Kigisu naku Iwata no ono no tsubosumire shime sasu bakari narinikeru kana - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

雉鳴く石田の小野のつぼすみれ
しめさすばかりなりにけるかな

Roma-ji: Kigisu naku Iwata no ono no tsubosumire shime sasu bakari narinikeru kana
English Translation: Where pheasants cry
in the meadow of Iwata
the little violets
have bloomed so that I'd mark them
with a rope to claim as mine
Meaning: In the meadow of Iwata where the pheasants cry, the little violets have bloomed so beautifully that I want to rope them off and claim them as my own.
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 109

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on violets for the same hundred-poem sequence"
Like the preceding poem, this was composed on "violets" for the Horikawa Hundred-Poem Sequence. The little violets blooming in the meadow of Iwata, where pheasants cry, have bloomed so splendidly that the poet wishes to mark them as his own so that no one else will pick them. An attachment strong enough to want the violets all to himself is expressed through stretching a "shime" rope that claims possession.
The author, "Master of the Office of Palace Repairs Akisue," is Fujiwara no Akisue; a character in this text's title is a miswriting, and the title comes from his service as Master of the Office of Palace Repairs. The son of Fujiwara no Takatsune, he was a close retainer of Retired Emperor Shirakawa and rose to Senior Third Rank. He founded the Rokujō Fujiwara house and is also known for originating the rite of offerings before a portrait of Hitomaro.

First line, "kigisu naku": "where pheasants cry," setting a scene of fields in spring.
Second line, "Iwata no ono no": the meadow of Iwata is a poetic place in Yamashiro.
Third line, "tsubosumire": a kind of violet, or the small violets that bloom in gardens and fields. The next poem, 110, depicts the same "tsubosumire."
Fourth line, "shime sasu bakari": a "shime" is a marker showing possession or barring entry: "so much that I would mark them as mine."
Fifth line, "narinikeru kana": "ni" is the continuative of the perfective "nu," "keru" the attributive of "keri," and "kana" exclamatory, expressing delight that the violets have bloomed so fully.
Author: Fujiwara no Akisue
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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