Chihayaburu kannazuki koso kanashikere waga mi shigure ni furinu to omoeba - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

ちはやぶる神無月こそ悲しけれ
わが身時雨にふりぬと思へば

Roma-ji: Chihayaburu kannazuki koso kanashikere waga mi shigure ni furinu to omoeba
English Translation: The Godless Month,
for all its mighty gods,
is sorrow itself,
for I feel that in the showers
I too have aged and worn
Meaning: It is the tenth month that is saddest of all, for I feel that, like the showers falling, I myself have grown old.
Commentary: Book Eight Winter Poems 469

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that the tenth month is the saddest, for it makes one feel that one has grown old, as the showers fall. In the tenth month of showers, the poet laments a self growing old.
It uses almost the same expression as the second and third lines of 450 in this book, "waga mi shigure ni furinureba," sharing the conceit of overlaying showers with "growing old."
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Chihayaburu," is a pillow word that properly modifies "kami," gods, and here is attached to the "kami" in "kannazuki."
In the second line, "koso" is an emphatic particle: "it is the tenth month that."
The third line, "kanashikere," means "is sad," in the perfective form answering "koso" in a kakarimusubi pattern. The poem pauses here, and the lower lines give the reason in inverted order.
The fourth line, "waga mi shigure ni," means "I, in the showers," the same line as the second line of 450 in this book.
In the last line, "furi" is a pivot word meaning both the showers "falling" and oneself "growing old."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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