Akihagi no sakitaru nobe wa saoshika zo tsuyu o waketsutsu tsumadoi shikeru

秋萩の咲きたる野辺はさを鹿ぞ
露を別けつつ妻どひしける

Roma-ji: Akihagi no sakitaru nobe wa saoshika zo tsuyu o waketsutsu tsumadoi shikeru
English Translation: Autumn bush clover
on the meadows where it blooms,
there the stag, it was,
parting through the dew he went,
wooing, seeking out his mate.
Meaning: In the fields where the autumn bush clover bloomed, it was the stag who went parting the dew as he courted his mate.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2153

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the Calling of Deer"
This poem depicts a stag in the fields where autumn bush clover blooms, pushing through the dew as he seeks his mate. The image of the deer advancing through the dewy clover fields is beautifully drawn together with the single-mindedness of seeking a mate. Like "the robe for parting the dew of summer grass" in 1994, it sings of advancing through dew.

The first line, "of the autumn bush clover," names the flower.
The second line, "in the fields where it blooms," names the place.
In the third line, "saoshika zo," "zo" is an emphatic particle in kakari-musubi with "keru" in the last line.
The fourth line, "parting the dew," describes the deer's progress.
In the last line, "tsumadoi shikeru," "keru" is the attributive of "keri," answering "zo," closing with the image of the deer seeking his mate.
Source: Manyoshu
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