Morotomo ni aki mo yamaji mo fukakereba shika zo kanashiki ōhara no sato

もろともに秋も山路も深ければ
しかぞ悲しき大原の里

Roma-ji: Morotomo ni aki mo yamaji mo fukakereba shika zo kanashiki ōhara no sato
English Translation: Both alike so deep,
the autumn and the mountain path—
so it is the deer
cry out so sorrowfully
in the village of Ōhara.
Meaning: Since autumn and the mountain path are both so deep, the deer cry sorrowfully, and so sorrowful is the village of Ōhara.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1217

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Reply"
The tenth and last of Jakunen's poems. Since both autumn and the mountain path are deep, the deer cry with sorrow, and so sorrowful is the village of Ōhara.
Shika pivots on "deer" and "thus," closing with the sadness of a mountain village in deepening autumn entrusted to the deer's cry. Saigyō's last poem, 1207, also sang of deer, so the two series end in echo. The first line, morotomo ni, "together," besides meaning that autumn and path are deep alike, also suggests that Saigyō and Jakunen both live deep in the mountains.

First line, “morotomo ni”: together, alike.
Second line, “aki mo yamaji mo”: both the depth of autumn and of the mountain path.
Third line, “fukakereba”: since they are deep; the realis with ba gives a definite condition.
Fourth line, “shika zo kanashiki”: shika pivots on "deer" and "thus"; zo is emphatic, answered by the attributive kanashiki.
Fifth line, “ōhara no sato”: ending on a noun, the last line of the series.
Author: Jakuzen
Source: Sankashu
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