Aki no no no tsuyu ni okaruru ominaeshi harau hito nami nuretsutsu ya furu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

秋の野の露に置かるる女郎花
払ふ人なみ濡れつつや経る

Roma-ji: Aki no no no tsuyu ni okaruru ominaeshi harau hito nami nuretsutsu ya furu
English Translation: In the autumn fields,
set upon by drops of dew,
the maiden flower—
with no one to brush it off,
does she pass her days so drenched
Meaning: The maiden flower in the autumn fields, weighed with dew—with no one to brush it away, does she pass her days soaked through?
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 275

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "At the maiden flower contest of the same reign."
The poet wonders whether the maiden flower, weighed with dew in the autumn fields, passes her days soaked through because no one comes to brush the dew away. The flower is likened to a woman who lives wet with tears, with no one to visit her.
From 274 to 276, three poems from the same maiden flower contest stand together.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us.

The first line, "Aki no no no," means "of the autumn fields," the same words as the third line of 272 in this book.
In the second line, "ruru" is the attributive form of the passive auxiliary "ru": "set upon by dew."
The third line, "ominaeshi," is likened to a woman, as in the preceding poem.
In the fourth line, "nami" means "since there is none," the so-called mi construction: "since there is no one to brush it away."
In the last line, "ya" is an interrogative particle forming a kakarimusubi pattern with the attributive "furu": "does she pass her days wet?" The dew stands for tears.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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