Haru fukami Ide no kawamizu kage sowaba ikue ka mieman yamabuki no hana - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

春深み井手の川水影添はば
幾重か見えむ山吹の花

Roma-ji: Haru fukami Ide no kawamizu kage sowaba ikue ka mieman yamabuki no hana
English Translation: As spring grows deep,
if their image joins them
in Ide's river,
how many layers will they show,
the yellow kerria blossoms?
Meaning: Now that spring has deepened, if their reflections join them in the waters of the Ide River, how many layers will the kerria blossoms appear to have?
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 111

Headnote: "Composed on kerria among the hundred poems in the reign of Emperor Horikawa"
Composed on "kerria" as part of the Horikawa Hundred-Poem Sequence. Now that spring has deepened, if the reflections of the double-flowered kerria are added to them in the waters of the Ide River, how many layers will the blossoms appear to have? The idea that the many-petaled flowers are further layered by their reflections conveys the rich beauty of the kerria at Ide in late spring.
The author, "Former Middle Counselor Masafusa," is Ōe no Masafusa, son of Ōe no Narihira. As a scholar he served three emperors, Go-Sanjō, Shirakawa and Horikawa, rising to Provisional Middle Counselor. Famed for his learning, he was one of the poets of the Horikawa Hundred-Poem Sequence.
This poem and the six that follow, through 117, form a sequence on kerria, arranged while sharing words such as the place Ide and the frogs often paired with kerria.

First line, "haru fukami": the suffix "mi" gives a cause, "because spring has deepened."
Second line, "Ide no kawamizu": Ide is a poetic place in Yamashiro famed for kerria and frogs. Poems 112, 113 and 115 of this book also mention Ide.
Third line, "kage sowaba": "kage" is a reflection in water, and "sowaba" a hypothetical condition, "if their reflections are added."
Fourth line, "ikue ka mieman": the interrogative "ka" closes with the attributive "mu," wondering how many layers the double flowers and their reflections will show. "Yae yamabuki" in 113 and "yae ni nomi saku" in 116 of this book also speak of the kerria's many layers.
Fifth line, "yamabuki no hana": ends on a noun, naming the subject only at the close in an inverted structure.
Author: Oe no Masafusa
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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