Itodoshiku mono omou yado no ogi no ha ni aki to tsugetsuru kaze no wabishisa - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

いとどしく物思ふ宿の荻の葉に
秋と告げつる風のわびしさ

Roma-ji: Itodoshiku mono omou yado no ogi no ha ni aki to tsugetsuru kaze no wabishisa
English Translation: All the more deeply
in this house of brooding thoughts,
upon the reed leaves
it told me autumn had come—
how forlorn the wind has made me
Meaning: In this house where I brood all the more, the wind rustling the reed leaves told me autumn had come—how desolate it is.
Commentary: Book Five Autumn Poems I 220

Headnote: "At a time when the poet had something on the mind."
The poet sings of the desolation of the wind that rustled the reed leaves of a house already full of brooding, announcing autumn's arrival. Through the rustle of the reeds, the loneliness of autumn is added on top of the poet's cares.
According to the headnote, it was composed at a time when the poet had cares on the mind. Following the preceding poem, it is another poem of the autumn wind blowing on one sunk in brooding.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.
The text gives the last line as "kaze no wabishisa," which does not match "kaze no wabishiki" in the kana reading line. The wording of the text is followed here.

The first line, "Itodoshiku," means "all the more," showing a brooding already present growing deeper still.
The second line, "mono omou yado no," means "of the house where I brood." It takes up the same mood as the headnote of the preceding poem, 219, "at a time when the poet was lost in brooding."
The third line, "ogi no ha ni," means "on the reed leaves," a grass whose rustling announces the coming of the autumn wind. In 266 of this book too, the bending of reed leaves brings to mind the loneliness of a mountain village.
The fourth line, "aki to tsugetsuru," means "that told me it was autumn," with "tsuru" the attributive form of the completive auxiliary "tsu." As in the preceding poem, "aki" carries an echo of "aki," weariness.
The last line, "kaze no wabishisa," means "how desolate the wind," ending on a noun so that the sense of desolation lingers.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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