Akikaze no fukishiku matsu wa yama nagara nami tachikaeru oto zo kikoyuru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

秋風の吹きしく松は山ながら
波立ち返る音ぞ聞こゆる

Roma-ji: Akikaze no fukishiku matsu wa yama nagara nami tachikaeru oto zo kikoyuru
English Translation: The pines where unceasing
the wind of autumn is blowing,
though they stand on mountains,
the sound of waves that rise and break
is what reaches my ear
Meaning: The pines where the autumn wind blows without ceasing stand in the mountains, yet what I hear is the sound of waves rising and breaking.
Commentary: Book Five Autumn Poems I 264

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that the pines where the autumn wind blows without ceasing stand in the mountains, yet from them comes the sound of waves rising and breaking. The sound of wind through the pines is heard as the sound of ocean waves.
The next poem, 265, hears the wind in the pines as the strains of a koto, and the two are set side by side on the theme of the sound of wind through pines.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Akikaze no," means "the autumn wind."
In the second line, "fukishiku" means "to blow without ceasing," the same word as "fukishikeba" in 261 of this book.
The third line, "yama nagara," means "though in the mountains," setting the pines in the mountains against the waves of the sea.
The fourth line, "nami tachikaeru," means "waves rising and breaking," likening the sound of wind in the pines to the sound of waves.
The last line, "oto zo kikoyuru," means "the sound is heard," with the particle "zo" and the attributive "kikoyuru" forming a kakarimusubi pattern. The next poem, 265, hears the same wind in the pines as the strains of a koto.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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