Kuru haru wa mine ni kasumi o sakidatete tani no kakehi o tsutau narikeri

来る春は峰に霞を先立てて
谷の筧を伝ふなりけり

Roma-ji: Kuru haru wa mine ni kasumi o sakidatete tani no kakehi o tsutau narikeri
English Translation: The spring as it comes
sends the haze ahead of it
to settle on the peaks,
then along the valley's pipe
makes its way to us at last.
Meaning: The coming spring sends the haze ahead upon the peaks, and then makes its way along the bamboo pipe from the valley.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 985

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The coming spring first sends haze ahead upon the peaks, then makes its way along the bamboo pipe from the valley, the poet says, portraying spring's arrival in a mountain village as a movement from high to low, through haze on the peaks and meltwater in the pipe.

First line, “kuru haru wa”: the spring that comes.
Second line, “mine ni kasumi o”: haze on the peaks.
Third line, “sakidatete”: sending it ahead.
Fourth line, “tani no kakehi o”: along the valley's water pipe, set low against the peaks.
Fifth line, “tsutau narikeri”: narikeri marks realization; so it comes along.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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