Asagiyome kōshi na ake so yuku haru o waga neya no uchi ni shibashi todomemu

朝清め格子なあけそ行く春を
わが閨のうちにしばしとどめむ

Roma-ji: Asagiyome kōshi na ake so yuku haru o waga neya no uchi ni shibashi todomemu
English Translation: Morning sweepers, stay—
do not raise the lattice shutters;
spring that's passing now,
here within my sleeping room
I would keep a little while.
Meaning: You who sweep in the morning, don't open the lattice—I mean to keep the departing spring here in my bedchamber a little longer.
Commentary: Spring Poems 129

Headnote: "The last day of the third month"
On the last day of the third month, the final day of spring, the poet calls on the morning sweepers not to open the lattice, so that he may keep the departing spring shut in his bedchamber a while. Treating spring as if it had form, he expresses his regret with a witty turn.
The Ruijū text places it in the section of poems from another manuscript and the printed edition.

Line 1: asagiyome means the morning cleaning, or those who do it, the ones addressed.
Line 2 uses the prohibitive na…so, "do not open the lattice," and the poem pauses here.
Line 3 names the spring that is passing, taking up "departing spring" in the preceding poem, 128.
Line 4 is hypermetric at eight syllables, naming the poet's bedchamber.
Line 5: mu expresses intention, resolving to hold spring back a while. Where the barrier guard of 67 could not hold back the blossoms "a little while," here the poet himself tries to detain spring.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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