Harusame no furu no no wakana oinurashi nurenure tsuman katami tanusare

春雨のふるのの若菜生ひぬらし
濡れ濡れ摘まんかたみたぬされ

Roma-ji: Harusame no furu no no wakana oinurashi nurenure tsuman katami tanusare
English Translation: With the spring rain's fall,
on the fields of Furu, herbs
must be sprouting now:
though I'm drenched, I'll gather them,
with my basket on my arm.
Meaning: In the spring rain falling on the fields of Furu, the young herbs must already have come up. Though I get soaked, I will go and pick them, basket on my arm.
Commentary: Spring Poems 20

Headnote: "Young herbs in the rain"
The topic is young herbs in the rain. Surmising that on the fields of Furu, where the spring rain falls, the herbs nourished by the rain must already have sprouted, the poet resolves to go picking without minding the wet.
Furu is a pivot word for the falling rain and the place name Furu, binding the spring rain to the field of herbs. After the snow-covered herbs of the preceding poems, this poem shows herbs picked in the rain, conveying the advance of the season. The closing words katami tanusare are hard to construe, but another manuscript reads katami te nukire, understood as carry the basket on your arm.

First line, “harusame no”: the gentle rain of spring, leading into furu in the second line.
Second line, “furu no no wakana”: furu is a pivot word meaning both the falling rain and the place name Furu in Yamato.
Third line, “oinurashi”: rashi expresses an inference based on evidence, that the herbs must have sprouted thanks to the rain, with a break after the third line.
Fourth line, “nurenure tsuman”: I shall pick them even though I get wet, with n expressing intention.
Fifth line, “katami tanusare”: katami is a finely woven bamboo basket, and the poem closes with the preparations for herb gathering, basket in hand.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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