Haru wa oshi hito wa koyoi to tanomureba omoiwazurau kyō no kure kana - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

春は惜し人はこよひと頼むれば
思ひわづらふ今日の暮かな

Roma-ji: Haru wa oshi hito wa koyoi to tanomureba omoiwazurau kyō no kure kana
English Translation: The spring I regret,
but my love says this very night,
and I've been promised;
torn between the two I fret
through the dusk of this one day
Meaning: I grieve to see spring go, yet my love has promised to come tonight, and so I am torn as this day draws to its close.
Commentary: Book One Spring Poems 91

At dusk on a day of late spring, the poet is torn between conflicting feelings: he regrets the passing spring, yet having a promise to meet his love tonight, he also wishes the day would end quickly. The conceit sets regret for spring against the expectation of love within a single poem.

First line, 'haru wa oshi', means spring is to be regretted, and the poem breaks after the first line.
Second line, 'hito wa koyoi to', means my love says tonight, paired with 'spring' in the first line.
Third line, 'tanomureba', uses tanomu in its lower bigrade form, meaning to make one rely on, to promise.
Fourth line, 'omoiwazurau', means to be troubled in mind.
Final line, 'kyō no kure kana', means the dusk of today, the hour where regret for spring and waiting for a lover cross.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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