Asato akete haru no kozue no yuki mireba hatsuhana to mo ya iubekaruramu - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

朝戸あけて春のこずゑの雪見れば
初花ともやいふべかるらむ

Roma-ji: Asato akete haru no kozue no yuki mireba hatsuhana to mo ya iubekaruramu
English Translation: Opening my door
at morning, I see the snow
on the springtime boughs;
as the first flowers of the year
should we not call them as well
Meaning: Opening my door in the morning and seeing the snow on the springtime branches, I wonder whether we should call it the first flowers of the year.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems 8

Headnote: "Reply"
This is the reply to poem 7 by Fujiwara no Akisue. Taking up Akisue's wish to call the snow at the start of the year the first snow, Kinzane counters that snow on spring branches might also be called the first flowers.
The likening of snow to flowers also appears in poem 2, and the opening poems of the book are arranged so that the emblems of spring pass from snow to blossoms.
The author, Kinzane, is Fujiwara no Kinzane. A son of Fujiwara no Sanesue, he rose to Provisional Major Counselor and also served as Master of the Crown Prince's Household. He was an active poet in the circle of Emperor Horikawa.

First line, 'asato akete', is the door opened in the morning; akete means opening it.
Second line, 'haru no kozue no', are the branch tips of trees that have entered spring, showing that the season has already changed.
Third line, 'yuki mireba', begins by taking up the snow of the preceding poem.
Fourth line, 'hatsuhana to mo ya', asks whether it might be called the first flowers of the year, setting first flowers against 'first snowfall' in the preceding poem.
Final line, 'iubekaruramu', means should we call them, answering the certainty of 'is what we ought to call it' with a gentler conjecture.
Author: Fujiwara no Kinzane
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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