Miyako chikaki ono ōhara o omoiizuru shiba no keburi no aware naru kana

都近き小野大原を思ひ出づる
柴の煙のあはれなるかな

Roma-ji: Miyako chikaki ono ōhara o omoiizuru shiba no keburi no aware naru kana
English Translation: Bringing to mind
Ono and Ōhara,
near the capital,
how moving is the smoke
of brushwood burning here.
Meaning: How moving is this smoke of burning brushwood, calling to mind Ono and Ōhara so near the capital.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1133

Headnote: "In Shimotsuke Province, seeing the smoke of burning brushwood"
Composed in Shimotsuke on seeing smoke from burning brushwood. Seen in the distant east, the smoke recalls the charcoal fires of Ono and Ōhara near the capital and is deeply moving.
Ono and Ōhara were mountain villages north of the capital known for the smoke of charcoal-making; the charcoal kilns of Ōhara also appear in 1047 of this book. In recalling the familiar villages near the capital through smoke on the road, a traveler's homesickness for the far-off capital comes through.

First line, “miyako chikaki”: near the capital; the line has an extra syllable.
Second line, “ono ōhara o”: Ono and Ōhara, mountain villages north of the capital known for charcoal.
Third line, “omoiizuru”: bringing to mind.
Fourth line, “shiba no keburi no”: of the smoke of burning brushwood.
Fifth line, “aware naru kana”: kana is exclamatory.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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