Akikaze ni yama tobikoyuru karigane no koe tōzakaru kumogakururashi

秋風に山飛び越ゆる雁がねの
声遠ざかる雲隠るらし

Roma-ji: Akikaze ni yama tobikoyuru karigane no koe tōzakaru kumogakururashi
English Translation: In the autumn wind
flying high over the hills
the wild geese go by;
their voices fade, far away—
hidden in the clouds, it seems.
Meaning: The voices of the wild geese flying over the hills on the autumn wind grow faint—they seem to have vanished into the clouds.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2136

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Wild Geese"
This poem infers from the fading voices of the geese flying over the hills on the autumn wind that they have hidden in the clouds. Like 2128 it sings of geese crossing the hills on the autumn wind, but whereas that poem saw their forms recede, this one knows where they go by their fading voices, a contrast of sight and hearing.

The first line, "on the autumn wind," is the same opening as 2128.
The second line, "flying over the hills," describes their flight.
The third line, "of the wild geese," names the birds.
The fourth line, "their voices fade," breaks the poem after the fourth line.
In the last line, "kumogakururashi," "rashi" marks grounded inference, closing by inferring from the fading voices that they have hidden in the clouds.
Source: Manyoshu
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