Take no ha ni okiiru koto no marobiaite nuru to wa nashi ni tatsu waga na kana - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

竹の葉に置きゐる事のまろびあひて
ぬるとはなしに立つ我が名かな

Roma-ji: Take no ha ni okiiru koto no marobiaite nuru to wa nashi ni tatsu waga na kana
English Translation: Like things that rest
on the leaves of the bamboo,
rolling close as one,
though we have not lain together,
how my name is spread abroad!
Meaning: Like the things resting on bamboo leaves that roll together and touch, though we have never lain together, how my name rises in rumor!
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems II 702

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
The poem laments that, like things rolling together on bamboo leaves, the poet's name rises in rumor though the lovers have never lain together. Pivoting "nuru" on "sleeping" together and "getting wet" on the leaves, it expresses the injustice of baseless gossip. The poem is generally known with the second line "okiiru tsuyu no," dew resting on the leaves, likening dewdrops rolling together on bamboo leaves to lovers drawing close.
The author, written as "Hitomaro," is Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. A court poet of the Asuka period, he is revered as the sage of poetry and the foremost poet of the Man'yōshū, and he is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets. The Shūishū includes many Man'yōshū poems under his name.
The second line of the main text reads "okiiru koto no," which does not match "okiiru tsuyu no" in the reading line. Here the main text is followed.

First line, "take no ha ni," means "on the bamboo leaves."
Second line, "okiiru koto no," means "the things resting there." The reading line has "okiiru tsuyu no," which makes it the dew resting on the bamboo leaves.
Third line, "marobiaite," means "rolling together and touching," suggesting lovers drawing close.
Fourth line, "nuru to wa nashi ni," is a pivot word: "nuru" means "sleeping" together and "getting wet" on the leaves.
Final line, "tatsu waga na kana," means "how my name rises," with "kana" exclamatory. It shares the lament of one's name rising with the second line of the next poem, 703, "waga na wa tachite."
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Source: Shui Wakashu
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