Kusaki made omoikeri tomo miyuru kana matsu sae fuji no koromo kitekeri - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

草木まで思ひけりとも見ゆるかな
松さへ藤の衣着てけり

Roma-ji: Kusaki made omoikeri tomo miyuru kana matsu sae fuji no koromo kitekeri
English Translation: Even grass and trees
seem to grieve, so it would seem,
for the one now gone,
for even the pine has put on
mourning robes of wisteria
Meaning: It seems that even the grass and trees grieve for the departed, for even the pine has donned robes of wisteria, the garb of mourning.
Commentary: Book Ten Miscellaneous Poems II 623

Even grass and trees seem to grieve for the departed, the poet says, since even the pine has put on robes of wisteria. Seeing wisteria blossoms hanging on a pine as mourning robes of wisteria cloth, he says that even plants are in mourning and conveys the depth of his grief for the dead.
The author, Gyōson, was a son of the Consultant Minamoto no Motohira and, as a monk of Onjōji, rose to Archbishop. He is also known for his ascetic practice at sacred mountains throughout the provinces. One of his poems appears in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

First line, 'kusaki made', means even grass and trees, the particle made adding the sense of even plants without feeling, not only people.
Second line, 'omoikeri tomo', means that they grieved, using the exclamatory keri.
Third line, 'miyuru kana', means so it seems, closing with kana; the poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, 'matsu sae fuji no', means even the pine, of wisteria, the particle sae adding to what came before. It sings of wisteria entwined about a pine.
Final line, 'koromo kitekeri', means has put on robes, the robes of wisteria being mourning garb. The perfective tsu is followed by the exclamatory keri.
Author: Gyōson
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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