Kimi ga na mo waga na mo tataba oshimi koso fuji no takane no moetsutsu mo ore

君が名も我が名も立たば惜しみこそ
富士の高嶺の燃えつつも居れ

Roma-ji: Kimi ga na mo waga na mo tataba oshimi koso fuji no takane no moetsutsu mo ore
English Translation: If your name and mine
were to be on every tongue
it would be a loss;
so like Mount Fuji's high peak
I stay here, burning still
Meaning: Because it would be a pity if your name and mine were bandied about, I stay here burning, like the lofty peak of Fuji.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2697

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Feelings through Things"
This poem is the variant recorded in the left note to poem 2697 under "a certain poem says." Its gist, hiding one's feelings for fear of rumor and burning within like the lofty peak of Fuji, is the same as that of the main poem.
It differs from the main poem in two places. The first line changes from "imo ga na mo" to "kimi ga na mo," and by calling the lover "kimi" it can be read as a woman's poem. The last line changes from "moetsutsu watare" to "moetsutsu mo ore": in place of "wataru," passing time, it uses "ori," staying still, strengthening the image of one unable to move who holds her feelings inside. It suggests that a single poem was handed down both as a man's poem and as a woman's.
The author is unknown. The anonymous poems of Book Eleven gather the love poems of people whose names have not come down to us.

First line, "kimi ga na mo": "your name too." "Kimi" is a word women often used for men, a variant answering "imo ga na mo," "her name too," in the main poem.
Second line, "waga na mo tataba": "if my name too should rise in rumor." "Ba" marks a supposition, fearing that their affair will become known.
Third line, "oshimi koso": "precisely because it would be a pity." The mi construction gives a reason, and "koso" forms a kakari-musubi with the realis "ore" in the last line.
Fourth line, "fuji no takane no": "of the lofty peak of Fuji." "No" means "like," and the image of Fuji leads into "burning" in the last line.
Fifth line, "moetsutsu mo ore": "I stay here, burning." "Ore" is the realis of "ori," closing in answer to "koso" in the third line; unlike "watare" in the main poem, it adds the particle "mo" and depicts someone who remains where she is.
Source: Manyoshu
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