Kaeru kari kumoji ni madou koe su nari kasumi fukitoke konome harukaze - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

帰る雁雲路にまどふ声すなり
霞吹き解けこのめはる風

Roma-ji: Kaeru kari kumoji ni madou koe su nari kasumi fukitoke konome harukaze
English Translation: The returning geese
lost upon their cloudy road—
I hear them calling;
blow away the haze, O wind
of spring that swells the buds
Meaning: I hear the voices of the geese flying home, lost on their path through the clouds. Blow the haze away, spring wind that swells the buds on the trees.
Commentary: Book Two Spring Poems II 60

Headnote: "On hearing the returning geese."
Hearing the cries of geese returning north, lost on their path through the sky because of the haze, the poet calls on the spring wind that swells the buds to blow the haze away for them. The poem holds both tenderness toward the departing geese and hope in the spring wind.
According to the headnote, it was composed on hearing the voices of geese returning north.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Kaeru kari," names geese flying back north in spring. "Kari" also appears in 75 of this book.
In the second line, "kumoji" is the path through the sky that geese fly, showing them lost as the haze blocks their way.
In the third line, "nari" is an inference from sound: "I hear a voice that seems lost." The poem pauses here.
In the fourth line, "toke" is imperative, calling on the wind to loosen the haze that hangs about.
In the last line, "haru" is a pivot word joining "haru," for buds to swell, with "haru," spring. It addresses the spring wind that fills out the buds and ends on a noun.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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