Karigane no nakitsuru nae ni karakoromo Tatsuta no yama wa momiji shinikeri - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

雁がねの鳴きつるなへに唐衣
たつたの山は紅葉しにけり

Roma-ji: Karigane no nakitsuru nae ni karakoromo Tatsuta no yama wa momiji shinikeri
English Translation: Even as the geese
were heard to cry overhead,
like Chinese robes cut,
the hills of Tatsuta
have turned to autumn colors
Meaning: Even as the wild geese cried, the hills of Tatsuta turned to autumn colors.
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 359

Headnote: "On the occasion of a journey to Yamato."
The poet says that as the wild geese cried, Mount Tatsuta turned to autumn colors. It sets side by side the deepening of autumn caught by ear and by eye, the cries of the geese and the colored leaves of the hills.
According to the headnote, it was composed on a journey to the province of Yamato. Mount Tatsuta stands on the border of Yamato and Kawachi and is famous for its autumn leaves. Here, within the sequence on wild geese, autumn leaves appear for the first time.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Karigane no," means "the wild geese."
In the second line, "nae ni" means "together with, even as": "even as they cried."
The third line, "karakoromo," Chinese robe, is a pillow word for "tatsu," since robes are cut, "tatsu."
In the fourth line, "tatsu" is a pivot word meaning both "to cut" cloth and the place name "Tatsuta." 383 and 386 of this book use the same phrase, "karakoromo Tatsuta no yama."
In the last line, "keri" expresses sudden realization: "they have turned to autumn colors."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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