Yamazato no kusaba no tsuyu mo shigekaran minoshirogoromo nuwazu tomo kiyo - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

山里の草葉の露も繁からん
みのしろ衣縫はずとも着よ

Roma-ji: Yamazato no kusaba no tsuyu mo shigekaran minoshirogoromo nuwazu tomo kiyo
English Translation: In your mountain home
the dew upon the grasses
must lie thick, I think—
this robe in place of a raincoat,
though unsewn, put on and wear
Meaning: In your mountain village the dew on the grasses must lie thick—though it is not yet sewn, wear this robe in place of a straw raincoat.
Commentary: Book Nineteen Parting Poems 1354

Headnote: "When Nakahara no Muneki was going down to the province of Mino, he lodged on the way at a woman's house, became intimate with her, and found it hard to leave; after staying two or three days, he had to set out on urgent business, and he wrapped up a robe and wrote this on the wrapping."
The poet says that the dew on the grasses of the mountain village must be thick, and asks her to wear the robe in place of a raincoat, though it is not sewn. Parting from a woman he came to love on his journey, he leaves a robe for her to wear against the heavy dew of her village, letting his tears of parting show through.
According to the headnote, on his way to Mino he lodged at a woman's house, became intimate with her, and, finding it hard to leave, stayed two or three days; when urgent business forced him to depart, he wrapped up a robe and wrote this on the wrapping.
The poet, Nakahara no Munetoki, seems to have been an official of the mid-Heian period, though little is known of his life. The headnote gives his name as "Nakahara no Muneki."

The first line, "Yamazato no," means "in the mountain village," where the woman lives.
The second line, "kusaba no tsuyu mo," means "the dew on the grasses," overlaid with tears of parting.
The third line, "shigekaran," means "must lie thick," with "ran" present conjecture. The poem pauses here.
The fourth line, "minoshirogoromo," is a pivot word on "mino," both a straw raincoat and the province of Mino: a robe in place of a raincoat, overlaid with his destination.
The last line, "nuwazu tomo kiyo," means "though unsewn, wear it," ending in the imperative.
Author: Nakahara no Munetoki
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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