Ōhara ya mada sumigama mo narawazu to iiken hito o ima araseba ya

大原やまだ炭竈もならはずと
言ひけん人を今あらせばや

Roma-ji: Ōhara ya mada sumigama mo narawazu to iiken hito o ima araseba ya
English Translation: At Ōhara here,
"not yet used even to kilns
for charcoal," he said—
that man of long ago,
how I wish he were here now.
Meaning: How I wish he were here now, the man who once said that at Ōhara he was not yet used even to the charcoal kilns.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1047

Headnote: "When several of us went to the place in Ōhara where Ryōzen had lived, composed poems of personal feeling, and wrote them on the hinged door"
Visiting with others the site of the hut in Ōhara where the monk Ryōzen once lived, Saigyō composed poems of personal feeling and wrote them on the door. Recalling how Ryōzen, newly settled in Ōhara, wrote that he was not yet used even to the charcoal kilns, Saigyō longs to bring that man back to this very place to talk with him.
The poem takes as its source Ryōzen's poem beginning "Ōhara ya mada sumigama mo narawaneba," borrowing its first and second lines whole to express reverence for a forerunner in reclusion. Ōhara was also where Saigyō's friend Jakunen lived, and many poems on Ōhara are gathered in this book.

First line, “Ōhara ya”: ya is an exclamatory particle, setting the place name forward; it is the first line of Ryōzen's poem taken whole.
Second line, “mada sumigama mo”: not yet even to the charcoal kilns, again borrowed from the source poem.
Third line, “narawazu to”: that he was not used to them, citing the source poem's content.
Fourth line, “iiken hito o”: ken marks reported past, the man who is said to have said so, Ryōzen.
Fifth line, “ima araseba ya”: baya expresses a wish, "I would have him here now."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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