Ōkata ni oku shiratsuyu mo ima yori wa kokoro shite koso mirubekarikere - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

おほかたに置く白露も今よりは
心してこそ見るべかりけれ

Roma-ji: Ōkata ni oku shiratsuyu mo ima yori wa kokoro shite koso mirubekarikere
English Translation: Even the white dew
that settles everywhere
from this moment on
I see I must regard
with a heart that takes good care
Meaning: Even the white dew that settles everywhere—from now on, I see, I must look on it with care.
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 291

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that even the white dew that settles everywhere ought from now on to be looked upon with care. Having learned in the preceding poem that the dew is the poet's own lot, the poet turns a new heart toward dew once glanced at without thought.
From 290 to 292, three poems stand together that overlay one who stays up all night with the dew.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us. The text gives the poet as "yomibito mo," which is treated here as "anonymous."

The first line, "Ōkata ni," means "commonly, everywhere." 278 of this book also opens with "ōkata mo."
The second line, "oku shiratsuyu mo," means "even the white dew that settles," taking up the dew of the preceding poem.
The third line, "ima yori wa," means "from now on," taking up the realization in the preceding poem that the dew is the poet's self.
The fourth line, "kokoro shite koso," means "with care, with feeling," with "koso" an emphatic particle.
In the last line, "bekari" is the continuative form of the auxiliary of obligation "beshi," and "kere" is the perfective form of "keri," a sigh of realization, completing the kakarimusubi pattern with "koso" in the fourth line: "I see that I should look on it so."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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