Nani ka omou haru no arashi ni kumo harete sayakeki kage wa kimi nomi zo mimu - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

何か思ふ春の嵐に雲晴れて
さやけき影は君のみぞ見む

Roma-ji: Nani ka omou haru no arashi ni kumo harete sayakeki kage wa kimi nomi zo mimu
English Translation: What are you brooding
over? With the winds of spring
the clouds will clear, and
that bright and shining light, you
alone are the one to see it
Meaning: What troubles you so? The spring storm will sweep the clouds away, and it is you alone who will see that clear and brilliant light.
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 603

What is there to brood over? the poet asks. The spring storm will clear away the clouds, and it is you and no other who will see the bright, clear light. To Minamoto no Toshiyori, who lamented in the preceding poem, 602, that he alone remained hidden behind clouds amid the sunlight, she offers encouragement and comfort that the clouds will soon clear and he will be the one to receive favor.
This is the closing poem of Book Nine, Miscellaneous Poems I. The opening poem, 516, was by Toshiyori's father Minamoto no Tsunenobu, who saw his own aging in a plum tree before a shrine, so a book that opened with the father's poem closes with a poem consoling the son's lament. Taking up kumogakure of the preceding poem with kumo harete, it turns lament into bright hope and brings the book to a close.
The author, Suō no Naishi, was the daughter of Taira no Munenaka, Governor of Suō, and served four emperors from Go-Reizei to Horikawa. One of her poems appears in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

First line, 'nani ka omou', means what are you brooding over, the particle ka of question answered by the attributive omou; the poem breaks after the first line.
Second line, 'haru no arashi ni', means by the storm winds of spring.
Third line, 'kumo harete', means the clouds clearing, taking up kumogakuretsutsu in the final line of the preceding poem, 602.
Fourth line, 'sayakeki kage wa', means the bright, clear light, taking up hi no hikari of the preceding poem as a figure for favor.
Final line, 'kimi nomi zo mimu', means you alone will see it, the particle zo answered by the attributive of mu. It answers waga mi hitotsu wa in the fourth line of the preceding poem with kimi nomi, you alone.
Author: Suo no Naishi
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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