Aki no ta no waga karibaka no suginureba kari ga ne kikoyu fuyu katamakete

秋の田の我が刈りばかの過ぎぬれば
雁が音聞こゆ冬かたまけて

Roma-ji: Aki no ta no waga karibaka no suginureba kari ga ne kikoyu fuyu katamakete
English Translation: In the autumn fields
my own portion for the reaping
now is past and done,
and I hear the wild geese cry,
as the winter draws on near.
Meaning: Now that my share of reaping the autumn fields is done, I hear the cry of the wild geese, as winter draws near.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2133

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Wild Geese"
This poem knows that winter is near on hearing the geese as the speaker finishes his assigned share of harvesting the autumn fields. The break in farm work and the geese's migration overlap as a turning of the season, filled with the lived sense of a working person. Like 1854 in the spring poems, "the time of cherry blossoms draws near," it uses "katamaku" to show winter's approach.

The first line, "of the autumn fields," names the place.
In the second line, "waga karibaka no," "karibaka" means one's assigned share of reaping.
The third line, "since it is done," uses "ba" as an established condition.
The fourth line, "the cry of geese is heard," breaks the poem after the fourth line.
In the last line, "fuyu katamakete," "katamaku" means that a season draws near; by inversion it gives the turning of the season at the end.
Source: Manyoshu
Prev Poem: Amakumo no yoso ni kari ga ne kikishi yori hadarejimo furi samushi kono yo wa
Next Poem: Ashibe naru ogi no ha sayagi akikaze no fukikuru nae ni kari nakiwataru