Sometekeri momiji no iro no kurenai o shiguru to mieshi miyamabe no sato

染めてけり紅葉の色のくれなゐを
時雨ると見えし深山辺の里

Roma-ji: Sometekeri momiji no iro no kurenai o shiguru to mieshi miyamabe no sato
English Translation: It has dyed them through,
the colors of the autumn leaves,
in the crimson hue,
in this hamlet by the hills
where I saw the showers fall.
Meaning: How it has dyed the leaves the deep crimson of autumn, here in the village by the deep mountains where the cold showers seemed to fall.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 474

Headnote: "Autumn leaves at a mountain dwelling"
The topic is autumn leaves seen at a dwelling in the mountains. In the village near the deep mountains where the showers seemed to be falling, those showers have dyed the leaves through and through with the crimson of autumn. The poem expresses the poet's wonder at noticing the village leaves turned crimson by the showers.
The closing miyamabe no sato is the same as in 254, the opening poem of this book, and in 301 and 427. In 301 the poet, at the first showers, imagined beforehand the colors the treetops would take on in this village; here the same village has at last turned crimson, so the two poems answer each other as foreshadowing and fulfilment. The village that knew autumn by the wind at the head of the book has here reached the height of its autumn colors.

First line, “sometekeri”: te is perfective and keri expresses realization, how it has dyed them; the poem breaks after the first line.
Second line, “momiji no iro no”: of the color of autumn leaves.
Third line, “kurenai o”: in vivid crimson.
Fourth line, “shiguru to mieshi”: shi is the attributive of the past auxiliary ki, where showers seemed to fall.
Fifth line, “miyamabe no sato”: ending on a noun, the same last line as 254, 301 and 427.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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