Koi sureba moyuru hotaru mo naku semi mo waga mi no hoka no mono to ya wa miru - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

恋すれば燃ゆる蛍も鳴く蝉も
我が身の外のものとやは見る

Roma-ji: Koi sureba moyuru hotaru mo naku semi mo waga mi no hoka no mono to ya wa miru
English Translation: Since I am in love,
the firefly that burns with light,
the cicada's cry—
could I see them as things
apart from my own self?
Meaning: Since I am in love, could I ever see the firefly burning with light or the cicada crying aloud as things apart from my own self?
Commentary: Book Thirteen Love Poems III 813

Headnote: "Composed on the topic 'Love in summer'"
Composed on the topic "love in summer." When one is in love, he says, the burning firefly and the crying cicada, could one see them as things apart from oneself? Taking up the firefly and the cicada, emblems of summer, he overlays on the firefly's glow a self burning in the fire of longing, and on the cicada's cry a self weeping aloud, conveying how to one in love everything in summer seems an image of oneself.
The author, "Former Middle Counselor Masayori," is Minamoto no Masayori. The son of Provisional Middle Counselor Minamoto no Masakane, he rose to Provisional Middle Counselor.

First line, "koi sureba": "ba" gives a fixed condition, "since I am in love."
Second line, "moyuru hotaru mo": "the firefly that burns with light," overlaid with a self burning in the fire of longing.
Third line, "naku semi mo": "the cicada crying aloud," overlaid with a self weeping aloud. It pairs with the second line and gives the "summer" of the topic.
Fourth line, "waga mi no hoka no": "apart from myself."
Fifth line, "mono to ya wa miru": "ya wa" is a rhetorical particle binding with the attributive "miru," "could I see them as such? Never."
Author: Minamoto no Masayori
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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