Shimo no ue ni asahi sasu meri ima wa haya uchitokenikeru keshiki misenan - Izumi Shikibu Nikki(English Translation & Meaning)

霜の上に朝日さすめり今は早
打とけにけるけしき見せなん

Roma-ji: Shimo no ue ni asahi sasu meri ima wa haya uchitokenikeru keshiki misenan
English Translation: Upon the white frost
the morning sun seems to shine;
now, at last, I pray,
let me see you thaw a little
and show a gentler mood
Meaning: The morning sun seems to be shining on the frost; now, at last, let me see you thaw and soften your mood.
Commentary: 27 Frosty Mornings and the Page Boy

On the night of their exchange about the arm-pillow sleeve, the moon also shone very bright and clear, and Izumi Shikibu and the prince each gazed at it until dawn in their separate places. The next morning the prince was having someone ask whether his usual page boy had come, meaning to send a letter. Meanwhile Izumi Shikibu, perhaps moved by the brilliant whiteness of the frost, sent a poem first. The prince was vexed at having been forestalled.
The woman is Izumi Shikibu, daughter of Ōe no Masamune and, as the wife of Tachibana no Michisada, Governor of Izumi, mother of Koshikibu no Naishi. The Prince of the Dazaifu is Prince Atsumichi, fourth son of Emperor Reizei, so called because he served as Governor-General of the Dazaifu. The page boy was the youth who carried the prince's letters to her.
After writing her reply to the prince, "Madoromade hitoyo nagameshi tsuki miredo okinagara shimo akashigao naru," Izumi Shikibu, amused that the boy seemed to fear how badly he would be scolded, wrote this poem in the margin.
After the poem she added, "The boy seems quite crestfallen." Reading it, the prince wrote, "You looked so pleased with yourself this morning that it is hateful. I could kill this boy," and replied with "Asahi sashi ima wa kiyubeki shimo naredo uchitokegataki sora no keshiki zo."

The opening lines mean "the morning sun seems to shine upon the frost," with an auxiliary of inference from appearances, taking up the morning frost that the two had been exchanging poems about.
The remaining lines mean "now at last, show a thawed and softened mood," where the verb means both frost melting and a heart opening, ending in a particle of wish directed at another. Just as the frost melts in the morning sun, she asks the prince, put out at being forestalled, to recover his good humor, while shielding the boy.
Author: Izumi Shikibu
Source: Izumi Shikibu Nikki
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