Fuku kaze ni fukaki tanomi no munashiku wa aki no kokoro o asashi to omowamu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

吹く風に深きたのみのむなしくは
秋の心を浅しと思はむ

Roma-ji: Fuku kaze ni fukaki tanomi no munashiku wa aki no kokoro o asashi to omowamu
English Translation: If, in the blowing wind,
the deep trust I placed in the grain
should come to nothing,
then I will think the heart of autumn
to be shallow after all
Meaning: If the wind should leave the grain I trusted so deeply empty, I will think autumn's heart a shallow one.
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 333

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On seeing the moon."
The poet says that if the blowing wind leaves empty the grain so deeply trusted, the heart of autumn will be judged shallow. Joining "ta no mi," the grain of the fields, and "tanomi," trust, it lays reproach for a change of heart over the autumn wind that spoils the harvest.
From 327 to 334, eight poems stand together under the headnote "On seeing the moon." 268 of Book Five also uses the same pivot word on "tanomi," lamenting the loss of one who was trusted.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Fuku kaze ni," means "by the blowing wind."
In the second line, "tanomi" is a pivot word joining "ta no mi," the grain of the rice field, and "tanomi," trust.
In the third line, "wa" gives a supposition: "if it comes to nothing."
The fourth line, "aki no kokoro o," means "the heart of autumn," with "aki" echoing "aki," weariness, hinting at a change of heart.
The last line, "asashi to omowamu," means "I will think it shallow," pairing with "fukaki," deep, in the second line.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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