Tazugane no kesa naku nae ni karigane wa izuku sashite ka kumogakururamu

鶴がねの今朝鳴くなへに雁がねは
いづくさしてか雲隠るらむ

Roma-ji: Tazugane no kesa naku nae ni karigane wa izuku sashite ka kumogakururamu
English Translation: As the cranes cry out
on this morning, even so
the wild geese, where now,
heading for what distant place,
do they hide among the clouds?
Meaning: As the cranes cry this morning, where are the wild geese bound, vanishing into the clouds?
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2138

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Wild Geese"
This poem wonders, as the cranes cry this morning, where the geese are headed as they vanish into the clouds. The voices and forms of two migrant birds, cranes and geese, overlap to paint an autumn morning sky. Like the geese hiding in clouds in 2136, it thinks of where the geese are bound beyond the clouds.

In the first line, "tazugane no," "tazugane" means the cry of cranes and by extension the cranes themselves.
In the second line, "kesa naku nae ni," "nae ni" means along with: as they cry this morning.
The third line, "the wild geese," names the other birds.
In the fourth line, "izuku sashite ka," "ka" is an interrogative particle in kakari-musubi with "ramu" in the last line: heading where?
In the last line, "kumogakururamu," "ramu" is present conjecture, closing with thoughts of where the geese are bound.
Source: Manyoshu
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