Ito haya mo kurenuru haru ka waga yado no ike no fujinami utsurowanu ma ni

いとはやも暮れぬる春かわが宿の
池の藤波うつろはぬまに

Roma-ji: Ito haya mo kurenuru haru ka waga yado no ike no fujinami utsurowanu ma ni
English Translation: Oh, how very soon
spring has reached its evening close—
at my dwelling here
the wisteria on the pond
has not yet begun to fade.
Meaning: How quickly spring is ending—while the wisteria by the pond at my house has not yet begun to fade.
Commentary: Spring Poems 111

Headnote: "Wisteria by the pond"
The poet grieves that spring is already ending while the wisteria by the pond at his house is still in its prime and has not begun to fade. In the gap between the wisteria's peak and spring's end he places his sorrow at the passing season. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a circle.
This poem was included in the Shokugosen Wakashū. In the Ruijū text the headnote reads "Wisteria flowers by the pond."

Line 1: ito means "very" and mo adds emotion, "how very soon."
Line 2: ka is exclamatory, regretting spring's end, and the poem pauses here.
Line 3 names the poet's residence, placing in the third line the opening of 25, 36, and 38.
Line 4 names the wisteria clusters reflected in the pond; "waves" is also associated with the pond.
Line 5 means "before they fade," in inversion. Where 36 grieved over plum blossoms falling, here the poet grieves that spring leaves before the flowers do.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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