Oboroke no iro to ya hito no omouran Ogura no yama o terasu momijiba - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

おぼろけの色とや人の思ふらむ
をぐらの山を照らす紅葉葉

Roma-ji: Oboroke no iro to ya hito no omouran Ogura no yama o terasu momijiba
English Translation: An ordinary hue,
is that what people think
of them, I wonder,
the leaves that light Ogura,
the mountain of the dim?
Meaning: Do people think theirs an ordinary color, the autumn leaves that light up Mount Ogura, the mountain named for dimness?
Commentary: Book Five Autumn Poems II 356

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
Do people think this an ordinary color, the poet asks, the autumn leaves that light up Mount Ogura, whose name means "dim"? Reading "oguraki," dim, in the name Ogura, he stresses, in the form of a question, that leaves bright enough to light a mountain that should be dark are no ordinary color.
The author, "Dōmyō Hōshi," was the son of Fujiwara no Michitsuna. A Tendai monk, he was known for the beauty of his voice in chanting sutras. He is one of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals of the Middle Ages.

First line, "oboroke no": "ordinary, commonplace."
Second line, "iro to ya hito no": the interrogative "ya" closes with the attributive "ramu" in the third line.
Third line, "omouran": "ramu" is the present conjecture, "do people think so?" The poem pauses here, inverted with the lines that follow.
Fourth line, "Ogura no yama o": "Ogura" is a pivot word joining the name of Mount Ogura in Saga, Yamashiro, with "oguraki," dim.
Fifth line, "terasu momijiba": the poem ends on a noun. "Terasu," to light up, pairs with "dim" in the fourth line, showing the brilliance of leaves that brighten a dark mountain.
Author: Dōmyō
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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