Kagekusa no oitaru yado no yūkage ni naku korogi wa kikedo akanu ka mo

蔭草の生ひたる宿の夕影に
鳴くこほろぎは聞けど飽かぬかも

Roma-ji: Kagekusa no oitaru yado no yūkage ni naku korogi wa kikedo akanu ka mo
English Translation: Grasses in the shade
growing thick around my home,
in the evening light
there the crickets sing their song—
though I hear, I never tire.
Meaning: The crickets singing in the evening light at my home, overgrown with shade grasses—however long I listen, I never tire.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2159

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Crickets"
This poem praises the voices of crickets singing in the evening light at a home overgrown with shade grasses, saying one never tires of listening. Whereas the preceding poem felt autumn's chill in the crickets' voices, this one admires those voices, and like the higurashi poem 2157 it praises insect voices singing in the "yūkage," evening light.

The first line, "shade grasses," names the plants.
The second line, "the home where they grow," names the place.
The third line, "in the evening light," is the same word as the opening of 2157.
The fourth line, "the crickets that sing," names the insects.
The last line, "kikedo akanu ka mo," though I listen I never tire, is an expression of praise.
Source: Manyoshu
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