Hana nomi ya kurenuru haru no katami tote aoba no shita ni chirinokoruramu - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

花のみや暮れぬる春の形見とて
青葉の下に散り残るらむ

Roma-ji: Hana nomi ya kurenuru haru no katami tote aoba no shita ni chirinokoruramu
English Translation: Is it the flowers alone
that, as keepsakes of the spring
now passed into dusk,
beneath the green leaves still stay,
lingering though others fell
Meaning: Are the blossoms alone left unfallen beneath the green leaves, as keepsakes of the spring that has come to its end?
Commentary: Book Eleven Variant Poems 670

Spring has already come to its end, yet are the blossoms alone left beneath the green leaves as keepsakes of that spring? In flowers still lingering as the young leaves thicken, the poem expresses a longing for the spring that has passed.
This poem is found only in a variant manuscript line of the anthology; in the variant order it is placed after 88 in Book One. From 89 in Book One poems regretting the passing of spring follow, and this poem sings of flowers lingering at its end.

First line, 'hana nomi ya', means the flowers alone, the particle ya of question answered by ramu in the final line.
Second line, 'kurenuru haru no', means of the spring that has ended, using the attributive of the perfective nu.
Third line, 'katami tote', means as a keepsake.
Fourth line, 'aoba no shita ni', means beneath the green leaves, showing a scene of early summer with young leaves in full growth.
Final line, 'chirinokoruramu', means do they remain unfallen, closing with the present conjectural ramu.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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