Kasatori no yama ni yo o furu mi ni shi areba sumiyaki mo oru waga kokoro kana - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

笠取の山に世をふる身にしあれば
すみやきもをるわが心かな

Roma-ji: Kasatori no yama ni yo o furu mi ni shi areba sumiyaki mo oru waga kokoro kana
English Translation: Since on Kasatori's
mountain I am one who spends
my days in the rain,
burning charcoal, breaking boughs,
such is this heart of mine
Meaning: Since I am one who passes my days on Mount Kasatori, my heart is like one that burns charcoal and breaks branches, smoldering and broken.
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 497

Since the poet lives out his days on Mount Kasatori, his heart burns like charcoal and breaks like boughs, smoldering and broken. Drawing on mountain life on Mount Kasatori and layering sumi, living and charcoal, yaki, burning and jealousy, and oru, breaking and dwelling, the poem seems to express with wit a heart consumed by longing. Interpretations of some words differ.
Like the sequence from poem 494 in this book, it sings of love in words tied to the trees of the mountains.

First line, 'Kasatori no', means of Mount Kasatori, a famous place in Yamashiro. Kasa, hat, is a word related to furu in the second line.
Second line, 'yama ni yo o furu', is a pivot word in which furu means both passing one's days and rain falling, tied to the hat, left in kana.
Third line, 'mi ni shi areba', means since I am one who, the particle shi adding emphasis.
Fourth line, 'sumiyaki mo oru', means burning charcoal and breaking boughs, and seems to pun sumi on living and charcoal, yaki on burning and jealousy, and oru on breaking and dwelling, all left in kana.
Final line, 'waga kokoro kana', means such is my heart, closing with the exclamatory kana.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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