Kyō kauru semi no hagoromo kite mireba tamoto ni natsu wa tatsu ni zo arikeru - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

今日かふる蝉の羽衣着てみれば
袂に夏はたつにぞありける

Roma-ji: Kyō kauru semi no hagoromo kite mireba tamoto ni natsu wa tatsu ni zo arikeru
English Translation: Changing today
into robes thin as cicada wings,
I put them on, and find
it is at my very sleeves
that summer is cut and begins
Meaning: Putting on the robes, thin as cicada wings, that I change into today, I find that summer begins right at my sleeves, as if cut from the cloth.
Commentary: Book Three Summer Poems 137

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on the topic 'Changing to Summer Robes' when presenting a hundred-poem sequence in the reign of Emperor Horikawa"
Like the preceding poem, this was composed on "Changing to Summer Robes" for the Horikawa Hundred-Poem Sequence. On the first day of the Fourth Month, putting on summer robes as thin as cicada wings, the poet feels summer begin right at his sleeves. Pivoting on "tatsu," both summer "arriving" and cloth being "cut," the wit of summer beginning at the sleeves as a robe is cut and sewn conveys the change of season felt on the skin on the day robes are changed.
The author, "Fujiwara no Mototoshi," was the son of Minister of the Right Fujiwara no Toshiie. He was ranked alongside Minamoto no Toshiyori in Emperor Horikawa's poetry circle and was the teacher of Fujiwara no Shunzei, compiler of the Senzai Wakashū. His official career was undistinguished, ending at Junior Fifth Rank, Upper Grade.
Together with the preceding poem, 136, this is one of two "Changing to Summer Robes" poems from the Horikawa Hundred-Poem Sequence that mark the start of summer.

First line, "kyō kauru": "that I change into today," the day robes are changed on the first of the Fourth Month.
Second line, "semi no hagoromo": summer robes thin and sheer as cicada wings.
Third line, "kite mireba": the realized condition, "when I put them on."
Fourth line, "tamoto ni natsu wa": "at the sleeves, summer." Following "hana no tamoto ni" in the preceding poem, 136, it again speaks of sleeves, moving from spring sleeves to summer ones.
Fifth line, "tatsu ni zo arikeru": "tatsu" is a pivot word for summer "arriving" and a robe being "cut." The emphatic "zo" closes with the attributive "keru." Where the preceding poem told of spring's traces vanishing, this one tells of summer's arrival.
Author: Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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