Matsuyama ni nami takaki oto zo kikoyu naru ware yori koyuru hito wa araji o - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

松山に浪高き音ぞ聞こゆなる
我よりこゆる人はあらじを

Roma-ji: Matsuyama ni nami takaki oto zo kikoyu naru ware yori koyuru hito wa araji o
English Translation: Toward Matsuyama
the sound of waves running high
is heard, it seems—
yet none could pass beyond me
and go over in their love
Meaning: I seem to hear the sound of high waves breaking at Matsuyama; yet surely there is no one whose love could rise over mine.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems VI 1028

Headnote: "On hearing that someone was courting her in Kai."
The poet says that he seems to hear high waves breaking at Matsuyama, yet surely no one could surpass him. Drawing on the old poem that likens a change of heart to waves crossing Sue no Matsuyama, he likens the rumor that another man is courting her to the sound of the waves, and insists that none loves her as deeply as he.
According to the headnote, he composed it on hearing that someone else was courting the woman he loved; the "kai" of the headnote seems to be the province of Kai. The poem draws on the Azuma poem in the Kokinshu, "kimi o okite adashi gokoro o waga motaba sue no matsuyama nami mo koenan." 1040 and 1041 in this book also speak of love through the word "koyu," to cross, in naming Mount Suzuka.
The poet, Fujiwara no Morifumi, was a poet of the time of the Gosenshu, and little more is known of his life.

The first line, "Matsuyama ni," means "at Matsuyama," that is, Sue no Matsuyama, a famous place in Michinoku.
The second line, "nami takaki oto zo," means "the sound of high waves," standing for the rumor of another suitor. "Zo" is an emphatic binding particle, and the line runs over to eight syllables.
The third line, "kikoyu naru," means "seems to be heard," with "naru" an auxiliary of inference closing the "zo" of the second line in the attributive form. The poem pauses here.
The fourth line, "ware yori koyuru," means "to go beyond me," with "koyuru" joining waves crossing Matsuyama and surpassing him in depth of love.
The last line, "hito wa araji o," means "there would be no one," with "o" a conjunctive particle carrying feeling.
Author: Fujiwara no Morifumi
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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