Karigane no kinakishi nae ni karakoromo tatsuta no yama wa momichisometari

雁がねの来鳴きしなへに韓衣
龍田の山はもみちそめたり

Roma-ji: Karigane no kinakishi nae ni karakoromo tatsuta no yama wa momichisometari
English Translation: As the wild geese came
crying here, along with them,
Chinese robes cut out—
Tatsuta's mountain slopes
have begun to turn to red.
Meaning: Just as the wild geese came crying, the mountain of Tatsuta began to take on its autumn colors.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2194

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Autumn Leaves"
This poem sings of Mount Tatsuta beginning to turn color just as the geese came crying. It links the first coloring of Mount Tatsuta, famed for autumn leaves, to the arrival of the geese. Like 2191, it uses "nae ni" to treat geese and autumn color as simultaneous, and the next poem, 2195, sings of Mount Kasuga in the same construction, so the two form a pair.

The first line, "of the wild geese," names the birds.
In the second line, "kinakishi nae ni," "nae ni" means along with.
The third line, "karakoromo," is a pillow word for "Tatsuta," from "tatsu," to cut out a robe.
The fourth line, "Mount Tatsuta," names the mountain on the Yamato-Kawachi border, famed for autumn leaves.
In the last line, "momichisometari," "somu" means to begin and "tari" marks a continuing state.
Source: Manyoshu
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