Ima komu to tanomeshi hito wa mienaku ni akikaze samumi kari wa kinikeri

今来むと頼めし人は見えなくに
秋風寒み雁は来にけり

Roma-ji: Ima komu to tanomeshi hito wa mienaku ni akikaze samumi kari wa kinikeri
English Translation: The one who promised,
"I will come back soon," still
does not appear;
the wind of autumn is so cold
the wild geese have come.
Meaning: The one who promised to come back soon has not appeared, yet the autumn wind has grown so cold that the wild geese have arrived.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 604

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Someone who had gone to a distant province said they would return around the eighth month, but by the ninth had not appeared, so I sent this to them"
The one who promised to come soon has not appeared, yet with the autumn wind turning cold, the geese have arrived as they should. Where the preceding poem spoke of geese that promised nothing, this one names the person who did promise, stating plainly the frustration of waiting.
The Ruijū text places it in its love section. The beginning of line 1 is hard to read in the source as displayed and is here read ima komu to.

Line 1 means "'I will come soon,'" the same phrasing as the Kokinshū poem by the monk Sosei.
Line 2 means "the one who made me trust," answering "not promised" in the preceding poem and reversing the unpromising geese and the promising person.
Line 3 means "does not appear, and yet," naku ni adversative.
Line 4 means "since the autumn wind is cold," mi expressing cause.
Line 5 is the same as in the preceding poem.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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