Hito ni dani shirasede irishi okuyama ni koishisa ikade tazunekitsuran - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

人にだに知らせで入りし奥山に
恋しさいかで尋ね来つらん

Roma-ji: Hito ni dani shirasede irishi okuyama ni koishisa ikade tazunekitsuran
English Translation: Into these deep hills
I came without a word,
not even to one;
how, then, did longing find me,
coming to seek me here?
Meaning: I came into these deep mountains without telling a soul—so how did longing find its way here to seek me out?
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems IV 914

Headnote: "Sent to someone in the village while secluded in the mountains for religious practice"
The poem says: I entered these deep mountains without telling even a soul, so how did longing alone find its way here? Personifying longing as a visitor who comes calling, it sings of a love that cannot be cut off even after leaving the world.
According to the headnote, it was sent to someone in the village while the poet was secluded in the mountains for Buddhist practice.

First line, "hito ni dani," means "not even to anyone," with "dani" marking the least.
Second line, "shirasede irishi," means "which I entered without telling," with "de" a negative conjunctive particle and "shi" the attributive of the past "ki." It shares the entering of mountains with "hito iru yama" in the preceding poem, 913.
Third line, "okuyama ni," means "into the depths of the mountains."
Fourth line, "koishisa ikade," means "how did longing," personifying longing as one who comes to call.
Final line, "tazunekitsuran," means "come seeking me," with "tsu" perfective and "ran" conjecturing a cause.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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