Hinemosu ni miredomo akanu momijiba wa ika naru yama no arashi naru ran - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

ひねもすに見れども飽かぬ紅葉葉は
いかなる山の嵐なるらん

Roma-ji: Hinemosu ni miredomo akanu momijiba wa ika naru yama no arashi naru ran
English Translation: All day long I gaze
and never weary of these
red leaves—from what hills
has the mountain storm come down
to carry them here to me?
Meaning: These autumn leaves I could gaze at all day long without tiring—from what mountain did the storm blow them here?
Commentary: Book Four Winter Poems 225

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
Before autumn leaves so beautiful that one could gaze at them all day without tiring, the poet wonders from which mountain the storm carried them. From the beauty of the leaves before him, his thoughts reach out to the unknown mountain whose storm scattered and brought them here.

First line, "hinemosu ni," means "all day long, from morning to night."
Second line, "miredomo akanu," means "never tiring however long one looks."
Third line, "momijiba wa," means "these autumn leaves."
Fourth line, "ika naru yama no," means "of what mountain," expressing a question.
Final line, "arashi naru ran," means "could it be the storm," with "ran" an auxiliary conjecturing a cause. The poet imagines the storm that scattered the leaves and brought them here.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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