Yūmagure ogi fuku kaze no oto kikeba tamoto yori koso tsuyu wa koborure - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

夕まぐれ荻吹く風の音聞けば
袂よりこそ露はこぼるれ

Roma-ji: Yūmagure ogi fuku kaze no oto kikeba tamoto yori koso tsuyu wa koborure
English Translation: In the dim twilight
when I hear the sound of wind
that blows through the reeds,
it is from my own sleeves first
that the dewdrops spill and fall
Meaning: In the dim twilight, when I hear the wind blowing through the reeds, it is from my own sleeves, before anywhere else, that the dew spills down.
Commentary: Book Four Autumn Poems I 266

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In the dim light of evening, as the poet listens to the wind blowing through the reed leaves, the dew spills first not from the reeds but from his own sleeves. Likening the tears drawn by the rustling reeds to dew on his sleeves, he conveys the depth of sorrow that the sound of the wind brings on an autumn evening.
The author, "Fujiwara no Suetsune Ason," was the son of Fujiwara no Akisuke, Master of the Left Capital Office. A younger brother of Fujiwara no Kiyosuke and Fujiwara no Shigeie, he was a poet of the Rokujō Fujiwara house and later rose to Minister of the Imperial Household.
The last line of this text reads "tsuyu wa koharure," which does not agree with "tsuyu wa koborure" in the reading line. Since "koharure" makes no sense, it is taken to be a copying error, and here the reading line's "koborure," spills, is followed.

First line, "yūmagure": "in the dim twilight."
Second line, "ogi fuku kaze no": "of the wind blowing through the reeds," the same line as in 230 of this book; the wind in the reeds recurs often in this book from its opening poem, 226.
Third line, "oto kikeba": the realized condition, "when I hear its sound."
Fourth line, "tamoto yori koso": "yori" marks the starting point, and "koso" links with "koborure" in the last line, stressing "from my sleeves, not from the reeds." Poems 264 and 267 of this book also speak of dew on sleeves.
Fifth line, "tsuyu wa koborure": the realized form of "koboru," closing with "koso," overlaying the dew on the sleeves with tears. Like "tsuyu koboruran" in 263 of this book, it depicts dew spilling.
Author: Fujiwara no Suetsune
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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