Ōzora ni waga sode hitotsu aranaku ni kanashiku tsuyu ya wakite okuran - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

大空にわが袖ひとつあらなくに
悲しく露やわきて置くらん

Roma-ji: Ōzora ni waga sode hitotsu aranaku ni kanashiku tsuyu ya wakite okuran
English Translation: Beneath the great sky
my sleeve is not the only one,
and yet, how sad,
does the dew pick it out
and choose to settle there
Meaning: My sleeve is not the only one beneath the vast sky—so why, sadly, does the dew single it out to settle on?
Commentary: Book Six Autumn Poems II 314

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet laments that though the poet's sleeve is not the only one beneath the great sky, the dew sadly seems to single it out to settle on. Setting the vast sky against a single sleeve, it expresses the sorrow of being the only one wet with tears.
From 313 to 316, poems follow one another that overlay the dew on the sleeves with tears.
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, "Ōzora ni," means "beneath the vast sky." 64 of Book Two also opens with "ōzora ni," wishing for a sleeve wide enough to cover the sky.
The second line, "waga sode hitotsu," means "my one sleeve," set against the vast sky of the first line.
In the third line, "naku ni" means "though it is not," and 286 of this book sets the same third line.
In the fourth line, "ya" is an interrogative particle: "sadly, does the dew."
In the last line, "wakite" means "singling out, especially," and "ya" in the fourth line with the attributive "ran" forms a kakarimusubi pattern: "does it choose my sleeve to settle on?"
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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