Aki wa kiri kiri suginureba yuki furite haruru ma mo naki miyamabe no sato - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

秋は霧きりすぎぬれば雪降りて
晴るる間もなき深山辺の里

Roma-ji: Aki wa kiri kiri suginureba yuki furite haruru ma mo naki miyamabe no sato
English Translation: Autumn brings the mist,
and when the mist has passed by,
the snow comes falling,
never a moment of clear sky
in this village deep in the hills
Meaning: Autumn brings the mist, and when the mist has passed, the snow falls; there is never a moment of clear sky in this village deep in the mountains.
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems III 1177

Headnote: "A poem on a hidden topic, kirigirisu, from a hundred-poem sequence presented to the court"
This poem was composed on the hidden topic "kirigirisu," the cricket, when she presented a hundred-poem sequence, and the name is concealed across "aki wa kiri" in the first line and "kiri suginureba" in the second. Autumn brings mist, and when the mist has gone the snow falls, a village deep in the hills where the sky never clears, she says. From autumn mist to winter snow, she sings of the lonely life of a mountain village where the skies are never clear.
The author, "Horikawa of Taikenmon'in," was a daughter of Minamoto no Akinaka, head of the Office of Divinities. She served Taikenmon'in, empress of Emperor Toba, and was called Horikawa.
It is the ninth poem of the hidden-name series.

First line, "aki wa kiri": "in autumn, mist." From here to "kiri su" in the next line lies hidden "kirigirisu."
Second line, "kiri suginureba": "when the mist has passed," the season of mist being over. Repeating "kiri," mist, she produces the sound of "kirigirisu."
Third line, "yuki furite": "the snow falls," as winter comes.
Fourth line, "haruru ma mo naki": "with never a moment of clearing," taking up both mist and snow.
Fifth line, "miyamabe no sato": "a village by the deep mountains," closing on a noun.
Author: Taikenmon-in no Horikawa
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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