Karigane wa ima wa kinakinu waga machishi momichi haya tsuge mataba kurushi mo

雁がねは今は来鳴きぬ我が待ちし
黄葉早継げ待たば苦しも

Roma-ji: Karigane wa ima wa kinakinu waga machishi momichi haya tsuge mataba kurushi mo
English Translation: The wild geese at last
have come here now and cried out;
leaves I waited for,
quickly follow, turn to red—
waiting would be such a pain.
Meaning: The wild geese have now come and cried. O autumn leaves I've waited for, follow quickly—waiting is so hard.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2183

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Autumn Leaves"
This poem, since the geese have come and cried, asks the long-awaited autumn leaves to follow quickly. Linking the geese's arrival and the autumn leaves as a sequence of the season, it shows a heart impatient for the next emblem to arrive. Like 2181, which linked the geese's cry and the leaves, it sings of the succession of geese and foliage in the season.

The first line, "the wild geese," names the birds.
In the second line, "ima wa kinakinu," "nu" marks completion; the poem breaks here.
In the third line, "waga machishi," "shi" is the attributive of the past "ki": that I waited for.
The fourth line, "momichi haya tsuge," autumn leaves, follow quickly, is an imperative plea; the poem breaks here too.
In the last line, "mataba kurushi mo," "ba" marks a supposition and "mo" is exclamatory: waiting is painful.
Source: Manyoshu
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