Okinasabi hito na togame so karigoromo kyō bakari to zo tazu mo naku naru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

翁さび人なとがめそ狩衣
今日ばかりとぞたづも鳴くなる

Roma-ji: Okinasabi hito na togame so karigoromo kyō bakari to zo tazu mo naku naru
English Translation: Playing the old man—
do not blame me, all of you;
in this hunting robe
"only today," so it seems,
even the crane is crying
Meaning: Do not reproach me for playing the old man. That I wear this hunting robe only for today—so, it seems, even the crane is crying.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Miscellaneous Poems I 1076

Headnote: "On the same day, serving as a falconer, he embroidered the figure of a crane on the sleeve of his hunting robe and wrote this upon it. On the day after the progress, he submitted a petition to retire from office."
The poet asks that no one blame him for playing the old man, for the crane too is crying that he wears his hunting robe only for today. Apologizing for attending the progress as a falconer at his age, he entrusts to the cry of the crane on his sleeve his resolve to leave office after this.
According to the headnote, on the same day of the Seri River progress as the preceding poem, Yukihira, attending as a falconer, embroidered a crane on the sleeve of his hunting robe and wrote this on it. The next day he submitted a petition to retire from office, and "kyō bakari," only today, carries that resolve.
Where the preceding poem recalls Emperor Saga's day and celebrates the revival of the progress, this one speaks of the poet's old age, pairing the emperor's grand progress with an aged courtier's departure. The Tales of Ise, section 114, also gives almost the same poem as that of an old man who served as falconer on the Ninna Emperor's progress to the Seri River.
The poet, Ariwara no Yukihira, was a son of Prince Abo, son of Emperor Heizei, and an elder half-brother of Ariwara no Narihira. He rose to Middle Counselor and founded the Shōgakuin for the young men of his clan.

The first line, "Okinasabi," means "acting the old man," with "sabu" meaning to show the manner of something. It describes himself attending the grand progress in his old age.
The second line, "hito na togame so," means "do not blame me, all of you," with "na ... so" a prohibition. The poem pauses here.
The third line, "karigoromo," is the robe worn for falconry, showing his dress as a falconer. The embroidered crane of the headnote was on the sleeve of this robe.
The fourth line, "kyō bakari to zo," means "only for today," with "zo" an emphatic binding particle closed by the attributive "naru" in the last line. Here lies the resolve that led him to petition for retirement the next day.
The last line, "tazu mo naku naru," means "even the crane, it seems, is crying," with "tazu" the poetic word for crane and "naru" the attributive of the hearsay auxiliary "nari," closing the "zo" of the fourth line. He imagines the crane on his sleeve crying in his place, entrusting to it the feelings of his old age.
Author: Ariwara no Yukihira
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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