Yukikaeri koko mo kashiko mo tabi nare ya kuru aki goto ni karikari to naku - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

行き帰りここもかしこも旅なれや
来る秋ごとにかりかりと鳴く

Roma-ji: Yukikaeri koko mo kashiko mo tabi nare ya kuru aki goto ni karikari to naku
English Translation: Going and returning,
here and there alike for them
is it all a journey—
each autumn as it comes round
they cry out "kari, kari"
Meaning: Is it because, going and returning, here and there alike, all is a journey to them, that every autumn as it comes round the geese cry out "kari, kari"—"only for a while"?
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 362

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet wonders whether it is because, for the geese, going and returning, here and there, are all a journey, that they cry "kari, kari" every autumn. Hearing their cry as "kari," transient, it feels for the lot of geese that have no settled home.
From 362 to 364, three poems stand together that hear the geese's cry as "kari," transient.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Yukikaeri," means "going north and returning south."
The second line, "koko mo kashiko mo," means "here and there alike."
In the third line, "ya" is interrogative: "is it because it is a journey?" The poem pauses here.
The fourth line, "kuru aki goto ni," means "each time autumn comes round."
In the last line, "kari" is a pivot word meaning both the "wild goose" with its cry and "kari," temporary. The last line of the next poem, "kari to nomi naku," and the fourth line of 364, "karikari to nomi," use the same pivot word.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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