Izukata to haru no yukue wa shiranedomo oshimu kokoro no saki ni tatsuran - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いづかたと春の行方は知らねども
惜しむ心の先に立つらん

Roma-ji: Izukata to haru no yukue wa shiranedomo oshimu kokoro no saki ni tatsuran
English Translation: To which direction
the spring is going away
I do not know,
but my heart that grieves for it
will surely go ahead
Meaning: I do not know in which direction the spring is going, yet my heart, grieving for it, will surely go on ahead of it.
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 129

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on the topic 'The End of the Third Month'"
Like the preceding poem, this was composed on "The End of the Third Month." The poet does not know where the departing spring is headed, yet his heart, grieving for it, will surely set off ahead of it toward wherever it goes. The heart's pursuit even of a spring whose way is unknown expresses the strength of his regret. The sequence on the end of the Third Month ends here.
The author, "Fujiwara no Tsuneie Ason," was the son of Fujiwara no Shigeie. A poet of the Rokujō Fujiwara house, he later rose to Senior Third Rank.

First line, "izukata to": "in which direction."
Second line, "haru no yukue wa": "where the departing spring is going." Like "haru no tomari o shiru hito zo naki" in 122 of this book, it speaks of not knowing spring's destination.
Third line, "shiranedomo": "ne" is the realized form of the negative "zu" and "domo" concessive: "though I do not know."
Fourth line, "oshimu kokoro no": "the heart that grieves for spring," the same line as in 125 of this book, making that heart the subject.
Fifth line, "saki ni tatsuran": "ran" is present conjecture: "will go on ahead." Though spring's way is unknown, the heart runs ahead to follow it.
Author: Fujiwara no Tsuneie
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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