Tatsutayama fumoto no sato wa tōkeredo arashi no tsute ni momiji o zo miru - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

竜田山麓の里は遠けれど
嵐のつてに紅葉をぞ見る

Roma-ji: Tatsutayama fumoto no sato wa tōkeredo arashi no tsute ni momiji o zo miru
English Translation: On Mount Tatsuta
the village at its foot
is far away, yet
by the message of the storm
its autumn leaves I see
Meaning: The village at the foot of Mount Tatsuta is far away, yet I see its autumn leaves as a message borne by the storm.
Commentary: Book Five Autumn Poems II 373

Headnote: "Composed on the topic of falling leaves"
Composed on the topic of falling leaves. Though the village at the foot of Mount Tatsuta, famed for its autumn leaves, lies far away, the poet says, he can see its leaves as a message carried by the storm. He likens the leaves flying in on the storm from the distant mountain to a letter from Mount Tatsuta.
The author, "Hafuribe no Narinaka," was a priest who served as negi of the Hie Shrine and was active as a poet of the cloistered-rule period at poetry contests and elsewhere.
The next poem, 374, was composed on the same topic of falling leaves. 367 of this book also sings of Mount Tatsuta.

First line, "Tatsutayama": a famed place for autumn leaves in Yamato, the same first line as 367 of this book.
Second line, "fumoto no sato wa": the village at the foot of Mount Tatsuta, the village of the famed leaves.
Third line, "tōkeredo": the concessive "do," "though it is far," marking the distance.
Fourth line, "arashi no tsute ni": "tsute" is a message or word sent through another, likening the storm to a messenger.
Fifth line, "momiji o zo miru": "zo" closes with the attributive "miru," stressing that he sees the distant leaves as the storm's message.
Author: Hafuribe no Narinaka
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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