Omoiizuru toki wa subenami toyokuni no yufuyama yuki no kenubeku omōyu

思ひ出づる時はすべなみ豊国の
由布山雪の消ぬべく思ほゆ

Roma-ji: Omoiizuru toki wa subenami toyokuni no yufuyama yuki no kenubeku omōyu
English Translation: When I call to mind
you, there's nothing I can do;
at Toyokuni
like the snow on Mount Yufu,
I feel that I'd melt away.
Meaning: When I remember you, I am helpless—I feel I might vanish like the snow on Mount Yufu in Toyokuni.
Commentary: Book Ten Winter Love Poems 2341

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Love Expressed Through Snow"
This poem says that when the beloved comes to mind, the speaker is helpless and feels about to vanish, like the snow on Mount Yufu in Toyokuni. It shares its last line with the preceding poem, changing the snow's place to the distant Mount Yufu in Toyokuni. Since it sings of a mountain far off in Kyushu, it may be a poem thinking of a beloved at home while on a journey.

The first line, "when I remember," is hypermetric.
In the second line, "toki wa subenami," "subenami" means since there is nothing to be done.
The third line, "of Toyokuni," names the land combining Buzen and Bungo.
In the fourth line, "yufuyama yuki no," Yufuyama is Mount Yufu in Bungo, present-day Ōita; the upper lines form a preface leading into "ke."
The last line, "kenubeku omōyu," is the same ending as the preceding poem.
Source: Manyoshu
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