Ten Senryu Poems Part 2: The Non-Drinker Bows All Day at the Mountain of Flowers - From Karai Senryu's Haifu Yanagidaru

Alcohol changes a person's character. The goings-on at drinking parties don't seem to have changed much from the Edo period to today.
In the Edo period, Karai Senryu (1718–1790) compiled the Senryu poems in the "Haifu Yanagidaru" which I am introducing here. This is part 2 of a 5-part series.
Following the easy-to-read version, I have included the reference number, the original text, and a seven-seven syllable topic (called a maeku). When I felt inspired, I added my own free translation and a seven-seven syllable comment.

The non-drinker bows all day at the mountain of flowers

340 The non-drinker bows all day at the mountain of flowers - Maeku unknown

At flower viewing, everyone is drinking, but those who are lightweights and cannot drink have to keep putting their hands together and bowing to decline every time they are offered a drink, saying, "I'm sorry, I can't drink."
I used to drink shochu and gin straight, but now I can't drink at all. I am the one who keeps saying "I'm sorry" at drinking parties.

Hopelessly, I climb the cherry tree and cannot get down

201 Hopelessly, I climb the cherry tree and cannot get down - Maeku unknown

"Hopelessly" here means helplessly or pathetically. A poem about a drunkard.
In the middle of flower viewing, I got carried away and climbed a cherry tree, but when I looked down, I got scared and couldn't get back down. A classic drunkard's predicament.
I've often gotten carried away while drinking and done reckless things. A confession from my younger days.

The lid of the tiered box pushes up with edamame

138 The lid of the tiered box pushes up with edamame - Okurikoso sure okurikoso sure

A "tiered box" refers to a jubako. Putting edamame in a tiered box was for the thirteenth night of the ninth lunar month. The thirteenth night was called the "Bean Moon" and was a time to admire the moon. Japanese people admired various moons, not just the harvest moon with its moon-viewing dumplings. And those seasonal ingredients were tied to the moon.
This poem describes how the lid of the tiered box won't close properly because too many edamame were packed inside.

I put too many ingredients in the freezer one after another
I can't fit the next food item in

The darkness and the moonlit night do not listen to excuses

242. The debt collector who won't listen to excuses, and the moonlit night. Gradually, gradually, gradually, gradually.

The 'darkness' in 'darkness and moonlit night' refers to the dark night of New Year's Eve. The lunar calendar was based on the movement of the moon, so New Year's Eve was exactly a new moon. 'Moonlit night' refers to the night of the fifteenth, which in the lunar calendar is the night of the full moon. The fifteenth here refers to the Obon festival on the fifteenth of the seventh month. This day was a payment deadline for the half-year. New Year's Eve was also a payment deadline for the year. The poem means that on payment days, debt collectors will not listen to any excuses.
Just like people today with Aiful or Acom, people in the Edo period lived lives of debt. I wonder if the 'gradually, gradually' in the preceding phrase means that the debt keeps increasing. There are many poems where the meaning of the preceding phrase is unclear, but there are also many poems that can be understood just by the 5-7-5 structure without the 7-7 preceding phrase.
People in the past lived their lives according to the movements of the moon. Since the nights were dark, the brightness was completely different between a full moon and a new moon.
I have written about the moon in various ways.

Now, what shape is the moon today, and what is its lunar age?
Do we modern people ever look up at the sky?

To be continued in the next installment.

The summary of 'Haifu Yanagidaru' is,