Keburi tatsu Fuji ni omoi no arasoite yodakeki koi o Suruga e zo yuku

煙立つ富士におもひのあらそひて
よだけき恋をするがへぞ行く

Roma-ji: Keburi tatsu Fuji ni omoi no arasoite yodakeki koi o Suruga e zo yuku
English Translation: Smoke rising, with Fuji
the fire of my longing vies,
striving which is more,
and with so fierce a love
to Suruga I go on.
Meaning: With the fire of my longing vying against smoking Fuji, bearing so fierce a love, I travel on toward Suruga.
Commentary: Love Poems 691

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Love"
The fire of Mount Fuji sending up its smoke and the fire of love burning in the poet's breast vie to see which is fiercer. Bearing so fierce a love, he travels toward Suruga, the province of Fuji. Omoi joins longing with hi, fire, and suruga joins suru, to do, as in loving, with the province of Suruga, so that the flame of love is laid over the smoke of Fuji.

First line, “keburi tatsu”: smoke rising, Mount Fuji sending up its plume.
Second line, “Fuji ni omoi no”: omoi is a pivot word joining love's longing with hi, fire, which vies with the fire of Fuji.
Third line, “arasoite”: vying with each other.
Fourth line, “yodakeki koi o”: yodakeshi is exaggerated, fierce.
Fifth line, “Suruga e zo yuku”: suruga is a pivot word joining suru, to do, as in loving, with the province of Suruga; the binding particle zo is answered by the attributive yuku.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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