Kaze no oto ni mono omou waga iro somete mi ni shimiwataru aki no yūgure

風の音に物思ふ我が色染めて
身にしみわたる秋の夕暮

Roma-ji: Kaze no oto ni mono omou waga iro somete mi ni shimiwataru aki no yūgure
English Translation: With the sound of wind,
dyeing the color of my
heart that broods so deep,
how it sinks into me,
this dusk in the autumn time.
Meaning: The autumn dusk, dyeing with the sound of the wind the color of my brooding heart, sinks deep into me.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1038

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
With the sound of the wind, the autumn dusk dyes the color of my brooding heart and sinks deep into me, the poet says, picturing how the sound of the evening wind in autumn dyes the brooding heart a deeper color and pierces through the body.

First line, “kaze no oto ni”: with the sound of the wind; a line of six syllables.
Second line, “mono omou waga”: of me who broods.
Third line, “iro somete”: dyeing the heart's color.
Fourth line, “mi ni shimiwataru”: sinking deep into me, shimi following from the dyeing of the third line.
Fifth line, “aki no yūgure”: ending on a noun, autumn dusk, held to be the height of loneliness.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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