Waga koi no arawa ni miyuru mono naraba miyako no Fuji to iwarenamashi o - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

我が恋のあらはに見ゆるものならば
都の富士と言はれなましを

Roma-ji: Waga koi no arawa ni miyuru mono naraba miyako no Fuji to iwarenamashi o
English Translation: If only my love
could be plainly seen by all,
then surely by now
I would be known throughout the land
as the Fuji of the capital.
Meaning: If my love could be seen for what it is, I would surely have been called the Fuji of the capital.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems IV 892

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poem says that if my love could be seen from outside, by its rising smoke I would have been called the Fuji of the capital. Likening the fire of love burning within to Mount Fuji sending up smoke, it sings of the intensity of a love that burns on unknown to others.

First line, "waga koi no," means "my love."
Second line, "arawa ni miyuru," means "plainly visible."
Third line, "mono naraba," means "if it were something," a supposition contrary to fact.
Fourth line, "miyako no Fuji to," means "as the Fuji of the capital." Taking up "Fuji no ne" of the preceding poem, 891, it likens the self burning with the fire of love to a Mount Fuji standing in the capital.
Final line, "iwarenamashi o," means "I would have been called," with "na" the irrealis of the perfective "nu" and "mashi" a counterfactual auxiliary answering "naraba" in the third line. "O" expresses exclamation.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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