Mi no usa no kakurega ni sen yamazato wa kokoro arite zo sumu bekarikeru

身の憂さの隠れ家にせん山里は
心ありてぞ住むべかりける

Roma-ji: Mi no usa no kakurega ni sen yamazato wa kokoro arite zo sumu bekarikeru
English Translation: The mountain village
I would make a hiding place
from my sorrows here,
one ought to come and dwell there
with a true and settled heart.
Meaning: A mountain village made a hiding place from one's sorrows is a place one ought to live in with true resolve.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 910

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Five poems expressing my thoughts"
This is the third of the five. A mountain village one makes a refuge from one's sorrows ought to be lived in with true resolve, the poet says. Taking up the deep mountains of the preceding poem as a refuge, he stresses that one must not merely flee but dwell there with a settled heart.

First line, “mi no usa no”: of the sorrows of my lot, the same words as the first line of 908.
Second line, “kakurega ni sen”: I would make it a hiding place.
Third line, “yamazato wa”: the mountain village, taking up the deep mountains of the preceding poem.
Fourth line, “kokoro arite zo”: with true resolve; zo is answered by keru in the fifth line.
Fifth line, “sumu bekarikeru”: one ought to dwell there.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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