Kimi ga atari kumoi ni mitsutsu miyajiyama uchikoe yukamu michi mo shiranaku - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

君があたり雲居に見つつ宮道山
うち越えゆかむ道も知らなく

Roma-ji: Kimi ga atari kumoi ni mitsutsu miyajiyama uchikoe yukamu michi mo shiranaku
English Translation: Toward where you dwell
I gaze far beyond the clouds,
Mount Miyaji—
the way to cross over it
is a path I do not know
Meaning: I gaze toward the place where you live, far off beyond the clouds, yet I do not even know the path over Mount Miyaji that would take me there.
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems V 918

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet gazes toward the place where the beloved lives, far beyond the clouds, yet does not know the path over Mount Miyaji. Gazing toward a distant lover's home, the poet likens the frustration of having no way to go to them to not knowing the road across the mountain.
It is a poem of longing for someone far away, setting the lament of a love that finds no path to meeting within a distant view beyond the clouds.
The poet is listed as anonymous, and the composer's name has not come down to us. The main text gives the poet as "yomibito mo," which indicates that the composer is unknown.

The first line, "Kimi ga atari," means "the place where you live," a hypermetric line of six syllables.
The second line, "kumoi ni mitsutsu," means "gazing far beyond the clouds," showing the distance between them.
The third line, "miyajiyama," is a poetic place, thought to be Mount Miyaji in Mikawa, the object of crossing in the fourth line.
The fourth line, "uchikoe yukamu," means "that I would cross over," with "mu" expressing intention.
The last line, "michi mo shiranaku," means "I do not know even the path," with "naku" a nominalized form of the negative "zu," trailing off with feeling.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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