Kawai ya maki no susoyama ishi tatete somabito ika ni suzushikaruran

川合ひや真木の裾山石立てて
杣人いかに涼しかるらん

Roma-ji: Kawai ya maki no susoyama ishi tatete somabito ika ni suzushikaruran
English Translation: Where the rivers meet,
at the foot of the cypress hills
where the rocks stand tall,
how cool, I wonder, it must be
for the woodcutters there.
Meaning: Where the rivers meet, at the foot of the cypress-covered hills where rocks stand tall, how cool the woodcutters must be.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 974

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
Where the rivers meet, at the foot of the cypress-covered hills where rocks stand tall, how cool the woodcutters working there must be, the poet says, imagining the summer coolness of a mountain village woven of river, hill and rock from the side of those who work there.

First line, “kawai ya”: kawai is where rivers meet; ya is exclamatory.
Second line, “maki no susoyama”: the foot of hills thick with fine timber.
Third line, “ishi tatete”: rocks standing tall.
Fourth line, “somabito ika ni”: somabito are woodcutters in the mountains.
Fifth line, “suzushikaruran”: ran is conjecture about the present; how cool it must be.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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