Suzumushi ni otoranu ne koso nakarekere mukashi no aki o omoiyaritsutsu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

鈴虫に劣らぬ音こそなかれけれ
昔の秋を思ひやりつつ

Roma-ji: Suzumushi ni otoranu ne koso nakarekere mukashi no aki o omoiyaritsutsu
English Translation: No less than the bell
cricket's chirping, my own voice
rises up in tears,
as my thoughts keep turning back
to the autumns long ago
Meaning: My voice rises in weeping no less than the bell cricket's song, as my thoughts keep turning to the autumns of long ago.
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems IV 1287

Headnote: "Recalling the past, sent to Muranoko no Naishi."
The poet says that, thinking back on autumns long past, he cannot help crying no less than the bell cricket. Overlaying his weeping with the cricket's autumn song, he looks back with longing on the autumns once shared.
According to the headnote, recalling the past, he sent this to Muranoko no Naishi. She seems to have been a lady of the palace, but little is known of her.
The poet, "the Minister of the Left," is Fujiwara no Saneyori. The eldest son of Fujiwara no Tadahira, he was Minister of the Left in the reign of Emperor Murakami, when the Gosenshu was compiled, and later became Regent and Chancellor. He was known as the Lord of Ononomiya.

The first line, "Suzumushi ni," means "than the bell cricket," which sings in autumn.
The second line, "otoranu ne koso," means "a voice no less," with "koso" an emphatic binding particle.
The third line, "nakarekere," is a pivot word on "naku," both an insect's singing and a person's weeping: I cannot help but weep. "Re" is spontaneous, and the "koso" of the second line is closed by the realis "kere." The poem pauses here, inverted with the lower verse.
The fourth line, "mukashi no aki o," means "the autumns of long ago," the autumns once shared.
The last line, "omoiyaritsutsu," means "as my thoughts keep turning," with "tsutsu" continuation.
Author: Fujiwara no Saneyori
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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