Chiritsumoru konoha mo kaze ni sasowarete niwa ni mo aki no kurenikeru kana - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

散り積もる木の葉も風に誘はれて
庭にも秋の暮れにけるかな

Roma-ji: Chiritsumoru konoha mo kaze ni sasowarete niwa ni mo aki no kurenikeru kana
English Translation: The leaves fallen and piled,
they too, lured by the wind,
have been blown away,
and in the garden as well
autumn has come to its end
Meaning: Even the fallen, piled leaves have been lured away by the wind, and in my garden too autumn has come to its end.
Commentary: Book Five Autumn Poems II 377

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
Even the leaves that had piled up in the garden, the poet says, have been lured away by the wind, and in this garden too autumn has come to its end. The fallen leaves were autumn's last remnant, and with even those carried off by the wind, he feels deeply that autumn is over.
The author, "Hokkyō Jiben," was a monk who held the ecclesiastical rank of hokkyō, but little is known of his life.
Where 369 of this book saw the leaves piled in the garden as brocade, this poem sings of a garden from which even those piled leaves are blown away.

First line, "chiritsumoru": "fallen and piled." Like "chirite tsumoreru" in 369 of this book, it sings of leaves piled in the garden.
Second line, "konoha mo kaze ni": "mo," "even the leaves," those last remnants of autumn.
Third line, "sasowarete": "sasou" is for the wind to lure away and carry off blossoms or leaves, and "re" is passive.
Fourth line, "niwa ni mo aki no": "mo," "not only in the fields and hills but in the garden too." Following the "niwa" of the preceding poem, 376, it sings of autumn in a garden.
Fifth line, "kurenikeru kana": "ni" is perfective, "keru" the attributive of the realizational "keri," and "kana" exclamatory, "autumn has come to its end."
Author: Jiben
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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