Aoyama no mine no shirakumo asa ni ke ni tsune ni miredomo mezurashi aga kimi

青山の嶺の白雲朝に日に
常に見れどもめづらし我が君

Roma-ji: Aoyama no mine no shirakumo asa ni ke ni tsune ni miredomo mezurashi aga kimi
English Translation: On the green mountain,
like the white cloud on the peak,
morning and daylong,
though I see you all the time,
still fresh to me, my dear lord.
Meaning: Like the white clouds on the peaks of the green mountains, though I see you every morning and every day, you are ever fresh and dear to me, my lord.
Commentary: Book Three Miscellaneous Poems 377

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Two poems by Prince Yuhara at a banquet"
This is the second of the two banquet poems. Like the white clouds that always hang on the green mountain, the guest never grows familiar however often seen, but stays ever fresh—praise for the guest. After introducing the girl in the preceding poem, here he praises the guest himself as an expression of hospitality.
The poet, Prince Yuhara, was a son of Prince Shiki and a royal of the Nara period who left graceful and delicate poems.

First line "On the green mountain" means a mountain lush with trees.
Second line "like the white cloud on the peak": up to here serves as a preface to "though I see you all the time."
Third line "morning and daylong" means every day.
Fourth line "though I see you all the time" means constantly seeing.
Fifth line "still fresh to me, my dear lord": mezurashi means charming, never tiring. Like the preceding poem, it ends with "my lord."
Author: Prince Yuhara
Source: Manyoshu
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