Koromode wa samuku mo aranedo tsukikage o tamaranu aki no yuki to koso mire - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

衣手は寒くもあらねど月影を
たまらぬ秋の雪とこそ見れ

Roma-ji: Koromode wa samuku mo aranedo tsukikage o tamaranu aki no yuki to koso mire
English Translation: Though my sleeves are not
chilled at all by any cold,
the moonlight I see
as a snow of autumn
that never comes to settle
Meaning: Though my sleeves feel no cold, I see the moonlight as an autumn snow that never piles up.
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 328

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On seeing the moon."
The poet says that though his sleeves are not cold, he sees the moonlight pouring down as an autumn snow that never piles up. Likening the white moonlight to snow, he marks its difference from real snow by its lack of cold and its not piling up.
From 327 to 334, eight poems stand together under the headnote "On seeing the moon."
The poet, called "Tsurayuki," is Ki no Tsurayuki. 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, "Koromode wa," means "my sleeves." 302 of this book also sings of sleeves in "waga koromode wa."
In the second line, "do" gives a definite concession: "though they are not cold."
The third line, "tsukikage o," means "the moonlight."
The fourth line, "tamaranu aki no," means "of autumn that does not pile up," with "tamaru" meaning for snow to accumulate.
The last line, "yuki to koso mire," means "I see it as snow," with the particle "koso" and the perfective "mire" forming a kakarimusubi pattern.
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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