Omou koto naru to iu naru Suzukayama koete ureshiki sakai to zo kiku - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

思ふことなるといふなる鈴鹿山
越えてうれしき境とぞ聞く

Roma-ji: Omou koto naru to iu naru Suzukayama koete ureshiki sakai to zo kiku
English Translation: Your heart's desires
are fulfilled, so people say,
at Suzuka Mountain;
to cross it, I have heard,
is a joyful boundary.
Meaning: I hear that Suzuka Mountain, where they say one's wishes ring true, is a happy boundary to cross.
Commentary: Book Eight Miscellaneous Poems I 494

Headnote: "When the Ise Priestess went down on the fifteenth day of the ninth month of the eleventh year of Tenryaku, on bestowing a fine inkstone from the palace"
The emperor says he has heard that Suzuka Mountain, where wishes are said to come true, is a happy boundary to cross. The headnote shows it accompanied a fine inkstone sent from the palace when the Ise Priestess went down to Ise on the fifteenth day of the ninth month of the eleventh year of Tenryaku. Blessing Suzuka Mountain, a difficult pass on the road to Ise, as a joyful boundary where wishes come true, he encourages the departing priestess. The next poem, 495, is also on a priestess crossing Suzuka Mountain, by the Consort Who Had Been Ise Priestess, Emperor Murakami's consort, and the two poems are set side by side.
The author, recorded as "imperial composition," is Emperor Murakami. A son of Emperor Daigo, his reign was praised as the Tenryaku rule. He ordered the compilation of the Gosenshū and held the palace poetry contest of the fourth year of Tentoku.

First line, "omou koto," means "what one wishes."
Second line, "naru to iu naru," means "is said to come true." "Naru" is a pivot word joining wishes that "come true" and bells that "ring," an associated word for the bell in "Suzuka." The second "naru" is the attributive form of the hearsay auxiliary "nari."
Third line, "Suzukayama," is a mountain on the border of Ise and Ōmi, a difficult pass on the road to Ise. The poem breaks here.
Fourth line, "koete ureshiki," means "joyful to cross."
Final line, "sakai to zo kiku," means "I hear is a boundary," resolving "zo" with the attributive "kiku." The next poem, 495, also crosses Suzuka Mountain, and the two share the third line "Suzukayama."
Author: Emperor Murakami
Source: Shui Wakashu
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