Tanomekoshi kimi wa tsurenashi akikaze wa kyō yori fukinu waga mi kanashi mo - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

頼めこし君はつれなし秋風は
今日より吹きぬわが身悲しも

Roma-ji: Tanomekoshi kimi wa tsurenashi akikaze wa kyō yori fukinu waga mi kanashi mo
English Translation: You who led me on
to trust in you are cold now;
the wind of autumn
from this day has begun to blow—
and how sad my lot has become
Meaning: You who let me trust in you have turned cold, and from today the autumn wind has begun to blow—how sad I am.
Commentary: Book Five Autumn Poems I 219

Headnote: "Sent to someone on the first day of autumn, at a time when the poet was lost in brooding."
The poet laments that the one who led her to trust has grown cold, and that from today the autumn wind has begun to blow. The coldness of the beloved's heart is laid over the chill of the wind on the first day of autumn.
According to the headnote, it was sent to someone on the first day of autumn while the poet was sunk in brooding. Like the two preceding poems it is set on the first day of autumn, but its theme is the grief of love.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

In the first line, "tanome" is the lower bigrade verb "tanomu," "to make someone trust," and "shi" is the attributive form of the past auxiliary "ki."
The second line, "kimi wa tsurenashi," means "you are cold," and the poem pauses here.
In the third line, "aki," autumn, carries an echo of "aki," being grown tired of by the beloved.
In the fourth line, "nu" is the completive auxiliary: "from today it has begun to blow." Like the two preceding poems, it sings of the wind on the first day of autumn. The poem pauses here.
In the last line, "mo" is an exclamatory particle: "how sad I am," voicing the lament directly.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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