Shirakumo no kakaru yamaji o fumi mite zo itodo kokoro wa sora ni narikeru - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

白雲のかかる山路をふみ見てぞ
いとど心は空になりける

Roma-ji: Shirakumo no kakaru yamaji o fumi mite zo itodo kokoro wa sora ni narikeru
English Translation: Treading the mountain path
where the white clouds hang so low,
seeing your letter,
all the more my heart
has drifted off into the sky
Meaning: As if treading a mountain path where white clouds hang, once I had seen your letter my heart drifted off all the more into the empty sky.
Commentary: Book Seven Love Poems I 366

As if treading a high mountain path where white clouds hang, the poet's heart has drifted off all the more since seeing the beloved's letter. With fumi meaning both treading and a letter, and the white clouds tied to the sky, the poem conveys a heart set floating by love.
Some manuscripts name Fujiwara no Akitaka as the author and mark it 'topic unknown'.

First line, 'shirakumo no', means of the white clouds, showing the scene of a high mountain. It forms a related word with sora, the sky, in the final line.
Second line, 'kakaru yamaji o', means the mountain path where clouds hang.
Third line, 'fumi mite zo', is a pivot word in which fumi means both fumi, treading the path, and fumi, a letter, left in kana. The particle zo binds with the attributive keru in the final line.
Fourth line, 'itodo kokoro wa', means my heart all the more.
Final line, 'sora ni narikeru', means has become distracted, sora echoing the sky where the white clouds of the first line hang. 'The moon above the clouds' in poem 371 in this book also sings of the sky.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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