Iro kaenu matsu ni yosoete azumaji no tokiwa no hashi ni kakaru fujinami - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

色かへぬ松によそへて東路の
常磐の橋にかかる藤波

Roma-ji: Iro kaenu matsu ni yosoete azumaji no tokiwa no hashi ni kakaru fujinami
English Translation: As if likened to
the pines whose color never fades,
on the eastern road
over Tokiwa's bridge they hang,
the wisteria's waves of bloom
Meaning: As if likening it to the pine whose color never changes, the waves of wisteria hang over the Bridge of Tokiwa on the eastern road.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems 81

As though in honor of the unchanging pine, wisteria hangs over a bridge in the east whose name, Tokiwa, means evergreen. The wisteria is paired with emblems of permanence, the evergreen pine and the Bridge of Tokiwa. Wisteria poems follow from here.

First line, 'iro kaenu', means never changing color, the nature of the evergreen pine.
Second line, 'matsu ni yosoete', means likened to the pine, drawing on the convention that wisteria hangs on pines.
Third line, 'azumaji no', means of the eastern provinces, the same word as in poem 72.
Fourth line, 'tokiwa no hashi ni', names the Bridge of Tokiwa, said to be a famous place in the east; the name echoes 'whose color never fades' in the first line.
Final line, 'kakaru fujinami', uses fujinami, wisteria clusters swaying like waves, ending on a noun.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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