classic waka stream

志深く運べるみやたてを
悟りひらけん春にたぐへよ
Roma-ji

Kokorozashi fukaku hakoberu miyatate o satori hirakemu haru ni taguē yo

English Translation
This gift you have sent
to Miyatate, carried
with such deep goodwill—
liken it to that spring
when enlightenment will bloom.
Meaning
The gift you sent to Miyatate, carried here with such deep goodwill—please let it be likened to the spring in which my enlightenment will open into bloom.
Commentary
Miscellaneous Poems 1072

Headnote: "Reply"
This is Miyatate's reply to Saigyō's poem. The gift carried to her with such deep kindness, she asks, should be likened to the spring in which her enlightenment will open.
Taking up the "blossom" fruit, she lays the spring when flowers open over the opening of enlightenment, filling her reply with the hopes of one who has taken vows. She ties the gift to the spirit of offering, praying for the fulfillment of the Buddhist path.

First line, “kokorozashi”: goodwill, the sincere heart behind the gift.
Second line, “fukaku hakoberu”: carried with deep feeling; ru is the attributive of the perfective-continuative ri.
Third line, “miyatate o”: using her own name, read as the gift sent to Miyatate.
Fourth line, “satori hirakemu”: hirake suggests both enlightenment "opening" and blossoms "opening"; mu is conjectural.
Fifth line, “haru ni taguē yo”: liken it to spring, a closing imperative.
Author
Miyatate
Source
Sankashu
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