Kiene tada shinobu no yama no mine no kumo kakaru kokoro no ato mo naki made - Shin Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

消えねただしのぶの山の峰の雲
かかる心の跡もなきまで

Roma-ji: Kiene tada shinobu no yama no mine no kumo kakaru kokoro no ato mo naki made
English Translation: Vanish, only vanish,
cloud upon the peak
of Shinobu's hill,
till this heart that clings like you
leaves not a trace behind.
Meaning: Just vanish, you cloud upon the peak of Mount Shinobu, until not a trace remains of this heart that clings to its hidden love.
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 1094

Headnote: "At a poetry contest of the Bureau of Poetry, on the idea of 'Hidden Love.'"
This is the second poem of the sequence on hidden love linked to poetic places bearing the name "Shinobu." Addressing the cloud on the peak of Mount Shinobu, the speaker bids it vanish until no trace remains of a heart holding a hidden love. According to the headnote, it was composed on the topic "Hidden Love" at a poetry contest held by the Bureau of Poetry.
The author is Asukai Masatsune (Fujiwara no Masatsune), the son of Fujiwara no Yoritsune, Minister of Justice. One of the compilers of the Shin Kokinshū and a master of kemari, he founded the Asukai house.
The Bureau of Poetry was the office Retired Emperor Go-Toba set up in his palace in Kennin 1 (1201) to compile the Shin Kokinshū.

The first line, "kiene tada," means "just vanish," the imperative "ne" of the perfective "nu" voicing a fierce wish. The poem breaks after the first line. As with "omoi kienan" in poem 1081 of this book, the end of love is sung with the word "kie," vanishing.
In the second line, "shinobu no yama no," "shinobu" holds both "shinobu," to conceal love, and the place-name Shinobu. Taking up "shinobuyama" from the preceding poem, the same poetic place continues.
The third line, "mine no kumo," names the one addressed, the cloud commanded to vanish.
In the fourth line, "kakaru kokoro no," "kakaru" holds both the cloud that "kakaru," hangs on the peak, and "kakaru," such a heart as this.
The last line, "ato mo naki made," means "until no trace remains." Like "ato naki kumo" in poem 1081 of this book, the pairing of cloud and tracelessness sings of hidden love vanishing without a trace, echoing the opening poem of the book.
Author: Asukai Masatsune
Source: Shin Kokin Wakashu
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