Kagami ni mo kage mitarashi no mizu no omo ni utsuru bakari no kokoro to o shire - Shin Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

鏡にも影みたらしの水の面に
映るばかりの心とを知れ

Roma-ji: Kagami ni mo kage mitarashi no mizu no omo ni utsuru bakari no kokoro to o shire
English Translation: As in a mirror,
seeing shadows in Mitarashi,
on the water's face
clearly mirrored, just like that—
know such is your heart to me.
Meaning: Know that your heart is as plain to me as a reflection in a mirror, as a shadow cast on the surface of the Mitarashi stream.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Poems on the Gods 1862

Headnote: "It is said this poem, too, appeared in the dream of one who had gone to worship at Kamo."
This is the eleventh poem in the sequence of poems composed by the gods. Know, says the god, that your heart is mirrored as clearly as a reflection on the surface of the Mitarashi. According to the left note, this poem too appeared in the dream of one who had gone to worship at Kamo. It shows that before the god, the worshipper's heart is laid bare like a reflection on the water.
The poem has no headnote; a left note follows it instead. In this text the left note is placed under the number of the next poem, but its content shows that it belongs to this poem, so it is cited here as the headnote.
No author is named in the original; the left note shows it to be, like the preceding poem, the utterance of the Kamo Deity.
The Mitarashi is a stream flowing through the precincts of the Kamo Shrines, known as the place where worshippers wash their hands and purify themselves.

The first line, "kagami ni mo," means "as in a mirror." The heart laid clear before the god is likened to a mirror's image.
In the second line, "kage mitarashi no," "mitarashi" is a pivot word joining "mi," "to see" a reflection, and "mitarashi," the purifying stream.
The third line, "mizu no omo ni," means "on the water's surface." Containing the vowel of "omo," it runs to six syllables, one beyond the norm.
The fourth line, "utsuru bakari no," means "so clearly reflected." It shares "bakari" with "noboru bakari zo" in the preceding poem.
The last line, "kokoro to o shire," means "know it as your heart." The interjectory particle "o" after "to" strengthens the tone, and the imperative "shire" gives the god's direct address. It answers "hito no kokoro o" in the next poem, both poems speaking of the human heart.
Author: Kamo Deity (per the left note)
Source: Shin Kokin Wakashu
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