Yo o kasane koe yowariyuku mushi no ne ni aki no kurenuru hodo o shiru kana - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

夜を重ね声弱りゆく虫の音に
秋の暮れぬるほどを知るかな

Roma-ji: Yo o kasane koe yowariyuku mushi no ne ni aki no kurenuru hodo o shiru kana
English Translation: As night follows night
the voices weaken and fade,
by the insects' cries
that autumn draws toward its end,
the season, I come to know
Meaning: By the insects' voices weakening night after night, I come to know that autumn is drawing to its end.
Commentary: Book Five Autumn Poems II 331

Headnote: "Composed when a hundred-poem sequence was presented"
Composed for a hundred-poem sequence. Through the insects' voices growing weaker night after night, the poet says, he knows that autumn is drawing to its close. He depicts the passing of time caught by the ear, knowing the season's end not by the calendar but by the fading of the insects' voices.
The author, "Ōimikado Udaijin," is Fujiwara no Kin'yoshi, son of Minister of the Left Fujiwara no Saneyoshi, who rose to Minister of the Right. He was one of the authors of Retired Emperor Sutoku's Kyūan Hyakushu.

First line, "yo o kasane": "night upon night," showing the length of time as things change day by day.
Second line, "koe yowariyuku": "the voices growing ever weaker." Like "yowarihatenuru" in 333 of this book, it sings of the insects' fading voices.
Third line, "mushi no ne ni": "ni" marks means or cause, "by the insects' voices."
Fourth line, "aki no kurenuru": "nuru" is the attributive of the perfective "nu," "autumn coming to its end," answering the last line of 333, "aki no kure kana."
Fifth line, "hodo o shiru kana": "hodo" is the time or season, and "kana" is exclamatory.
Author: Fujiwara no Kinyoshi
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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