Saoshika no kitachi naku no no akihagi wa tsuyushimo oite chirinishi mono o

さを鹿の来立ち鳴く野の秋萩は
露霜負ひて散りにしものを

Roma-ji: Saoshika no kitachi naku no no akihagi wa tsuyushimo oite chirinishi mono o
English Translation: Where the stag comes near
to stand and cry in the fields,
the autumn clover,
bearing the cold of the dew,
has fallen away, alas
Meaning: The autumn bush clover in the fields where the stag comes to stand and cry has borne the cold dew and fallen away already.
Commentary: Book Eight Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 1580

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Seven poems from a banquet at the house of the Minister of the Right, Tachibana"
The autumn bush clover in the fields where the stag comes to stand and cry has borne the cold dew and already fallen. Regretting the fall of the clover the stag loves as its bride, the poem expresses the deepening of autumn and its loneliness. The note says, "The above two poems are by Fumi no Imiki Umakai," and also gives "the twentieth day of the eighth month of Tenpyō 10 (738)"; the seven poems of this banquet end here.
The author, Fumi no Umakai, was an official of the Fumi clan, a lineage of immigrant descent.

The first line means "of the stag," "sa" being a prefix.
The second line means "of the fields where it comes to stand and cry." Ōtomo no Tabito's 1541 in this book also sings of a stag that comes crying to woo the clover blossoms as its bride.
The third line names the clover the stag longs for.
The fourth line means "bearing the cold dew"; "tsuyushimo" is dew as cold as frost.
The final line, with the perfective "ni," the attributive "shi" of the past "ki," and the exclamatory "mono o," regrets that it has fallen, alas.
Author: Fumi no Umakai
Source: Manyoshu
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