Minakami ni hana ya chiruramu yamakawa no ikui ni itodo kakaru shiranami - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

水上に花や散るらむ山川の
ゐくひにいとどかかる白波

Roma-ji: Minakami ni hana ya chiruramu yamakawa no ikui ni itodo kakaru shiranami
English Translation: Far upstream, I wonder,
are the blossoms falling now?
In the mountain stream
on the stakes there all the more
white waves come to cling and break
Meaning: Are the blossoms falling far upstream? On the stakes of the mountain stream, more and more white waves are breaking.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems 62

Seeing more white waves than usual breaking on the stakes of a mountain stream, the poet guesses that blossoms are falling upstream and drifting down. Overlaying white waves with falling flowers, he imagines the unseen upper reaches. Like poem 57, it infers the upstream blossoms from the scene of the river.
The author, Tsunenobu, is Minamoto no Tsunenobu. A son of Minamoto no Michikata, he rose to Major Counselor and was called the Katsura Counselor. In his last years he died at his post as Provisional Governor-General of Dazaifu. He was the father of the compiler, Minamoto no Toshiyori.

First line, 'minakami ni', uses minakami, the upper reaches, the word also used in poem 4.
Second line, 'hana ya chiruramu', asks whether the blossoms are falling, and the poem breaks after the second line.
Third line, 'yamakawa no', is a river flowing through the mountains, as in poem 1.
Fourth line, 'ikui ni itodo', uses ikui, stakes driven into the river, and itodo, all the more.
Final line, 'kakaru shiranami', ends on a noun; the petals mingling with the white waves are expressed as the waves' abundance.
Author: Minamoto no Tsunenobu
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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