Kaze no oto no kagiri to aki ya semetsuran fukikuru goto ni koe no wabishiki - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

風の音の限りと秋や責めつらん
吹きくるごとに声のわびしき

Roma-ji: Kaze no oto no kagiri to aki ya semetsuran fukikuru goto ni koe no wabishiki
English Translation: Has autumn pressed it,
saying this must be the last,
the sound of the wind—
each time it comes blowing,
how forlorn its voice sounds
Meaning: Has autumn pressed the sound of the wind, saying this is the very last? Each time it comes blowing, how forlorn its voice sounds.
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 421

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet wonders whether autumn has pressed the wind, saying the end has come, so that each time it blows its voice sounds forlorn. It hears the loneliness of the late-autumn wind as an anguished cry wrung from it by departing autumn.
Following the cries of the evening cicadas in the preceding poem, this one sings of the voice of the late-autumn wind.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Kaze no oto no," means "the sound of the wind," and has an extra syllable.
In the second line, "kagiri" means the last, the end, and "ya" is an interrogative particle.
The third line, "semetsuran," means "has it pressed it so?" with "ya" in the second line and the attributive "ran" forming a kakarimusubi pattern. The poem pauses here.
The fourth line, "fukikuru goto ni," means "each time it comes blowing."
The last line, "koe no wabishiki," means "how forlorn its voice," ending on the attributive form and leaving a lingering sigh.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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