Akigiri no Tachino no koma o hiku toki wa kokoro ni norite kimi zo koishiki - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

秋霧のたちのの駒を引く時は
心に乗りて君ぞ恋しき

Roma-ji: Akigiri no Tachino no koma o hiku toki wa kokoro ni norite kimi zo koishiki
English Translation: When the autumn mists rise,
I lead the colts of Tachino,
and at such a time
you ride upon my heart,
and how I long for you
Meaning: Now, as I lead the colts of Tachino, where the autumn mists rise, you ride upon my heart, and I long for you.
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 367

Headnote: "When Lord Kanesuke was lesser captain of the Left Palace Guards, on the day he was to set out to meet the horses from Musashi, something suddenly prevented him; so the poet, a lesser captain of the same office, went to meet them in his stead, and from Ōsaka sent his attendant back with this."
The poet says that at this moment of leading the horses of the Tachino pasture, his friend weighs on his heart and he longs for him. Through the horses, it expresses fond feeling for a colleague who should have come with him.
According to the headnote, when Fujiwara no Kanesuke was lesser captain of the Left Palace Guards, he was prevented at the last moment from setting out to meet the horses sent as tribute from Musashi, so the poet, a lesser captain of the same guards, went to meet them in his place and sent this back to Kanesuke by an attendant from the Ōsaka barrier. Fujiwara no Kanesuke, a poet called the Tsutsumi Middle Counselor, was the great-grandfather of Murasaki Shikibu.
The poet, Fujiwara no Tadafusa, was a courtier of the early Heian period, he served as master of the Right Capital Office, among other posts. He excelled at music, and his poems are included in the Kokin Wakashū.

The first line, "Akigiri no," means "as autumn mist rises," leading into "tachi" in the next line.
In the second line, "tachi" is a pivot word meaning both the "rising" of mist and "Tachino," the name of a pasture in Musashi: "the colts of Tachino."
The third line, "hiku toki wa," means "when I lead them."
The fourth line, "kokoro ni norite," means "riding on my heart, weighing on my mind," and "noru," to ride, is an associated word with "koma," colts.
The last line, "kimi zo koishiki," means "I long for you," with "zo" and the attributive "koishiki" forming a kakarimusubi pattern.
Author: Fujiwara no Tadanobu
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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