Ogi no ha no soyogu ne to koso akikaze no hito ni shiraruru hajime narikere - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

荻の葉のそよぐ音とこそ秋風の
人に知らるる初めなりけれ

Roma-ji: Ogi no ha no soyogu ne to koso akikaze no hito ni shiraruru hajime narikere
English Translation: The rustling sound
of the leaves of the ogi reeds,
that is how the wind
of autumn first makes itself
known to the hearts of people.
Meaning: It is the rustling of the reed leaves that first lets people know the autumn wind has come.
Commentary: Book Three Autumn Poems 139

Headnote: "For a folding screen in the reign of Engi"
It is by the rustling of the reed leaves, the poet says, that people first learn of the autumn wind's arrival. The invisible autumn wind is caught through the sound of the leaves reaching the ear, marking the first sense of autumn in the air. According to the headnote, it accompanied a folding screen made in the Engi era of Emperor Daigo.
The author, written as Tsurayuki, is Ki no Tsurayuki. The leading compiler of the Kokinshū, he wrote its Kana Preface and the Tosa Diary, and he is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.
The second line of the main text reads "soyoku ne to koso," which does not match "soyoku oto koso" in the reading line. Here the main text is followed, reading the character for sound as "ne."

First line, "ogi no ha no," refers to the leaves of the ogi reed that grows by the water. The reed was sung of for the sound it makes rustling in the autumn wind. The rustling of reed leaves is also sung of in 162 of this book, linked there with waiting for the cry of geese.
Second line, "soyogu ne to koso," means "it is the rustling sound," with the emphatic particle "koso," which is resolved by "kere" in the final line.
Third line, "akikaze no," is the wind that blows in autumn. Whereas the preceding poem imagined autumn through showers and colored leaves, this one grasps it through the sound of the wind.
Fourth line, "hito ni shiraruru," means "is made known to people," with "ruru," the attributive of the passive auxiliary "ru."
Final line, "hajime narikere," means "was the beginning," with "kere," the realis form of "keri" expressing realization, closing the construction begun by "koso."
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Shui Wakashu
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