Akita karu kariio mo imada kobotaneba karigane samushi shimo mo okinu gani

秋田刈る仮廬もいまだ壊たねば
雁が音寒し霜も置きぬがに

Roma-ji: Akita karu kariio mo imada kobotaneba karigane samushi shimo mo okinu gani
English Translation: For the autumn reaping,
the makeshift hut still stands there,
not yet taken down,
yet the geese's cries sound cold,
as though frost were soon to settle
Meaning: The makeshift hut for harvesting the autumn fields has not yet been taken down, yet the cries of the geese sound cold, as if frost were about to settle.
Commentary: Book Eight Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 1556

Headnote: "A poem by Imibe no Obito Kuromaro"
The makeshift hut built for harvesting the autumn fields has not yet been taken down, yet the cries of the geese sound cold, as if frost were about to settle. Before the harvest season has even ended, signs of winter already steal in, and the poem conveys how swiftly the seasons turn.
The author, Imibe no Kuromaro, was an official of the Imibe clan about whom little is known.

The first line means "reaping the rice of the autumn fields."
The second line, with an extra syllable, means "the hut made temporarily for the harvest, still."
In the third line, "neba" has the concessive sense of "though not yet taken down."
The fourth line states that the geese's cries sound cold, and the poem pauses here. Emperor Shōmu's 1540 in this book likewise senses cold in "the cold cry of the wild geese."
The final line, with an extra syllable, means "as if frost would settle," giving the degree of cold at the end by inversion.
Author: Imibe no Kuromaro
Source: Manyoshu
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