Hashitaka o torikau sawa ni kage mireba waga mi mo tomo ni toyakaeri seri - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

はし鷹を取り飼ふ沢に影見れば
我が身もともにとやかへりせり

Roma-ji: Hashitaka o torikau sawa ni kage mireba waga mi mo tomo ni toyakaeri seri
English Translation: My sparrow hawk
by the marsh where I keep it,
seeing my image there,
I too, along with the bird,
have molted with the years
Meaning: Looking at my reflection in the marsh where I keep my sparrow hawk, I see that I too, along with the hawk, have molted with the years and turned white.
Commentary: Book Four Winter Poems 282

Looking at their reflection in the water of the marsh where the sparrow hawk is kept, the poet sees that, like the molted hawk, they too have aged and turned white. In toyakaeri, the molting of a hawk's feathers, the poet sees their own old age.
Like the preceding poem, 281, it sings of the sparrow hawk, but where that poem showed a hunter's spirit, this one turns to a lament for old age.
Poems 277 through 293 in this book center on snow, with poems on falconry set among them at 281 through 283.
The author, Toshiyori, is Minamoto no Toshiyori. A son of Minamoto no Tsunenobu, he compiled this anthology, the Kin'yōwakashū, at the command of Retired Emperor Shirakawa, and is known for his innovative style.

First line, 'hashitaka o', means my sparrow hawk, the small hawk used in falconry, also sung in poem 276 and the preceding poem, 281.
Second line, 'torikau sawa ni', means by the marsh where I keep it, the waterside where the hawk is kept.
Third line, 'kage mireba', means when I see my image in the water.
Fourth line, 'waga mi mo tomo ni', means I too, together with the hawk.
Final line, 'toyakaeri seri', uses toyakaeri, the molting of a hawk's feathers in its mews, here for the poet's hair turned white with the years. Like 'molt' (tokaeru) in poem 276 in this book, it sings of a hawk's changing plumage.
Author: Minamoto no Toshiyori
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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