Tsuyukekute waga koromode wa nurenu tomo orite o yukan akihagi no hana - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

露けくて我が衣手は濡れぬとも
折りてを行かん秋萩の花

Roma-ji: Tsuyukekute waga koromode wa nurenu tomo orite o yukan akihagi no hana
English Translation: Though with heavy dew
the sleeves of this robe of mine
may be soaked right through,
I will break a spray and go,
blossoms of the autumn bush clover.
Meaning: Even if my sleeves are soaked through with the heavy dew, I will break off a spray of autumn bush clover to take with me.
Commentary: Book Three Autumn Poems 182

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Even if the dew lies so heavily on the bush clover that his sleeves are soaked, the poet means to break off a spray of autumn bush clover and take it home. The poem expresses a heart so drawn to the flowers that it does not mind wet sleeves.
The author, written as Mitsune, is Ōshikōchi no Mitsune. One of the compilers of the Kokinshū, he was ranked alongside Ki no Tsurayuki and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "tsuyukekute," means "being heavy with dew." Poems on autumn bush clover follow from here.
Second line, "waga koromode wa," means "my sleeves."
Third line, "nurenu tomo," means "even if they are soaked," with "tomo" marking a concessive hypothetical condition.
Fourth line, "orite o yukan," means "I will break a spray and go," with "o" as an emphatic interjectory particle and "n" as a volitional auxiliary.
Final line, "akihagi no hana," ends on a noun, naming at last by inversion what is to be picked. The next poem, 183, sings of dew lying so heavily on the same bush clover that it nearly breaks it, pairing the bush clover a person would pick with the bush clover the dew might break.
Author: Oshikochi no Mitsune
Source: Shui Wakashu
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