Kari nakite samuki arashi no fuku nabe ni tatsuta no yama wa irozukinikeri

雁鳴きて寒き嵐の吹くなべに
立田の山は色づきにけり

Roma-ji: Kari nakite samuki arashi no fuku nabe ni tatsuta no yama wa irozukinikeri
English Translation: Wild geese cry aloud,
and as the cold storm wind
comes blowing on,
the mountain of Tatsuta
has taken on its hue.
Meaning: As the geese cry and the cold storm wind blows, Mount Tatsuta has taken on autumn color.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 299

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Autumn leaves at famous places"
As the geese cry and the cold mountain storm blows, Mount Tatsuta, famed for autumn leaves, has taken on its color. Through the geese's voices and the storm wind, sound and touch, the poet captures the deepening of the leaves.
Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a circle. Drawing on the Man'yōshū poem in which Mount Tatsuta begins to color as the geese come crying, it links the arrival of the geese with the leaves of Mount Tatsuta.

Line 1, "the wild geese cry," is the same opening as 231.
Line 2 means "of the cold storm wind." Taking up "the wind of their wings grows cold" in the preceding poem, 298, the wind strengthens from geese's wings to a mountain storm.
Line 3: nabe ni means "as it does."
Line 4 names Mount Tatsuta in Yamato, famed for autumn leaves. Following the hills of Saho in the preceding poem, famous places of Yamato for autumn leaves stand side by side.
Line 5 is the same last line as the preceding poem, with keri expressing realization.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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