Izukata ni nioi masuramu fuji no hana haru to natsu to no kishi o hedatete - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いづかたに匂ひ増すらむ藤の花
春と夏との岸を隔てて

Roma-ji: Izukata ni nioi masuramu fuji no hana haru to natsu to no kishi o hedatete
English Translation: On which side, I wonder,
will their beauty be the greater,
these wisteria flowers,
with spring and summer standing
facing on opposite shores?
Meaning: On which side will the wisteria shine more beautifully, I wonder, as it blooms with spring and summer facing each other across the shores?
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 118

Headnote: "Composed on wisteria for a poetry contest at the house of the Tsuchimikado Minister of the Right"
Composed on "wisteria" for a poetry contest held at the residence of the Tsuchimikado Minister of the Right, Minamoto no Morofusa. The wisteria, blooming from late spring into early summer, is likened to a flower growing between two shores, spring and summer, and the poet wonders on which bank it will shine more beautifully. Likening the seasonal boundary to a river's banks, this witty conceit captures the nature of a flower blooming at the turn of the seasons.
The author, "Mother of Prince Yasusuke," was a lady-in-waiting also known as Shijō no Miya no Chikuzen. Daughter of Takashina no Narinobu, Governor of Chikuzen, and of Ise no Taifu, she served Fujiwara no Kanshi, Empress of Emperor Go-Reizei, and is called by this name as mother of Prince Yasusuke.
This poem and the next two, through 120, form a sequence on wisteria.

First line, "izukata ni": "on which side," answering "ramu" in the second line to form a question.
Second line, "nioi masuramu": "niou" means to shine with beautiful color, and "ramu" is present conjecture: "will they shine more beautifully?" The poem pauses here.
Third line, "fuji no hana": names the subject, the wisteria.
Fourth line, "haru to natsu to no": the two seasons, spring and summer, likened to banks facing each other across a river.
Fifth line, "kishi o hedatete": "with the shores between them." It echoes the way wisteria blooms by the water and is likened to waves. "Ike no fujinami" in 120 of this book likewise depicts wisteria by the water.
Author: The Mother of Prince Yasusuke
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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