Shita sayuru Himuro no yama no osozakura kienokorikeru yuki ka to zo miru - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

下冴ゆる氷室の山の遅桜
消え残りける雪かとぞ見る

Roma-ji: Shita sayuru Himuro no yama no osozakura kienokorikeru yuki ka to zo miru
English Translation: On Himuro's peak
where the ground lies chill below,
the late cherry blooms:
I take them to be the snow
that has lingered, still unmelted
Meaning: Seeing the late cherry blossoms on Mount Himuro, where the ground lies chill beneath, I take them for snow that has lingered without melting.
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 104

Headnote: "Composed when various people composed poems at the quarters of the Bishop Shōkan on a day we went seeking the last blossoms toward Mount Himuro at Ono"
On a day when the poet went seeking the last remaining blossoms around Mount Himuro at Ono, various people composed poems at the quarters of the Bishop Shōkan; this is one of them. He sees the late cherries blooming on Mount Himuro, chilled from deep below, as snow that has lingered without melting. Making use of the mountain's name, taken from the icehouses where ice was stored, he likens the whiteness of late blossoms on a cold mountain to lingering snow.
The author, "Minamoto no Nakamasa," was the son of Minamoto no Yoritsuna, Head of the Arsenal Bureau. He also served as Head of the Arsenal Bureau and was the father of Minamoto no Yorimasa.

First line, "shita sayuru": "chilled from below," the cold of a mountain where an icehouse stores ice.
Second line, "Himuro no yama no": a "himuro" is a chamber for storing winter ice until summer, and Mount Himuro stood at Ono in Yamashiro. Its name carries the sense of cold.
Third line, "osozakura": cherries that bloom later than others, corresponding to the "last blossoms" of the headnote. After a run of poems on falling blossoms, late-lingering flowers appear here.
Fourth line, "kienokorikeru": "that has remained unmelted," with "keru" the attributive of "keri."
Fifth line, "yuki ka to zo miru": "zo" closes with the attributive "miru," likening the late cherries to lingering snow. Where "fumoto no yuki" in 79 and "hana no shirayuki" in 93 of this book liken falling blossoms to snow, this poem likens lingering blossoms to lingering snow.
Author: Minamoto no Nakamasa
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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