Narayama no mine nao kirau ube shi koso magaki ga shita no yuki wa kezukere

奈良山の嶺なほ霧らふうべしこそ
籬が下の雪は消ずけれ

Roma-ji: Narayama no mine nao kirau ube shi koso magaki ga shita no yuki wa kezukere
English Translation: On Mount Nara's peak
still the clouds hang, dim and grey;
it is no wonder,
then, that underneath the hedge
snow remains, not melted yet.
Meaning: The peaks of Mount Nara are still clouded—no wonder, then, that the snow beneath the hedge has not melted.
Commentary: Book Ten Winter Miscellaneous Poems 2316

Headnote: "On Snow"
Seeing the peaks of Mount Nara still clouded, this poem accepts that this is why the snow beneath the hedge has not melted, and its headnote is "On Snow." Linking the clouds on a distant mountain with the snow by a nearby hedge, it shows the heart's movement on grasping why the snow lingers. Like "ube mo nakikeri" in 2161, it uses "ube" to sing of a heart accepting the reason for a scene.

The first line, "of Mount Nara," names the mountain north of the Nara capital.
In the second line, "mine nao kirau," "kirau" means to be clouded: the peaks are still clouded. The poem breaks here.
In the third line, "ube shi koso," "ube" means no wonder and "koso" is an emphatic particle in kakari-musubi with "kere" in the last line.
In the fourth line, "magaki ga shita no," "magaki" is a hedge woven of bamboo or brushwood.
In the last line, "yuki wa kezukere," "kere" is the perfective of "keri," answering "koso."
Source: Manyoshu
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