Kimi ni koi urabure oreba shiki no no no akihagi shinogi saoshika naku mo

君に恋ひうらぶれ居れば敷の野の
秋萩しのぎさを鹿鳴くも

Roma-ji: Kimi ni koi urabure oreba shiki no no no akihagi shinogi saoshika naku mo
English Translation: Longing so for you,
as I sit here downcast, sad,
on the Shiki moor
pushing through autumn clover
the stag is crying for his mate.
Meaning: As I sit forlorn with longing for you, a stag cries out, pushing through the autumn bush clover on the fields of Shiki.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2143

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the Calling of Deer"
This poem says that while the speaker sits sunk in longing for the beloved, the cry of a stag pushing through the bush clover on the fields of Shiki is heard. The deer's voice seeking a mate resonates with the lovelorn heart and stirs longing all the more. Like "ko no ha shinogite" in 1815 of the spring poems, the word "shinogu" shows the strength of the deer pushing through the clover.

The first line, "longing for you," names the cause of sorrow.
In the second line, "urabure oreba," "uraburu" means to be downcast.
The third line, "of the fields of Shiki," is thought to be the fields of Shiki in Yamato, and is hypermetric.
In the fourth line, "akihagi shinogi," "shinogu" means to push aside.
In the last line, "saoshika naku mo," "mo" is exclamatory, closing by overlaying the deer's voice with love.
Source: Manyoshu
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