Okuyama no iwagaki numa ni konoha ochite shizumeru kokoro hito shirurame ya

奥山の岩垣沼に木の葉落ちて
沈める心人知るらめや

Roma-ji: Okuyama no iwagaki numa ni konoha ochite shizumeru kokoro hito shirurame ya
English Translation: Like the leaves that fall
into the rock-walled marsh
in the inmost hills,
my heart has sunk so deep—
could anyone know of it?
Meaning: Like the leaves that fall into the rock-walled marsh deep in the mountains and sink, my heart has sunk; could anyone know of it? Surely not.
Commentary: Love Poems 463

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on the theme of love at famous places"
Like leaves that fall into a rock-walled marsh deep in the mountains and sink from sight, the poet's heart has sunk unseen, and his beloved could never know.
According to the notes in the base text, the Teika text has six syllables in line 2. Here the base text is followed. Kamo no Mabuchi marked this poem with a circle.

Line 1 means "of the deep mountains."
Line 2 means "into the marsh walled with rocks."
Line 3 means "leaves falling," with an extra syllable.
Line 4 means "a sunken heart," overlaying sinking leaves and a sinking heart; still marsh water is set against the seething water of the preceding poem.
Line 5: rame ya joins the evaluative of ramu with rhetorical ya, "would she know? surely not."
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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