Waga yado no yuki ni tsukete zo furusato no yoshino no yama wa omoiyararuru - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

我が宿の雪につけてぞふるさとの
吉野の山は思ひやらるる

Roma-ji: Waga yado no yuki ni tsukete zo furusato no yoshino no yama wa omoiyararuru
English Translation: At the snow that falls
on my house, my thoughts go forth
to the ancient seat,
to the hills of Yoshino,
far off, in spite of myself.
Meaning: The snow at my own house sets my thoughts going, unbidden, to the hills of Yoshino, that old home of former days.
Commentary: Book Four Winter Poems 247

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
Seeing the snow at his own house, the poet finds his thoughts drawn unbidden to the snowy hills of Yoshino, where an imperial villa once stood. From the snow close at hand his thoughts extend to a distant place famed for snow, expressing a quiet feeling for time-worn Yoshino.
The author, written as Yoshinobu, is Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu. From the Ōnakatomi family, who served as chief priests of the Ise Shrine, he took part in compiling the Gosenshū and in reading the Man'yōshū as one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber, and he is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "waga yado no," means "of my house." It repeats the third line of the preceding poem, continuing poems on snow at one's own house.
Second line, "yuki ni tsukete zo," means "through the snow, at the sight of the snow," emphasized by the particle "zo."
Third line, "furusato no," plays on "furu" (to fall, of snow) and "furusato" (old home), a place where a former capital or villa stood.
Fourth line, "yoshino no yama wa," means "the hills of Yoshino" in Yamato, where an imperial villa stood in ancient times. In 243 of this book too, the poet's thoughts went out to the snow on the hills of Yoshino.
Final line, "omoiyararuru," means "come unbidden to mind," with "ruru" the attributive form of the spontaneous auxiliary "ru," resolving "zo."
Author: Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Source: Shui Wakashu
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