Fukaki omoi sometsu to iishi koto no ha wa itsu ka akikaze fukite chirinuru - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

深き思ひそめつと言ひし言の葉は
いつかあき風吹きて散りぬる

Roma-ji: Fukaki omoi sometsu to iishi koto no ha wa itsu ka akikaze fukite chirinuru
English Translation: The leaves of your words,
saying your heart was dyed deep
with love's first color—
when did the wind of autumn,
of weariness, scatter them
Meaning: Those words of yours, saying your heart was dyed deep with love from the first—when did the autumn wind of weariness blow and scatter them like leaves?
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems IV 1273

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet asks when the autumn wind blew and scattered the words that said love had deeply dyed the heart. Seeing words as leaves and joining "aki," autumn, with "aki," weariness, he reproaches the other's change of heart. Since Ise's reply follows, it seems to have been sent to her.
The poet, "the posthumous Chancellor," is Fujiwara no Tokihira. The eldest son of the Regent Fujiwara no Mototsune, he rose to Minister of the Left and is known for having Sugawara no Michizane exiled to Dazaifu. He was granted the title of Chancellor after his death.

The first line, "Fukaki omoi," means "deep love," with an extra syllable. The "hi" of "omoi" echoes "hi," scarlet, linking with "dye" in the second line.
The second line, "sometsu to iishi," is a pivot word on "some," both dyeing and beginning: that the heart was dyed deep, and that love had begun.
The third line, "koto no ha wa," means "your words," seen as leaves. They are the same words, "iishi koto no ha," as the old poem in the preceding headnote.
The fourth line, "itsu ka akikaze," is a pivot word on "aki," both autumn and weariness, with "ka" an interrogative binding particle.
The last line, "fukite chirinuru," means "blew and scattered them," closing the "ka" with the attributive "nuru." "Leaves" and "scatter" are associated words.
Author: Fujiwara no Tokihira
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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