Hanami ni to idenishi mono o aki no no no kiri ni mayoite kyō wa kurashitsu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

花見にと出でにしものを秋の野の
霧に迷ひて今日は暮らしつ

Roma-ji: Hanami ni to idenishi mono o aki no no no kiri ni mayoite kyō wa kurashitsu
English Translation: "To see the flowers,"
I said, and set out, and yet
in the autumn fields
I lost my way in the mist
and so let the whole day pass
Meaning: I set out to see the flowers, yet lost my way in the mist of the autumn fields and spent the whole day there.
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 272

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Presented when, in the Engi era, the emperor called for autumn poems."
The poet says he set out to see the flowers of the autumn fields, but lost his way in the mist and spent the whole day. It conveys the unexpected charm of a day meant for viewing flowers that turned into wandering in mist.
Following the preceding poem on autumn mist, where that poem gazed from afar at mist wrapping a mountain, this one places the poet inside the mist.
The poet, Ki no Tsurayuki, was a son of Ki no Mochiyuki. He was the leading compiler of the Kokin Wakashū and wrote its kana preface. He served as governor of Tosa among other posts, is known as the author of the Tosa Diary, and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

The first line, "Hanami ni to," means "to see the flowers," showing that he went out to see the flowering plants of the autumn fields.
In the second line, "ni" is the continuative form of the completive auxiliary "nu," "shi" is the attributive form of the past auxiliary "ki," and "mono o" is an adversative conjunctive particle: "though I set out."
The third line, "aki no no no," means "of the autumn fields." 275 of this book opens with the same "aki no no no."
The fourth line, "kiri ni mayoite," means "lost in the mist," taking up the autumn mist of the preceding poem and showing him losing his way.
In the last line, "tsu" is the completive auxiliary: "today I have spent the day until dusk."
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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