Akiyama no ko no ha mo imada momitaneba kesa fuku kaze wa shimo mo okinubeku

秋山の木の葉もいまだもみたねば
今朝吹く風は霜も置きぬべく

Roma-ji: Akiyama no ko no ha mo imada momitaneba kesa fuku kaze wa shimo mo okinubeku
English Translation: On the autumn hills
not yet have the leaves of trees
turned to crimson red,
yet the wind this morning blows
as if frost would settle too.
Meaning: The leaves on the autumn mountains have not yet turned color—yet the wind that blows this morning feels as though frost might settle.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2232

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the Wind"
This poem says that though the leaves of the autumn mountains have not yet turned, this morning's wind is cold enough that frost might settle, and it closes the wind group. Surprise at a cold that has come ahead of the season's progress is expressed through the chill of the wind. Whereas in 2193 and elsewhere the autumn wind advances the coloring of leaves, this poem sings of a cold wind arriving before the leaves have turned.

The first line, "of the autumn mountains," names the place.
The second line, "the leaves of the trees not yet," names the state.
In the third line, "momitaneba," "momitsu" means to turn color, "ne" is the perfective of the negative, and "ba" gives an adversative condition: though they have not turned.
The fourth line, "the wind that blows this morning," names the wind.
In the last line, "shimo mo okinubeku," "nu" is emphatic and "beku" conjecture: as though frost would settle. It closes in a suspended form showing the cold.
Source: Manyoshu
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