Tanigawa no ue wa konoha ni uzumorete shita ni nakaru to hito shiru rame ya - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

谷川の上は木の葉に埋もれて
したになかると人知るらめや

Roma-ji: Tanigawa no ue wa konoha ni uzumorete shita ni nakaru to hito shiru rame ya
English Translation: Where the mountain stream
lies buried at its surface
under fallen leaves,
that beneath it flows my weeping,
would anyone know
Meaning: The surface of the valley stream is buried under fallen leaves; would anyone know that beneath it the water flows, that beneath it I weep?
Commentary: Book Seven Love Poems I 368

Just as the water flowing under a valley stream buried in fallen leaves cannot be seen, the poet asks whether the beloved knows that he weeps in secret within. The hidden flow of the stream carries a love concealed from others.
Some manuscripts name Fujiwara no Saneyuki as the author and give the headnote 'Composed on the sentiment of hidden love.'
Poem 401 in this book has the same final line, 'hito shiru rame ya', and likewise sings of hidden love. Valleys also appear in poems 382 and 383 in this book.

First line, 'tanigawa no', means of the valley stream.
Second line, 'ue wa konoha ni', means its surface under leaves, forming a contrast of above and below with shita in the fourth line.
Third line, 'uzumorete', means buried and hidden, showing that it cannot be seen from outside. Like 'umoregi' in poem 383 in this book, it uses uzumoru.
Fourth line, 'shita ni nakaru to', is a pivot word in which nakaru means both nagaru, the water flowing, and nakaru, weeping, left in kana.
Final line, 'hito shiru rame ya', means would anyone know, the realis of the present conjecture ramu with ya forming a rhetorical question meaning no one would. It is the same final line as poem 401 in this book.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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