Kokonoe ni yae yamabuki o utsushite wa Ide no kawazu no kokoro o zo kumu - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

九重に八重山吹をうつしては
井手のかはづの心をぞくむ

Roma-ji: Kokonoe ni yae yamabuki o utsushite wa Ide no kawazu no kokoro o zo kumu
English Translation: Now that to the ninefold
palace I have moved
my eightfold kerria,
I draw upon the feelings
of the river frogs of Ide
Meaning: Now that I have moved my double-flowered kerria to the ninefold palace, I can enter into the feelings of the river frogs of Ide, who must miss it so.
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 113

Headnote: "Attached to the kerria when presenting it, after Emperor Horikawa, hearing that there was a fine kerria at Higo's house, sent for it"
When Emperor Horikawa heard that there was a splendid kerria at Higo's house and sent for it, she tied this poem to a branch as she presented it. Now that the double-flowered kerria has been moved to the ninefold palace, she says, she can enter into the feelings of the frogs of Ide who long for the kerria, sharing their loneliness as she lets it go. Setting the "ninefold" palace against the "eightfold" kerria, she conveys her reluctance to part with it through the frogs of Ide, famed for kerria.
The author, "Higo of the Nijō Grand Empress Dowager's Household," is Higo, daughter of Fujiwara no Sadanari, Governor of Higo. She long served in the house of the Kyōgoku Regent Fujiwara no Morozane, and later served Princess Reishi, Emperor Shirakawa's daughter, known as the Nijō Grand Empress Dowager.

First line, "kokonoe ni": "kokonoe," ninefold, means the imperial palace, from the many gates that surrounded the sovereign's dwelling.
Second line, "yae yamabuki o": "the eightfold kerria," pairing its number with the "ninefold" of the first line. "Ikue ka" in 111 and "yae ni nomi saku" in 116 of this book also speak of the kerria's many layers.
Third line, "utsushite wa": "having transplanted it," "now that I have moved it."
Fourth line, "Ide no kawazu no": the frogs of Ide, home of the kerria, who cry for love of it. Like "kawazu naku Ide no satobito" in the preceding poem, 112, it pairs Ide with frogs.
Fifth line, "kokoro o zo kumu": "kumu" is a pivot word meaning both to "draw" water from the Ide River and to "enter into" another's feelings. The emphatic "zo" closes with the attributive "kumu."
Author: Higo
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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