Masaki waru Hida no takumi ya idenuran murasame suguru Kasatori no yama

真木割る飛騨の工や出でぬらん
村雨過ぐるかさとりの山

Roma-ji: Masaki waru Hida no takumi ya idenuran murasame suguru Kasatori no yama
English Translation: Have Hida's craftsmen
who split the cypress logs
come out to work now?
A passing shower has gone by
on Mount Kasatori.
Meaning: Have the carpenters of Hida, who split the cypress, come out to work? A passing shower has gone by on Mount Kasatori, where hats are taken off.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 973

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
On Mount Kasatori, where a passing shower has gone by, have the carpenters of Hida who split the cypress come out to work? the poet asks. Kasatori is a famed mountain in Yamashiro, and its name joins taking off one's hat once the rain has passed. The craftsmen of Hida were renowned woodworkers.

First line, “masaki waru”: splitting fine timber such as cedar or cypress.
Second line, “Hida no takumi ya”: craftsmen from Hida who came to the capital to work in wood; ya is answered by ran in the third line.
Third line, “idenuran”: have they come out? The poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “murasame suguru”: where a sudden shower has passed.
Fifth line, “Kasatori no yama”: kasatori is a pivot word joining the place name and taking off one's hat.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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