Akikaze ni yamato e koyuru karigane wa iya tōzakaru kumogakuritsutsu

秋風に大和へ越ゆる雁がねは
いや遠ざかる雲隠りつつ

Roma-ji: Akikaze ni yamato e koyuru karigane wa iya tōzakaru kumogakuritsutsu
English Translation: In the autumn wind
crossing over to Yamato,
the wild geese there fly
further, further, far away,
hiding in the clouds as they go.
Meaning: The wild geese crossing the hills toward Yamato on the autumn wind grow ever more distant, vanishing into the clouds.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2128

Headnote: "On Wild Geese"
This poem depicts wild geese crossing the hills toward Yamato on the autumn wind, receding as they hide in the clouds, and its headnote is "On Wild Geese." The receding geese may be read as overlaid with the homesickness of a poet away from Yamato. Following the last poem of the bush clover group, in which clover scattered at the geese's cry, the group on geese begins here.

The first line, "on the autumn wind," names what carries them.
The second line, "crossing toward Yamato," names their direction.
The third line, "the wild geese," marks the theme.
In the fourth line, "iya tōzakaru," "iya" means ever more, and the poem breaks here.
In the last line, "kumogakuritsutsu," "tsutsu" marks continuation: hiding in the clouds. By inversion it shows their receding at the end.
Source: Manyoshu
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