Akikaze ni sasowarewataru karigane wa mono omou hito no yado o yokanan - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

秋風に誘はれ渡る雁がねは
物思ふ人の宿をよかなん

Roma-ji: Akikaze ni sasowarewataru karigane wa mono omou hito no yado o yokanan
English Translation: Drawn by the autumn wind,
the wild geese crossing over—
I would have them shun
the house of one who sits
lost in sorrowful brooding
Meaning: I wish the wild geese, lured by the autumn wind as they cross the sky, would pass by and shun the house of one lost in sorrow.
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 360

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet wishes that the wild geese, lured by the autumn wind, would at least avoid the house of one lost in brooding. Because their cries call forth sorrow, the poet asks that they not be heard by one already sunk in melancholy.
Where 355 of this book, with the same upper verse, longed to hear the geese, this one asks that their cries keep away, so that the waiting heart and the shunning heart form a pair.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Akikaze ni," means "by the autumn wind."
The second line, "sasowarewataru," means "lured as they cross."
The third line, "karigane wa," means "the wild geese," and the first three lines share the same words as 355 of this book.
The fourth line, "mono omou hito no," means "of one lost in brooding," singing, like "mono omou to" in 358 of this book, of a person sunk in melancholy.
In the last line, "yoka" is the irrealis form of "yoku," to avoid, and "nan" is a particle of wishing: "I would have them pass by the house."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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