Fukiizuru nedokoro takaku kikoyu nari hatsuakikaze wa iza te narasaji - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

吹き出づるね所高く聞こゆなり
初秋風はいざ手ならさじ

Roma-ji: Fukiizuru nedokoro takaku kikoyu nari hatsuakikaze wa iza te narasaji
English Translation: The wind that blows forth
comes, I hear, from lofty roots,
with lofty sound—
this first wind of autumn, then,
I will not tame to my hand
Meaning: The wind that blows from this fan seems to come from a lofty source; this first autumn wind, then, I shall not presume to let my hand grow used to.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Poems II 1137

Headnote: "When the retired emperor still reigned in the palace, he had people make fans; on presenting mine."
The poet says that the wind blowing forth seems to come from a lofty source, and that she will not let this first autumn wind grow familiar to her hand. Treating the breeze from a fan made at the emperor's command as wind from on high, she humbly says that a fan made by his order is too precious to be used lightly.
According to the headnote, when the retired emperor still reigned, he had people make fans, and this accompanied the one she presented. The retired emperor is thought to be Suzaku-in, the abdicated sovereign at the time the Gosenshu was compiled. Taifu's reply follows in the next poem, forming an exchange.
The poet, "Shōni no Menoto," was a nurse connected with someone holding the post of Assistant Governor-General of Dazaifu, but her name and life are unknown.

The first line, "Fukiizuru," means "blowing forth," the wind raised by the fan.
The second line, "nedokoro takaku," means "its source lofty," with "ne" joining root and sound, showing that the fan came from on high, from the emperor's command.
The third line, "kikoyu nari," means "so I hear," with "nari" the auxiliary of inference from sound. The poem pauses here.
The fourth line, "hatsuakikaze wa," means "the first autumn wind," treating the fan's breeze as autumn wind. "Akikaze o" in the third line of the next poem takes up this word.
The last line, "iza te narasaji," means "I shall not accustom my hand to it," with "ji" negative intention. "Narasa" echoes both accustoming the hand and rustling the fan.
Author: Shōni no Menoto
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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