Aki no yo no aware wa tare mo shiru mono o ware nomi to naku kirigirisu kana - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

秋の夜のあはれは誰も知るものを
我のみと鳴くきりぎりすかな

Roma-ji: Aki no yo no aware wa tare mo shiru mono o ware nomi to naku kirigirisu kana
English Translation: The autumn night's
sorrow is a thing that all
know well, and yet
as if it alone did, it cries,
the cricket in the grass
Meaning: Everyone knows the sorrow of the autumn night, yet the cricket cries as if it alone knew.
Commentary: Book Five Autumn Poems II 329

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The deep pathos of the autumn night is something everyone knows, the poet says, yet the cricket cries as if it alone knew it. Taking the insect's unceasing voice as though it claimed the pathos for itself, he depicts, in the form of a mild reproach, the urgency of its voice.
The author, "Fujiwara no Kanemune Ason," was the son of Fujiwara no Tadachika, and later rose to Major Counselor.

First line, "aki no yo no": modifying "aware" in the second line.
Second line, "aware wa tare mo": "aware" is the deep, moving feeling of things, and "tare mo" means "everyone."
Third line, "shiru mono o": the concessive "mono o," "though they know it."
Fourth line, "ware nomi to naku": "crying as if it alone knew," personifying the insect.
Fifth line, "kirigirisu kana": the "kirigirisu" corresponds to the modern cricket, and "kana" is exclamatory. 332, two poems on, also sings of the kirigirisu.
Author: Fujiwara no Kanemune
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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