Obotsukana haru no hikazu no furu mama ni sagano no yuki wa kie ya shinuran

おぼつかな春の日数のふるままに
嵯峨野の雪は消えやしぬらん

Roma-ji: Obotsukana haru no hikazu no furu mama ni sagano no yuki wa kie ya shinuran
English Translation: I wonder, anxious—
as the days of spring go by,
passing one by one,
has the snow on Saga's fields
melted away by this time?
Meaning: I cannot help wondering: as the days of spring go by, has the snow on Sagano melted away by now?
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1066

Headnote: "On going to Saga, I came away having seen the snow lying deep, and I sent word of it with this poem"
Saigyō went to Saga and came away having seen the snow lying deep; he sent this poem with a note saying so. As the days of spring pass, has the snow on Sagano already melted? he wonders, thinking of the snowy scene he left behind.
Paired with the reply in 1067, the poem shows one who has left concerned for the scene left behind. Sagano, a moor in the western outskirts of the capital, was known as a place of retreat.

First line, “obotsukana”: the stem of obotsukanashi, "how uncertain, how anxious," an exclamatory break after the first line.
Second line, “haru no hikazu no”: the number of days since spring began.
Third line, “furu mama ni”: furu is a pivot for days "passing" and snow "falling," "as they go by," with an echo of snow.
Fourth line, “sagano no yuki wa”: the snow of Sagano that he left behind.
Fifth line, “kie ya shinuran”: ya questions, answered by ran, "might it have melted away?"
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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