Matsumushi no hatsukoe sasou akikaze wa Otowayama yori fukisomenikeri - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

松虫の初声誘ふ秋風は
おとは山より吹きそめにけり

Roma-ji: Matsumushi no hatsukoe sasou akikaze wa Otowayama yori fukisomenikeri
English Translation: The pine cricket's
first voice, the autumn wind
calls forth, and that wind
from Otowa, Mountain of Sound,
it seems, began to blow
Meaning: The autumn wind that calls forth the pine cricket's first song, it seems, began to blow from Mount Otowa.
Commentary: Book Five Autumn Poems I 251

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that the autumn wind that calls forth the pine cricket's first song began to blow from Mount Otowa. Echoing "oto," sound, in the name Otowa, it wittily says that the wind that coaxes forth insect voices blows from a mountain so named.
From this poem on, the book continues with poems on the voices of autumn insects, such as the pine cricket, the evening cicada, and the cricket.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Matsumushi no," means "of the pine cricket," with "matsu," pine, echoing "matsu," to wait. The pine cricket also appears in 255, 259, 260, and 261 of this book.
The second line, "hatsukoe sasou," means "calling forth the year's first song."
The third line, "akikaze wa," means "the autumn wind," taking up "akikaze no" in the first line of the preceding poem.
In the fourth line, Otowayama is a mountain on the border of Yamashiro and Ōmi provinces, and its name echoes "oto," the sound of insect voices.
The last line, "fukisomenikeri," means "it has begun to blow," with "ni" marking completion and "keri" a sigh of realization.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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