Momijiba ni koromo no iro wa shiminikeri aki no yama kara megurikoshi ma ni - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

紅葉葉に衣の色はしみにけり
秋の山からめぐりこしまに

Roma-ji: Momijiba ni koromo no iro wa shiminikeri aki no yama kara megurikoshi ma ni
English Translation: By the autumn leaves
the colors of my robe
have been dyed through,
in the time I wandered round
from the mountains of the fall.
Meaning: The color of my robe has been dyed by the autumn leaves, in the time I spent wandering back from the autumn mountains.
Commentary: Book Seven Names of Things 402

Headnote: "Yamagarame (varied tit)"
The poet says that in the time he spent wandering through the autumn mountains, his robe was dyed by the colored leaves. Singing of an autumn mountain so lovely that its colors pass into one's clothes, the poem hides the name "yamagarame" given in the headnote in the run of sounds "yama kara me" from the fourth to the final line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.
The author, written as Sukemi, is Fujiwara no Sukemi. A son of Fujiwara no Hirotsune, he was a mid-Heian poet known as Tōroku. He excelled at poems hiding the names of things, and his personal collection is the Tōrokushū.

First line, "momijiba ni," means "by the autumn leaves."
Second line, "koromo no iro wa," means "the color of my robe."
Third line, "shiminikeri," means "has been dyed," and the poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "aki no yama kara," means "from the autumn mountains." With "me" at the start of the final line, it hides the name "yamagarame." Following the preceding poem, the name of a bird is sung of.
Final line, "megurikoshi ma ni," means "in the time I wandered back," giving by inversion the reason for the third line.
Author: Fujiwara no Sukemi
Source: Shui Wakashu
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