Kari nakite samuki ashita no tsuyu narashi Tatsuta no yama o momidasu mono wa - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

雁鳴きて寒き朝の露ならし
竜田の山をもみだすものは

Roma-ji: Kari nakite samuki ashita no tsuyu narashi Tatsuta no yama o momidasu mono wa
English Translation: It must be the dew
of cold mornings when geese cry—
that which turns to red
the hills of Tatsuta
and stains them with autumn
Meaning: It must be the dew of cold mornings when the geese cry that turns the hills of Tatsuta to autumn colors.
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 377

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet surmises that what colors the hills of Tatsuta must be the dew that lies on mornings grown cold as the geese cry. Drawing on the idea that dew dyes the leaves, it guesses at the cause of the autumn colors.
It follows the preceding poem in singing of the autumn leaves of Mount Tatsuta. Like 359 of this book, it pairs the cries of geese with the colored leaves of Tatsuta.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Kari nakite," means "the geese crying," marking the late-autumn season when geese pass.
The second line, "samuki ashita no," means "of a cold morning."
In the third line, "rashi" is an auxiliary of grounded inference: "it must be the dew." The poem pauses here.
The fourth line, "Tatsuta no yama o," means "the hills of Tatsuta."
In the last line, "momidasu" means to make leaves turn: "what colors them." It stands in inversion with the third line, giving at the end what is being surmised about.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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