Hito shirezu omou kokoro wa harugasumi tachiidete kimi ga me ni mo mienamu - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

人知れず思ふ心は春霞
たち出でて君が目にも見えなむ

Roma-ji: Hito shirezu omou kokoro wa harugasumi tachiidete kimi ga me ni mo mienamu
English Translation: The heart that loves you
secretly, unknown to all,
like the haze of spring,
would rise up and come forth
to be seen before your eyes.
Meaning: I wish that this heart of mine, which longs in secret, would rise and come forth like the spring haze, so that it might be seen even by your eyes.
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems II 999

Headnote: "Presented in the Kanpyō era on an occasion when poems were presented to the emperor"
Like the previous poem, 998, this was presented along with poems offered to the emperor in the Kanpyō era. The poet wishes that the feelings he harbors in secret might rise and show themselves like spring haze, and catch the emperor's eye.
Whereas the previous poem wished that his feelings might reach the emperor by voice, this one wishes they might be seen, making a pair of ear and eye.
The author, "Fujiwara no Kachion" as written in kana, is Fujiwara no Kachion, an official of the early Heian period whose career is not known in detail.

The first line, "secretly, unknown to all," means without anyone knowing.
The second line, "the heart that loves you," names the feeling.
The third line, "like the haze of spring," leads to tachi in the fourth line.
The fourth line, "would rise up and come forth," contains the pivot word tachi, haze "rising" and "coming forth" into view.
The last line, "to be seen before your eyes," uses namu, a wish directed at another, closing in the same form of wish as the previous poem.
Author: Fujiwara no Katsumine
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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