Ashibe naru ogi no ha sayagi akikaze no fukikuru nae ni kari nakiwataru

葦辺なる荻の葉さやぎ秋風の
吹き来るなへに雁鳴き渡る

Roma-ji: Ashibe naru ogi no ha sayagi akikaze no fukikuru nae ni kari nakiwataru
English Translation: Where the reeds grow thick,
leaves of silver grass rustle,
and as autumn wind
comes blowing in upon them,
wild geese cross over, crying.
Meaning: The leaves of the silver grass by the reeds rustle, and as the autumn wind comes blowing, the wild geese fly across, crying.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2134

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Wild Geese"
This poem overlays the rustling of silver grass leaves by the reeds with the cry of geese flying across as the autumn wind blows in. The layering of sounds—rustling leaves, autumn wind, and the geese's voices—paints the autumn waterside in depth. The kundoku also carries a variant, "akikaze ni kari ga ne kikoyu ima shi kurashi mo." Like "nagaruru nae ni" in 1821, it uses "nae ni" to overlay two movements.

The first line, "by the reeds," names the waterside where reeds grow.
In the second line, "ogi no ha sayagi," "sayagu" means to rustle.
The third line, "the autumn wind," names the wind.
In the fourth line, "fukikuru nae ni," "nae ni" means along with.
The last line, "the geese cross crying," closes with the layering of autumn sounds.
Source: Manyoshu
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