Yūdachi no ame furu goto ni kasugano no obana ga ue no shiratsuyu omōyu

夕立ちの雨降るごとに春日野の
尾花が上の白露思ほゆ

Roma-ji: Yūdachi no ame furu goto ni kasugano no obana ga ue no shiratsuyu omōyu
English Translation: Each time the shower
of the evening comes pouring down,
Kasuga's broad fields,
on the plumes of pampas there,
the white dewdrops come to mind.
Meaning: Every time the evening shower falls, I think of the white dew on the pampas plumes of Kasuga Plain.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2169

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Dew"
This poem says that each time the evening shower falls, the white dew on the pampas plumes of Kasuga Plain comes to mind. From a familiar evening shower the heart turns to the dew of distant Kasuga Plain, showing a longing for a beautiful scene. The kundoku carries a variant for the second line, "uchifureba." Against the dew on bush clover in the preceding poem, this one sings of dew on pampas grass, changing the plant on which the dew lies.

The first line, "of the evening shower," names the rain.
The second line, "each time the rain falls," marks recurrence.
The third line, "of Kasuga Plain," names the place.
The fourth line, "on the pampas plumes," names where the dew lies.
In the last line, "shiratsuyu omōyu," "omōyu" means to come to mind; the line is hypermetric, closing with thoughts of the dew of Kasuga.
Source: Manyoshu
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