Yamazato ni kokoro wa fukaku irinagara shiba no keburi no tachikaerinishi

山里に心は深く入りながら
柴の煙のたち帰りにし

Roma-ji: Yamazato ni kokoro wa fukaku irinagara shiba no keburi no tachikaerinishi
English Translation: Though into the hills
my heart had gone far and deep,
like the brushwood smoke
that rises, I went off, and
turned around and came back home.
Meaning: My heart went deep into that mountain village, and yet, like the rising smoke of brushwood, I turned around and went back home.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 737

Headnote: "Reply"
This is Saigyō's reply to the preceding poem. Though his heart had gone deep into the mountain village, like the rising brushwood smoke he turned around and went home. Taking up 'shiba no keburi' just as it was, he joins his return without meeting the other with his lingering attachment to the mountain village.

First line, “yamazato ni”: taking up 'fuyu no yamazato' at the end of the preceding poem.
Second line, “kokoro wa fukaku”: the heart deeply drawn into the village.
Third line, “irinagara”: nagara is concessive, though it had gone in.
Fourth line, “shiba no keburi no”: the same line as the second of the preceding poem, taking up the other's words.
Fifth line, “tachikaerinishi”: tachi is a pivot word joining the rising of smoke and turning back; nishi marks completion in the past.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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