Waga yado no kiku no shiratsuyu kyō goto ni ikuyo tsumorite fuchi to naruran - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

我が宿の菊の白露今日ごとに
幾世積もりて淵となるらん

Roma-ji: Waga yado no kiku no shiratsuyu kyō goto ni ikuyo tsumorite fuchi to naruran
English Translation: White dew on the chrysanthemums
by my dwelling here,
each year on this very day,
through how many ages piled
will it become a deep pool?
Meaning: The white dew on the chrysanthemums at my house, gathering on this day year after year, through how many ages will it pile up until it becomes a deep pool?
Commentary: Book Three Autumn Poems 184

Headnote: "For a folding screen for the coming-of-age ceremony of the Sanjō Empress, at a scene of the ninth day of the Ninth Month"
The poet imagines that the white dew settled on the chrysanthemums at the Chrysanthemum Festival will pile up year after year until, after many ages, it becomes a deep pool. Against the belief that the dew of chrysanthemums brings long life, the poem celebrates the lasting prosperity of the person coming of age. According to the headnote, it accompanied a scene of the Chrysanthemum Festival on the ninth day of the Ninth Month, painted on a folding screen for the coming-of-age ceremony of the lady known as the Sanjō Empress.
The author, written as Motosuke, is Kiyohara no Motosuke. A grandson of Kiyohara no Fukayabu, he took part in compiling the Gosenshū and in reading the Man'yōshū as one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber. He was the father of Sei Shōnagon and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "waga yado no," means "of my house."
Second line, "kiku no shiratsuyu," is the white dew on the chrysanthemums, which was thought to grant long life. This poem and the next, 185, both sing of the chrysanthemums of the festival.
Third line, "kyō goto ni," means "on this day each year," the ninth day of the Ninth Month.
Fourth line, "ikuyo tsumorite," means "piling up through many ages."
Final line, "fuchi to naruran," means "will it become a deep pool," with "ran" as an auxiliary of present conjecture. Imagining the long time it takes for something as small as dew to become a deep pool, it celebrates long life through the contrast of scale between a single drop and many ages.
Author: Kiyohara no Motosuke
Source: Shui Wakashu
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