Tani no to o tojiya hatetsuru uguisu no matsu ni oto sede haru no kurenuru - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

谷の戸を閉ぢやはてつる鶯の
待つに音せで春の暮れぬる

Roma-ji: Tani no to o tojiya hatetsuru uguisu no matsu ni oto sede haru no kurenuru
English Translation: The door of the valley,
have you closed it once and for all?
The bush warbler
gives no sound for all my waiting,
and the spring has reached its end
Meaning: Have you shut the door of your valley for good? The warbler has made no sound for all my waiting, and now the spring has drawn to a close.
Commentary: Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Poems II 1061

Headnote: "Sent when the former Major Counselor Kintō was living in seclusion at a place called Nagatani"
This poem was sent to Fujiwara no Kintō while he was living in seclusion at Nagatani. Have you shut the door of the valley for good; the warbler made no sound for all my waiting, and spring has ended, he says. The warbler was thought to stay in the valley through winter and come out to sing in spring. Likening Kintō, secluded at Nagatani, to a warbler in its valley, he reproaches him for not sending a single word though spring has passed, while showing his longing for a friend who has left the world.
The author, "the Lay Monk of Hōjōji, Former Chancellor," is Fujiwara no Michinaga. A son of Fujiwara no Kaneie, he rose to regent and chancellor and brought the Fujiwara to the height of their power. In his later years he took the tonsure and founded Hōjōji. He was born in the same year as Kintō.
It shares "tani," valley, with the preceding poem, 1060. And 1098 of this book is also a poem sent to Kintō while he lived at Nagatani.

First line, "tani no to o": "the door of the valley," the valley dwelling where the warbler was thought to stay in winter. It shares "tani" with "tani no soko ni mo" in the second line of the preceding poem, 1060.
Second line, "tojiya hatetsuru": "ya" is an interrogative binding particle closing with "tsuru," the attributive of the perfective auxiliary "tsu," "have you closed it for good?" The poem pauses here.
Third line, "uguisu no": the warbler stands for Kintō secluded at Nagatani.
Fourth line, "matsu ni oto sede": "making no sound though I wait," meaning no word has come from Kintō.
Fifth line, "haru no kurenuru": "nuru" is the attributive of the perfective "nu," and ending on the attributive leaves a lingering note.
Author: Fujiwara no Michinaga
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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