Ikutose ni ware narinuramu morobito no hana miru haru o yoso ni kikitsutsu - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

幾年に我なりぬらむ諸人の
花見る春をよそに聞きつつ

Roma-ji: Ikutose ni ware narinuramu morobito no hana miru haru o yoso ni kikitsutsu
English Translation: How many years now
have I passed in such a way,
while I only hear
of the springs when all the world
goes out to view the blossoms
Meaning: How many years have I spent like this, only hearing from afar of the springs when everyone goes out to view the flowers?
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 522

How many years have passed, the poet wonders, while she has only heard from afar, as something that does not concern her, of the springs when everyone enjoys the blossoms. The loneliness of living apart from the world's gaiety is expressed through hearing distant talk of flower viewing.
Where the preceding poem, 521, sang that deep in the mountains no one but the blossoms knows the poet's heart, this poem sings of one who only hears of others viewing the flowers, setting side by side two kinds of isolation, from people and from blossoms.

First line, 'ikutose ni', means for how many years.
Second line, 'ware narinuramu', means have I come to, the perfective nu followed by the conjectural ramu, counting the years that have passed. The poem breaks here, and the lines that follow give the reason in inverted form.
Third line, 'morobito no', means of all the people.
Fourth line, 'hana miru haru o', means the spring when they view the blossoms.
Final line, 'yoso ni kikitsutsu', means while hearing of it as nothing to do with me, closing with lingering feeling in tsutsu, which expresses repetition.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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