Utsusomi no hito ni aru ware ya asu yori wa futakamiyama o irose to waga mimu

うつそみの人にある我れや明日よりは
二上山を弟背と我が見む

Roma-ji: Utsusomi no hito ni aru ware ya asu yori wa futakamiyama o irose to waga mimu
English Translation: I who still remain
a person of this world—
from tomorrow on
shall I look on Futakami
as my own dear brother now?
Meaning: I who am still a person of this living world—from tomorrow on, I will look upon Mount Futakami as my dear brother.
Commentary: Book Two Elegies 165

Headnote: "Two poems composed by Princess Ōku in grief when the body of Prince Ōtsu was moved and buried on Mount Futakami in Katsuragi"
As her brother's remains are reburied on Mount Futakami, she says that she, left behind in this world, will from tomorrow look upon the mountain as her brother. It carries a sorrowful resolve to accept the divide between the living and the dead.
According to the headnote, this is the first of two poems Princess Ōku composed in grief when Prince Ōtsu's body was moved and buried on Mount Futakami in Katsuragi.
The author, Princess Ōku, was a daughter of Emperor Tenmu and the full elder sister of Prince Ōtsu. She served as the high priestess of the Ise Shrine. The headnote writes her name with different characters.

The first line, "utsusomi no," means "of one living in this world."
In the second line, "hito ni aru ware ya," ya is a binding particle concluding in the attributive mimu of the final line: I, a person of this world.
The third line, "asu yori wa," means "from tomorrow on," marking how the burial changes her bond with her brother.
In the fourth line, "futakamiyama o," Mount Futakami stands on the border of Yamato and Kawachi, and Prince Ōtsu's tomb is said to lie on the summit of its male peak.
In the final line, "irose to waga mimu," irose means a brother born of the same mother, and mu expresses intention: I will see the mountain as my brother.
Author: Princess Ōku
Source: Manyoshu
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