Migakikeru kokoro mo shiruku Kagamiyama kumori naki yo ni au ga tanoshisa - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

磨きける心もしるく鏡山
曇りなき世に逢ふが楽しさ

Roma-ji: Migakikeru kokoro mo shiruku Kagamiyama kumori naki yo ni au ga tanoshisa
English Translation: As a polished heart
shows itself with clear signs,
like Mirror Mountain,
how joyful to meet a reign
where not a single cloud is seen!
Meaning: Like Mirror Mountain, which shows clearly the heart that has been polished, how joyful it is to meet with a reign without a cloud!
Commentary: Book Ten Kagura Songs 606

Headnote: "Fūzoku songs for the Great Thanksgiving Festival of the first year of Anna: Mirror Mountain"
The poem says that, like Mirror Mountain, which shows clearly the sign of a heart that has been polished, it is a joy to meet with a reign without a cloud. From the "mirror" in the place name it calls up the clarity of a polished mirror and expresses the joy of living in a reign ruled in purity. Poem 613, for the Great Thanksgiving Festival of the first year of Tenroku, also takes Mirror Mountain as its topic and likewise sings of a mirror without a cloud, "kumoraji."
The headnote, "Fūzoku songs for the Great Thanksgiving Festival of the first year of Anna," shows that the poem was offered at the Great Thanksgiving Festival held in the first year of Anna upon the accession of Emperor Reizei. At this festival, poems working in the place names of the provinces chosen as Yuki and Suki were offered, and from here to 608 poems follow whose topics are the names of mountains and shores in those provinces.
The author, written as "Yoshinobu," is Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu. He served as chief priest of the Ise Shrine and, as one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber, took part in compiling the Gosenshū. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "migakikeru," means "that has been polished," laying the polishing of a mirror over the polishing of the heart.
Second line, "kokoro mo shiruku," means "the heart too, plainly shown," with "shirushi" an adjective meaning evident.
Third line, "Kagamiyama," is Mirror Mountain in Ōmi Province, the place name given as the topic. With "migaki" in the first line and "kumori" in the fourth, it forms a set of words associated with the mirror. It is the same mountain as the third line of 613, "Kagamiyama."
Fourth line, "kumori naki yo ni," means "in a reign without a cloud," laying a pure reign over the clarity of a mirror.
Final line, "au ga tanoshisa," means "the joy of meeting it," ending on a noun with a note of exclamation.
Author: Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Source: Shui Wakashu
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