Takasago no mine no shirakumo kakarikeru hito no kokoro o tanomikeru kana - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

高砂の峰の白雲かかりける
人の心を頼みけるかな

Roma-ji: Takasago no mine no shirakumo kakarikeru hito no kokoro o tanomikeru kana
English Translation: As white clouds hang
on the peak at Takasago,
such, it seems, was
the heart of one I loved—
and yet I trusted it so
Meaning: Like the white clouds that hang upon the peak of Takasago, so changeable was the heart of the one I loved—and yet I trusted it.
Commentary: Book Ten Love Poems II 652

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that, like the white clouds hanging on the peak of Takasago, the beloved's heart was so changeable, yet he trusted it. He layers the beloved's change of heart with white clouds that settle and soon vanish.
Fujiwara no Atsutada's poem, 613 in this book, shares the same fourth and last lines, and both lament that the heart they trusted has changed.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us. The author is given in the text as "yomibito mo," which is taken to mean "anonymous."

The first line, "Takasago no," means "of Takasago," a poetic place in Harima.
The second line, "mine no shirakumo," is the white cloud on the peak; the first two lines form a preface leading to "kakari" in the third line.
In the third line, "kakarikeru" is a pivot word joining clouds that "hang" on the peak and "kakari," such as it was. It is the same word as the first line of 613 in this book.
The fourth line, "hito no kokoro o," means "her heart," the same line as the second line of 613 in this book.
The last line, "tanomikeru kana," means "how I trusted it," the same last line as 613 in this book.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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