Composed on a day when spring arrived in the old year.
年のうちに春は来にけりひととせをこぞとやいはむことしとやいはむ
| tosi no uti Faru Fa kinikeri Fitotose wo kozo to ya iFan kotosi to ya iFan |
Within the year Spring has come again; The one year: What should I say: that it’s last year, Or that it’s the year to come? |
Ariwara no Motokata
I like this “Janus” poem.
Just a minor note: in the Japanese version, the “to” seems to be lacking after “kozo”:
こぞやいはむ
should be
こぞとやいはむ
according to both your own transcription, and NKBT 8, 105.
Kind regards
Raji Steineck