Kaigane o nekoshi yamakoshi fuku kaze o hito ni mo gamo ya kotozute yaramu - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

甲斐が嶺を嶺越し山越し吹く風を
人にもがもや言伝てやらむ

Roma-ji: Kaigane o nekoshi yamakoshi fuku kaze o hito ni mo gamo ya kotozute yaramu
English Translation: Over Kai's peaks,
crossing ridges, crossing hills,
the wind that blows here:
would it were a person, ah,
I would send my message on it.
Meaning: The wind that blows over ridge and hill from the peaks of Kai: if only it were a person, I would send my message with it.
Commentary: Book Twenty Poems of the Bureau of Court Song 1098

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Songs of the East: Kai Song"
The singer wishes that the wind blowing over the peaks of Kai were a person, so that a message could be entrusted to it. It is a simple song of homesickness or love, seeking to send one's feelings on the wind to someone beyond the mountains. No author is recorded.
The Azuma-uta, songs of the East, are folk songs of the eastern provinces taken into the court, arranged by province: Michinoku, Sagami, Hitachi, Kai and Ise.

The first line, "the peaks of Kai," matches the preceding poem, 1097, pairing the two Kai songs. Where that poem lamented a mountain blocking the view, this one entrusts its feelings to the wind that crosses the mountains, singing of the separation from the other side.
The second line, "crossing the ridges, crossing the hills," doubles koshi to show the long way.
The third line, "the wind that blows," names the wind coming over the mountains.
The fourth line, "would it were a person," uses mogamo for a wish and ya for exclamation. The poem breaks here.
The last line, "I would send a message," uses mu for intention.
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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