Ko no moto ni oranu nishiki no tsumoreru wa kumo no hayashi no momiji narikeri - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

木のもとに織らぬ錦の積もれるは
雲の林の紅葉なりけり

Roma-ji: Ko no moto ni oranu nishiki no tsumoreru wa kumo no hayashi no momiji narikeri
English Translation: Beneath the trees
the brocade no hand has woven
lying in heaps
is the autumn leaves, I find,
of the forest of the clouds
Meaning: The brocade, woven by no one, that lies heaped beneath the trees is, I find, the autumn leaves of the Forest of the Clouds.
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 409

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that the brocade woven by no one, heaped beneath the trees, turns out to be the autumn leaves of the Forest of the Clouds. It likens the leaves fallen and heaped beneath the trees to a brocade made without weaving.
"Kumo no hayashi," Forest of the Clouds, is said to refer to the Urin'in at Murasakino in the capital, famous for its autumn leaves. Taking up "aki no hayashi" from the preceding poem, it sings of the leaves of the "Forest of the Clouds."
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Ko no moto ni," means "beneath the trees."
The second line, "oranu nishiki no," means "a brocade no one wove," using the same "oranu nishiki" as the fourth line of 403 of this book.
The third line, "tsumoreru wa," means "what lies heaped."
The fourth line, "kumo no hayashi no," means "of the Forest of the Clouds," said to refer to the Urin'in. It shares the word "hayashi" with "aki no hayashi" in the preceding poem.
In the last line, "keri" expresses realization: "it is autumn leaves, I find." It is the same last line as 407 of this book.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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