": the emphatic "zo" links with "keru" in the last line, stressing the surprise that the waves of the bay rise on the peaks.
Fifth line, "nami wa tachikeru": "keru," the attributive of "keri" expressing discovery, closes the construction with "zo." The falling petals are likened to the waves of the bay.
Author: Fujiwara no Chikataka
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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