Funaoka no susono no tsuka no kazu soete mukashi no hito ni kimi o nashitsuru

船岡の裾野の塚の数添へて
昔の人に君をなしつる

Roma-ji: Funaoka no susono no tsuka no kazu soete mukashi no hito ni kimi o nashitsuru
English Translation: At Funaoka's foot,
adding one more to the count
of the graves there, we
have made you now one of those
who belong to days gone by.
Meaning: Adding one more to the number of mounds at the foot of Funaoka, we have made you into one of the people of the past.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 820

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "After the death of the Second Rank Lady of the Retired Emperor, when people composed ten poems"
This is the fourth of the ten. Adding one more to the mounds at the foot of Funaoka, we have made you one of the people of the past, the poet says. Funaoka was a burial ground north of the capital, and in the new mound added there he feels the sorrow that the departed has already become part of the past.

First line, “Funaoka no”: Funaoka, a burial ground north of the capital.
Second line, “susono no tsuka no”: of the graves at the foot of the hill.
Third line, “kazu soete”: adding one to their number.
Fourth line, “mukashi no hito ni”: into one who has passed away.
Fifth line, “kimi o nashitsuru”: we have made you so, closing in the attributive with a sigh.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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