Kari ga ne o kikitsuru nae ni takamatsu no no no ue no kusa zo irozukinikeru

雁が音を聞きつるなへに高松の
野の上の草ぞ色づきにける

Roma-ji: Kari ga ne o kikitsuru nae ni takamatsu no no no ue no kusa zo irozukinikeru
English Translation: As I heard the cry
of the wild geese, even then,
at Takamatsu
on the fields, the grass up there
has taken on its autumn hue.
Meaning: Just as I heard the cry of the wild geese, the grass on the fields of Takamatsu took on its autumn color.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2191

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Autumn Leaves"
This poem sings of the grass on the fields of Takamatsu turning color just as the geese's cry was heard. Taking the geese's arrival and the coloring of grass as simultaneous events, it senses the deepening of autumn. Like 2181 and 2183, it links geese and autumn color.

The first line, "the cry of the geese," names the sound.
In the second line, "kikitsuru nae ni," "nae ni" means along with: as I heard.
The third line, "of Takamatsu," is thought to be Takamato.
In the fourth line, "no no ue no kusa zo," "zo" is an emphatic particle in kakari-musubi with "keru" in the last line; the line is hypermetric.
The last line, "irozukinikeru," is the attributive of "keri," answering "zo."
Source: Manyoshu
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