Ukarikeru hito o Hatsuse no yamaoroshi yo hageshikare to wa inoranu mono o - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

憂かりける人を初瀬の山おろしよ
はげしかれとは祈らぬものを

Roma-ji: Ukarikeru hito o Hatsuse no yamaoroshi yo hageshikare to wa inoranu mono o
English Translation: To make the cruel one
yield, I prayed at Hatsuse,
yet, O mountain storm,
that she grow as fierce as you
was never what I prayed for
Meaning: I prayed at Hatsuse that the one so cruel to me might yield; O mountain gale of Hatsuse, I never prayed that she grow fiercer still, like you.
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 708

Headnote: "Composed on the topic 'Love unmet though I pray' when ten love poems were composed at the house of Provisional Middle Counselor Toshitada"
Composed on the topic "Love unmet though I pray" when ten love poems were composed at the house of Provisional Middle Counselor Fujiwara no Toshitada. I prayed at Hatsuse that the cruel one might yield, he says, but O mountain gale of Hatsuse, I never prayed that she grow fierce. Calling to the violent wind sweeping down the mountain, he voices his resentment that, for all his prayers, she only grows colder.
The author, "Minamoto no Toshiyori Ason," was the son of Major Counselor Minamoto no Tsunenobu. A central figure in the poetry circle of Emperor Horikawa, he compiled the Kin'yō Wakashū at the command of Retired Emperor Shirakawa. His personal collection is the Sanboku Kika Shū.
This celebrated poem is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, where the third line is generally given as "yamaoroshi yo," with an extra syllable.
The next poem, 709, also comes from the same ten love poems at Toshitada's house; this poem sings of love that prays to the gods and buddhas, the next of love that swears by the gods, and the two stand side by side.

First line, "ukarikeru": "who was so cruel," modifying "hito," "the one," in the second line.
Second line, "hito o Hatsuse no": Hatsuse in Yamato is home to Hase-dera, famous for the worship of Kannon. "Hito o" leads on to "inoranu" in the last line, implying "I prayed that she would yield."
Third line, "yamaoroshi yo": a call to the violent wind sweeping down from the mountain. It has an extra syllable, and the poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "hageshikare to wa": "hageshikare" is the imperative of the adjective "hageshi," "that she be fierce." The fierceness of the mountain wind overlaps with the fierceness of her coldness.
Fifth line, "inoranu mono o": "mono o" is a conjunctive particle of adversative lament, "yet I never prayed so." It echoes "kami mo kike" in the third line of the next poem, 709, in praying to the gods.
Author: Minamoto no Toshiyori
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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