Tsuki mireba haruka ni omou Sarashina no yama mo kokoro no uchi ni zo arikeru - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

月見ればはるかに思ふ更級の
山も心のうちにぞありける

Roma-ji: Tsuki mireba haruka ni omou Sarashina no yama mo kokoro no uchi ni zo arikeru
English Translation: When I see the moon,
the mountain of Sarashina
I thought so far away,
I find that it lies here
within my very heart
Meaning: When I gaze at the moon, I find that the mountain of Sarashina, which I thought so far away, lies within my own heart.
Commentary: Book Four Autumn Poems I 280

Headnote: "A moon poem from among those composed and sent when Shunzei, Master of the Empress Dowager's Household, composed ten poems"
A moon poem from among the poems the author composed and sent when Fujiwara no Shunzei, Master of the Empress Dowager's Household, composed a set of ten poems. Gazing at the moon, the poet finds that the mountain of Sarashina, famed for its moon and thought to be far away, is in truth within his own heart. Before a beautiful moon, the mountain of Sarashina is already present in the heart that imagines the famous moon, and the poem records that discovery.
The author, "Minister of the Right," is Fujiwara no Sanesada, son of Minister of the Right Fujiwara no Kinyoshi. He was Minister of the Right when the Senzai Wakashū was compiled and later rose to Minister of the Left. Called the Later Tokudaiji Minister of the Left, he has a poem in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
Poem 277 of this book asked why the moon is so bright on the distant mountain of Sarashina, and this poem finds that mountain within the heart. The two share "Sarashina no yama" and form a pair of far and near.

First line, "tsuki mireba": the realized condition, "when I see the moon."
Second line, "haruka ni omou": "that I think far away," modifying "Sarashina" in the third line.
Third line, "Sarashina no": a place in Shinano, home of Mount Obasute, famed for the moon. Following 277 and 278 of this book, it names Sarashina.
Fourth line, "yama mo kokoro no": "the mountain too, of my heart," placing within the heart a mountain that should be far off. It is the same "Sarashina no yama" as in 277 of this book.
Fifth line, "uchi ni zo arikeru": "zo" closes with the attributive "keru," and "keri" expresses realization, showing the poet's discovery that the distant famous place lay within his heart.
Author: Fujiwara no Sanesada
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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