Yama fukami mado no tsurezure tou mono wa irozukisomuru haji no tachieda

山深み窓のつれづれ訪ふものは
色づき初むる櫨の立ち枝

Roma-ji: Yama fukami mado no tsurezure tou mono wa irozukisomuru haji no tachieda
English Translation: The mountains so deep,
what comes to call upon
my idle window
is the upright branch of sumac
that has just begun to turn.
Meaning: Deep in the mountains, the only visitor to my idle window is the upright branch of the sumac just beginning to turn red.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1200

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sent from Kōya to the lay monk Jakunen when he was living in Ōhara"
The third of the ten. Deep in the mountains, what comes to relieve the idle hours at his window is no person, only an upright sumac branch beginning to color.
In a mountain hut no one visits, the sumac turning red outside the window is personified as a caller, depicting solitude and the small comfort within it. Jakunen's 1216 sings of Ōhara with its gate buried in leaves and no visitors, sharing the loneliness of having no one call.

First line, “yama fukami”: since the mountains are deep, shared by the series.
Second line, “mado no tsurezure”: the idle tedium at the window.
Third line, “tou mono wa”: what comes to call, leading to personification.
Fourth line, “irozukisomuru”: beginning to turn color.
Fifth line, “haji no tachieda”: haji is the sumac, lovely in autumn; tachieda is an upright branch; ending on a noun.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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