Momiji chiru nohara o wakete yuku hito wa hana naranu mata nishiki kiru beshi

紅葉散る野原を分けて行く人は
花ならぬまた錦着るべし

Roma-ji: Momiji chiru nohara o wakete yuku hito wa hana naranu mata nishiki kiru beshi
English Translation: Those who pass along
parting moors where crimson leaves
scatter all around,
not the blossoms' but anew
must put on a fine brocade.
Meaning: Those who make their way across the moors where the red leaves are falling will be dressed in brocade again, though not the brocade of spring blossoms.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 483

Headnote: "Autumn leaves on a moorland path among flowers"
The topic is autumn leaves scattered on a moorland path where flowers bloom. Those who make their way across moors strewn with fallen leaves will be clothed in brocade once more, not the brocade of spring blossoms but that of the falling leaves. The figure walking wrapped in falling leaves is likened to one dressed in a robe of brocade.
It echoes 269, in which the sleeves are dyed by the dew of the bush clover, and 272, in which the fields of bush clover are likened to Chinese brocade, and here those who walk the moors of falling leaves are said to wear brocade. The brocade of spring blossoms and the brocade of autumn leaves are set against each other.

First line, “momiji chiru”: where the autumn leaves fall, modifying nohara in the second line.
Second line, “nohara o wakete”: making their way across the moor.
Third line, “yuku hito wa”: those who go on, singled out by wa.
Fourth line, “hana naranu mata”: not the brocade of spring blossoms, but another.
Fifth line, “nishiki kiru beshi”: beshi is conjectural, they will surely wear a brocade of autumn leaves.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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