Aki no ho o shino ni oshinabe oku tsuyu no ke ka mo shinamashi koitsutsu arazu wa

秋の穂をしのに押しなべ置く露の
消かもしなまし恋ひつつあらずは

Roma-ji: Aki no ho o shino ni oshinabe oku tsuyu no ke ka mo shinamashi koitsutsu arazu wa
English Translation: Ears of autumn grain
bending, bowing, pressed down low
by the dew that lies—
should I vanish too, like it,
rather than be always longing?
Meaning: Like the dew that lies bending the autumn ears of grain low, should I simply vanish—rather than go on longing like this?
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Love Poems 2256

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Love Expressed Through Dew"
This poem laments that, like the dew lying so heavily it bends the autumn ears of grain, it would be better to vanish than go on longing. It shares its lower lines with 2254, changing in the upper lines the place where the dew lies from bush clover to ears of grain. The repetition of the same lament suggests how widely this expression was loved.

The first line, "the autumn ears," names the grain.
In the second line, "shino ni oshinabe," "shino ni" means till they bend and "oshinabu" to press down.
The third line, "like the dew that lies," with the upper lines forming a preface leading into "ke."
The fourth line, "ke ka mo shinamashi," is the same as in 2254.
The last line, "koitsutsu arazu wa," is the same ending as 2254.
Source: Manyoshu
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