Aki tachite ikuka mo aranedo kono nenuru asake no kaze wa tamoto suzushi mo - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

秋立ちて幾日もあらねどこの寝ぬる
朝明の風は手本涼しも

Roma-ji: Aki tachite ikuka mo aranedo kono nenuru asake no kaze wa tamoto suzushi mo
English Translation: Since autumn began
not so many days have passed,
yet after my sleep
the wind of the early dawn
blows so cool against my sleeves.
Meaning: Only a few days have passed since autumn began, yet the wind at dawn, after the night's sleep, feels cool against my sleeves.
Commentary: Book Three Autumn Poems 141

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
Though only a few days have passed since the beginning of autumn, the wind blowing at dawn as the poet wakes feels cool against his sleeves. The autumn of the calendar is confirmed as the coolness of a wind felt on the body.
The author, written as Aki-dama, is Prince Aki; the main text writes "dama" (jewel), which appears to be an error for "ō" (prince). He was a member of the imperial family in the Nara period, a grandson of Prince Shiki, and left poems in the Man'yōshū.
This poem appears in Book Eight of the Man'yōshū as a poem by Prince Aki, where the final line reads "tamoto samushi mo" (cold against my sleeves).

First line, "aki tachite," means "autumn having begun." Following 137 and 139 of this book, it is another poem that senses autumn's arrival through the wind.
Second line, "ikuka mo aranedo," means "though not many days have passed," with the concessive particle "do."
Third line, "kono nenuru," means "this sleep just passed," referring to the time from last night to this morning.
Fourth line, "asake no kaze wa," refers to the wind blowing at dawn.
Final line, "tamoto suzushi mo," means "how cool against my sleeves," with "mo" as an exclamatory particle. Whereas 137 at the head of the book worried about the first autumn wind while dozing, this poem feels the coolness of the dawn wind on waking, both poems receiving the autumn wind from the bed.
Author: Prince Aki
Source: Shui Wakashu
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