Umasake no mimoro no yama ni tatsu tsuki no mi ga hoshi kimi ga uma no oto zo suru

味酒のみもろの山に立つ月の
見が欲し君が馬の音ぞする

Roma-ji: Umasake no mimoro no yama ni tatsu tsuki no mi ga hoshi kimi ga uma no oto zo suru
English Translation: Like the moon that climbs
over sacred Mount Mimoro,
land of sweet wine,
you, whom I so long to see:
I hear the sound of your horse
Meaning: Like the moon rising over Mount Mimoro, you whom I have longed to see are coming: I hear the sound of your horse.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2512

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Questions and Answers"
Hearing the hoofbeats of the one she has longed to see, as one longs to see the moon rising over Mount Miwa, the woman rejoices at her lover's arrival. The rising heart at the moment she catches his approach by sound is overlaid on the beauty of the moonrise.
This is the third of the three poems joined by the left note "the three poems above." Answering the chestnut horse of the man's poem 2510, it closes the set with the woman's joy at the sound of the horse. The woman who feared the steep road in the preceding poem now welcomes the man safely arrived, and the three poems trace a visiting love from beginning to end.
The author is unknown; according to the left note, the poem comes from the Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection. That collection is thought to contain both Hitomaro's own poems and poems by others that he recorded. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a court poet active in the reigns of Empress Jito and Emperor Monmu, and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "umasake no": a pillow word attached to "mimoro." Meaning "fine wine," it leads to Mimoro, another name for Mount Miwa, because wine offered to the gods was called "miwa."
Second line, "mimoro no yama ni": "on Mount Mimoro." "Mimoro" is a place where a god descends, here Mount Miwa in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture.
Third line, "tatsu tsuki no": "like the moon rising." The lines up to here are a preface that, through the wish to gaze upon the moon, leads to "mi ga hoshi."
Fourth line, "mi ga hoshi kimi ga": "you, whom I long to see." "Mi ga hoshi" means "wishing to see," overlaying the beloved on the moon of the preface.
Fifth line, "uma no oto zo suru": "there is the sound of a horse." The particle "zo" is answered by the attributive "suru," a kakari-musubi construction that heightens the joy of knowing the awaited one has come.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
Source: Manyoshu
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