Matsukaze no oto aware naru yamazato ni sabishisa souru higurashi no koe

松風の音あはれなる山里に
さびしさ添ふる日ぐらしの声

Roma-ji: Matsukaze no oto aware naru yamazato ni sabishisa souru higurashi no koe
English Translation: In the mountain village
where the wind among the pines
sounds so full of grief,
adding to its loneliness,
the voice of the evening cicada.
Meaning: In the mountain village where the wind in the pines sounds so forlorn, the cicadas' evening song adds loneliness to loneliness.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 940

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In the mountain village where the wind in the pines sounds so forlorn, the higurashi cicada's voice adds loneliness, the poet says, laying two sounds, pine wind and cicada, over each other to picture the loneliness of evening in the hills.

First line, “matsukaze no”: of the wind in the pines.
Second line, “oto aware naru”: whose sound is so moving.
Third line, “yamazato ni”: in the mountain village.
Fourth line, “sabishisa souru”: adding loneliness.
Fifth line, “higurashi no koe”: ending on a noun, the voice of the cicada that sings at dusk.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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