Koto no ne o yuki ni shirabu to kikoyu nari tsuki sayuru yo no mine no matsukaze - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

琴の音を雪に調ぶと聞こゆなり
月冴ゆる夜の峰の松風

Roma-ji: Koto no ne o yuki ni shirabu to kikoyu nari tsuki sayuru yo no mine no matsukaze
English Translation: Like a koto's notes
played in tune with falling snow,
so it sounds to me:
the wind through the summit pines
on a night of frozen moon
Meaning: It sounds as though a koto were being played in tune with the snow: the wind through the pines on the peak on a night when the moon is cold and clear.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Poems I 1002

Headnote: "Composed as a poem on the moon"
This poem was composed as a moon poem. It sounds like a koto played in tune with the snow: the pine wind on the peak on a night of frozen moon, he says. Seeing the peak lit white by the cold moon as snow, he hears the wind through its pines as the strains of a koto. It is a cold, clear winter moonlit scene that layers light and sound.
The author, "Prince-Priest Dōshō," was a monk of imperial birth who took vows and became a prince-priest.
Likening the pine wind to the sound of a koto is an old conceit, known from the Shūi Wakashū poem by the Consort of the Ise Priestess, Kishi, "koto no ne ni mine no matsukaze kayourashi izure no o yori shirabesomeken." And where 960 of this book sings of the flute and the pine wind, this poem sings of the koto and the pine wind.

First line, "koto no ne o": "the sound of the koto," standing for the "pine wind" in the fifth line.
Second line, "yuki ni shirabu to": "shirabu" means to play an instrument or tune it, "playing in tune with the snow." The snow also stands for the peak lit white by the moon.
Third line, "kikoyu nari": "nari" is the hearsay auxiliary, "so it sounds." The poem pauses here, and what follows is inverted. It answers "kikoyu naru" in the third line of 960 of this book.
Fourth line, "tsuki sayuru yo no": "of a night when the moonlight is cold and clear."
Fifth line, "mine no matsukaze": "the wind through the pines on the peak," ending in a noun. It answers "kishi no matsukaze" in the fourth line of 960 of this book.
Author: Imperial Prince Dōshō
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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