Kogarashi no mori no shitakusa kaze hayami hito no nageki wa oisoinikeri - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

木枯らしの森の下草風早み
人のなげきは生ひ添ひにけり

Roma-ji: Kogarashi no mori no shitakusa kaze hayami hito no nageki wa oisoinikeri
English Translation: In Kogarashi Wood
the undergrowth, in the wind
blowing hard and fast—
so your grieving, like the trees,
has only grown up thicker
Meaning: Like the undergrowth of Kogarashi Wood stirred by the fierce wind, your grief, it seems, has only grown thicker.
Commentary: Book Nine Love Poems I 572

Headnote: "Reply."
The poet answers that, like the undergrowth of Kogarashi Wood in the fierce wind, his grief has only grown thicker. Taking up the reproach of the preceding poem, she brushes it aside from a distance, saying only that his laments keep growing.
It is a reply to the preceding poem. Against its wordplay repeating "omou," she answers by entrusting "nageki," grief, to the scene of Kogarashi Wood.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us. The text gives the poet as "yomibito mo," which is treated here as "anonymous."

The first line, "Kogarashi no," refers to Kogarashi Wood in Suruga, a poetic place, and also suggests the fierce winds of winter.
The second line, "mori no shitakusa," means "the undergrowth beneath the trees of the wood."
The third line, "kaze hayami," uses the "mi" construction to express cause: "since the wind is fierce."
In the fourth line, "nageki" is a pivot word meaning both "grief" and containing "ki," tree, an associated word with the wood.
The last line, "oisoinikeri," means "has grown up thicker still," with "oi," to grow, an associated word with the undergrowth.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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