Haru asaki suzu no magaki ni kaze saete mada yuki kienu Shigaraki no sato

春浅き篠の籬に風冴えて
まだ雪消えぬ信楽の里

Roma-ji: Haru asaki suzu no magaki ni kaze saete mada yuki kienu Shigaraki no sato
English Translation: Spring is young as yet,
on the fences of bamboo
the wind blows chill,
and the snow has not yet melted
in the village of Shigaraki.
Meaning: Spring still young, the wind blows cold against the bamboo fences, and the snow has not yet melted in the village of Shigaraki.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 967

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
Spring is still young, the wind blows chill against the bamboo fences, and the snow has not melted in the village of Shigaraki, the poet says, picturing the cold early spring of a mountain village in Ōmi. From here many poems on place names and local scenes follow.

First line, “haru asaki”: spring still young.
Second line, “suzu no magaki ni”: suzu is slender bamboo, magaki a fence of bamboo or brushwood.
Third line, “kaze saete”: sayu is to be chill.
Fourth line, “mada yuki kienu”: where the snow has not melted.
Fifth line, “Shigaraki no sato”: ending on a noun, the mountain village of Shigaraki in Ōmi.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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