Kogakurete tagitsu yamamizu izure ka wa me ni shimo miyuru oto ni koso kike - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

木隠れてたぎつ山水いづれかは
目にしも見ゆる音にこそ聞け

Roma-ji: Kogakurete tagitsu yamamizu izure ka wa me ni shimo miyuru oto ni koso kike
English Translation: Hidden among trees,
the rushing mountain waters—
which of them at all
can be seen with one's own eyes?
I only hear their sound
Meaning: The mountain waters rushing hidden among the trees—which of them can be seen with the eyes? I only hear their sound, as I only hear of your love.
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems IV 861

Headnote: "Reply."
The poet asks which of the mountain waters rushing hidden among the trees could be seen with the eyes, and says she only hears their sound. To a man protesting feelings he cannot restrain, she replies curtly that hidden feelings cannot be seen, and she only hears rumors of them.
It is the reply to the preceding poem, 860, taking up its "kogakurete," "tagitsu," and "yamashitamizu." It also shares its expression with "oto ni nomi koe o kiku" in 823 in this book.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Kogakurete," means "hidden among the trees," taking up the third line of the preceding poem unchanged.
The second line, "tagitsu yamamizu," means "the rushing mountain waters," answering "yamashitamizu" and "tagitsu kokoro" in the preceding poem.
The third line, "izure ka wa," means "which," with "ka wa" a rhetorical binding particle.
The fourth line, "me ni shimo miyuru," means "can be seen with the eyes—no," closing with the attributive "miyuru" in answer to "ka wa" in the third line. The poem pauses here.
The last line, "oto ni koso kike," means "I only hear the sound," with "oto," sound, carrying the sense of rumor. "Koso" is an emphatic binding particle closed by the perfective "kike." It corresponds to "oto ni nomi," the first line of 823 in this book.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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