Miyamagi o asana yūna ni koritsumete samusa o kouru Ono no sumiyaki - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

深山木を朝な夕なにこりつめて
寒さを恋ふる小野の炭焼き

Roma-ji: Miyamagi o asana yūna ni koritsumete samusa o kouru Ono no sumiyaki
English Translation: Deep mountain timber,
morning and evening as well,
cut and stacked in piles,
he longs for the cold to come,
the charcoal burner of Ono.
Meaning: Cutting and stacking timber from the deep mountains morning and evening, the charcoal burner of Ono longs for the cold to come.
Commentary: Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Autumn Poems 1144

Headnote: "From among the three hundred sixty poems"
The poet portrays the charcoal burner of Ono, who cuts and stacks timber from the deep mountains morning and evening and longs for the coming of the cold, when charcoal is in demand. The headnote shows it is one of the Maigetsushū, the cycle of three hundred sixty poems for the whole year. In words close to daily life, it depicts the paradox of a charcoal burner's life that longs for the cold others dread.
The author is Sone no Yoshitada, called Sotan from his post as a junior official of Tango, a poet who composed the Maigetsushū, a cycle of three hundred sixty poems for the whole year, and who was known for a fresh style that boldly took in everyday words.

First line, "miyamagi o," means "timber of the deep mountains."
Second line, "asana yūna ni," means "morning and evening."
Third line, "koritsumete," means "cutting and stacking it up," with "koru" meaning to fell trees.
Fourth line, "samusa o kouru," means "longing for the cold," the wish for the cold season when charcoal sells.
Final line, "Ono no sumiyaki," means "the charcoal burner of Ono" in Yamashiro province, the poem closing on a noun.
Author: Sone no Yoshitada
Source: Shui Wakashu
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