Kamunabi no yamashita toyomi yuku mizu ni kawazu naku nari aki to iwamu to ya

神なびの山下響み行く水に
かはづ鳴くなり秋と言はむとや

Roma-ji: Kamunabi no yamashita toyomi yuku mizu ni kawazu naku nari aki to iwamu to ya
English Translation: God-dwelling mountain,
making echoes at its foot
flows the stream along—
there the kajika sing, it seems,
as if saying, "Autumn's here!"
Meaning: In the waters that flow echoing at the foot of the sacred mountain, the kajika frogs are singing—do they mean to say that autumn has come?
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2162

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Singing Frogs"
This poem hears the kajika frogs singing in the river that flows echoing at the foot of the sacred mountain as if they meant to announce autumn's arrival. The sound of the river and the frogs' voices resonate, received as nature's voice telling of autumn's coming. Whereas the preceding poem took the frogs' voice as proof of the river's clarity, this one takes it as the announcement of autumn.

The first line, "kamunabi no," names a mountain where a god dwells.
The second line, "echoing at the mountain's foot," describes the river's sound.
The third line, "in the flowing water," names where they sing.
In the fourth line, "kawazu naku nari," "nari" marks hearsay, showing the singing is known by sound. The poem breaks here.
In the last line, "aki to iwamu to ya," "ya" is a question, closing by hearing the frogs as announcing autumn.
Source: Manyoshu
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