Nani to naku yuki ni narinu to kiku hi yori kokoro ni kakaru miyoshino no yama

なにとなく雪になりぬと聞く日より
心にかかるみ吉野の山

Roma-ji: Nani to naku yuki ni narinu to kiku hi yori kokoro ni kakaru miyoshino no yama
English Translation: For no reason at all,
from the day I hear it said
that it has turned to snow,
it stays hanging in my heart—
fair Yoshino's mountain slopes.
Meaning: For no reason I can name, from the day I hear that it has turned to snow, the mountains of fair Yoshino will not leave my heart.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1062

Headnote: "Composed on the first day of spring"
Composed on the first day of spring. Somehow, from the day he hears that Yoshino has turned to snow, the mountains of Yoshino hang on his mind; thinking of Yoshino still under snow at the start of spring, he cannot help longing for the blossoms to come.
It is a poem very like Saigyō, who loved the cherry blossoms of Yoshino above all. The poem is also widely known with the second line "haru ni narinu to," in which form it becomes a poem of thinking of Yoshino's blossoms from the first day of spring. Here the text reads "yuki ni narinu to," and the reading line agrees, so the translation follows the text.

First line, “nani to naku”: for no particular reason, a pull on the heart beyond reasoning.
Second line, “yuki ni narinu to”: nu is perfective, "that it has turned to snow."
Third line, “kiku hi yori”: from the day I hear it.
Fourth line, “kokoro ni kakaru”: weighing on the mind, never leaving the heart.
Fifth line, “miyoshino no yama”: mi is an honorific prefix; ending on a noun, the mountains of Yoshino linger.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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