Miyama yori hibiki kikoyuru higurashi no koe o koishimi ima mo kenubeshi - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

み山より響き聞こゆるひぐらしの
声を恋しみ今も消ぬべし

Roma-ji: Miyama yori hibiki kikoyuru higurashi no koe o koishimi ima mo kenubeshi
English Translation: From the deep mountains
echoing across to me,
the evening cicada—
so much I long to hear its voice
I might fade away right now
Meaning: I long so for the voice of the evening cicada echoing from the deep mountains that I feel I might fade away even now.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Poems II 1127

Headnote: "When the Senji of the former Empress had left the house of the posthumous Chancellor; in that house there was, on every occasion, talk of "higurashi.""
The poet says that she longs so for the voice of the higurashi cicada echoing from the deep mountains that she might fade away even now. Treating the word "higurashi," often heard in the house she had left, as the cry of a mountain cicada, she conveys her longing for that house and the person in it.
According to the headnote, the Senji of the former Empress had withdrawn from the house of the posthumous Chancellor, Fujiwara no Tokihira, and in that house there was talk of "higurashi" on every occasion. What "higurashi" referred to is unclear, but it seems to have been a word that called that house to mind. Tokihira's reply follows in the next poem, forming an exchange.
The poet, "Senji," is the Senji of the former Empress named in the headnote, a lady-in-waiting whose role was to convey the empress's commands. Which empress is meant, as well as her name and life, is unknown.

The first line, "Miyama yori," means "from the deep mountains," with "mi" an honorific prefix. "Miyama" also appears in the fourth line of the next poem.
The second line, "hibiki kikoyuru," means "echoing to my ears."
The third line, "higurashi no," means "of the higurashi," a kind of cicada, taking up the word in the headnote. The next poem opens with the same word.
The fourth line, "koe o koishimi," means "since I long for its voice," with "o ... mi" expressing cause. The second line of the next poem takes up this line exactly.
The last line, "ima mo kenubeshi," means "I might fade away even now," with "ke" to vanish and "nubeshi" strong conjecture. It is carried on in "kenubeku wa" in the third line of the next poem.
Author: Senji
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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