Haru sugite ikuka mo aranedo waga yado no ike no fujinami utsuroinikeri

春過ぎて幾日もあらねどわが宿の
池の藤波うつろひにけり

Roma-ji: Haru sugite ikuka mo aranedo waga yado no ike no fujinami utsuroinikeri
English Translation: Spring has gone, and yet
not so many days have passed—
here beside my house
the wisteria waves on the pond
have already lost their hue.
Meaning: Though spring has passed only a few days ago, the wisteria by the pond at my house has already faded.
Commentary: Summer Poems 135

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "The beginning of summer"
The poet notes that the wisteria by the pond at his house has already faded, though spring ended only days ago. The poem carries both surprise at how quickly the seasons turn and lingering attachment to the spring now gone.
Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a circle and suggested that, as in the Man'yōshū line "autumn has come, and not many days have passed," the poet originally wrote aranebba ("since not many days") and it was later altered.

Line 1, "spring has gone," marks the passing of spring and makes clear that this is a poem of early summer.
Line 2: the conjunction do is concessive, "though not many days have passed."
Line 3, "beside my house": the next poem, 136, opens with the same words, so the scene of the poet's own garden continues.
Line 4, "wisteria waves," describes the flower clusters by the pond swaying like waves. Poem 111 of Book One grieved for spring departing before "the wisteria waves on the pond at my house" faded; here spring has passed and the wisteria has already faded, so the spring and summer sections show a reversed picture.
Line 5: keri expresses realization, the poet's surprise at noticing that the flowers are already past their prime.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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