Uguisu no kozutau sama mo yukashiki ni ima hitokoe wa akehatete nake - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

鶯の木づたふさまもゆかしきに
いまひと声は明けはててなけ

Roma-ji: Uguisu no kozutau sama mo yukashiki ni ima hitokoe wa akehatete nake
English Translation: Warbler, how I long
to see you flit from branch
to branch as you go;
so the next song that you sing,
sing it once the dawn is full
Meaning: Warbler, I long to see you flitting from branch to branch, so sing your next song once the night has fully given way to day.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems 15

Having heard the warbler while it was still dark, the poet asks it to save its next song until dawn, so that he can see it too. Going a step beyond the usual praise of the warbler's voice, it expresses the wish to see the bird, which gives it freshness.

First line, 'uguisu no', names the subject and carries on the sequence of warbler poems that began with poem 12.
Second line, 'kozutau sama mo', uses kozutau, to pass from branch to branch, expressing the wish to see the bird and not only hear it.
Third line, 'yukashiki ni', uses yukashi, longing to see, with ni giving the reason.
Fourth line, 'ima hitokoe wa', means one more song, presupposing a call already heard before dawn.
Final line, 'akehatete nake', is a command to sing once the night has fully lifted, ending the poem as an appeal to the bird.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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