Iyahiko onore kamusabi aokumo no tanabiku hi sura kosame sobo furu

弥彦おのれ神さび青雲の
たなびく日すら小雨そほ降る

Roma-ji: Iyahiko onore kamusabi aokumo no tanabiku hi sura kosame sobo furu
English Translation: Mount Iyahiko,
of your own self so divine,
even on a day
when blue clouds trail across the sky,
a fine drizzle softly falls.
Meaning: Mount Iyahiko is divine of itself: even on days when blue clouds trail across the clear sky, a fine drizzle softly falls.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Poems with Tales of Origin and Miscellaneous Poems 3883

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Four poems of the province of Etchū."
The poem praises the mystery of Mount Iyahiko, so divine that even on clear days with blue clouds trailing, a fine rain softly falls. It sees the clouds clinging to the mountain as the majesty of a sacred peak.
One of the four Etchū songs, it concerns Mount Yahiko in Echigo. At the time Etchū is thought to have extended into part of present-day Niigata, which is why it was counted an Etchū song. The kundoku ends with a note giving a variant, "ah, how divine"; as it is not part of the poem, it has been omitted.
The poet is not recorded.

First line, "Iyahiko," names Mount Yahiko in Echigo, the sacred body of the Yahiko Shrine. Short at four syllables, it opens as if calling the mountain by name.
Second line, "onore kamusabi," means "divine of itself." A variant reads "ana ni kamusabi."
Third line, "aokumo no," means "blue clouds," clouds trailing across a clear sky.
Fourth line, "tanabiku hi sura," means "even on a day they trail." Sura conveys surprise: even on a fine day.
Final line, "kosame sobo furu," means "a fine drizzle softly falls." The mystery of rain on a clear day becomes the majesty of a sacred mountain.
Source: Manyoshu
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