Moeizuru wakana asaru to kikoyu nari kigisu naku no no haru no akebono

萌え出づる若菜あさると聞こゆなり
雉鳴く野の春の曙

Roma-ji: Moeizuru wakana asaru to kikoyu nari kigisu naku no no haru no akebono
English Translation: The tender young herbs
newly sprouting, it seeks out,
so its call implies:
in the fields the pheasant cries,
in the early dawn of spring.
Meaning: It seems to be pecking at the young herbs just sprouting, so its voice suggests: a pheasant calling in the fields at dawn in spring.
Commentary: Spring Poems 31

Headnote: "On the pheasant"
This begins a sequence of four poems on the pheasant. Hearing a pheasant call in the fields at dawn in spring, the poet surmises that it must be pecking at the young herbs that have just come up.
The unseen pheasant is captured through its voice alone. The closing words haru no akebono repeat the last line of 2, but in place of the hazy dawn of spring's first morning, here is a dawn field ringing with a pheasant's cry, a sign that spring has deepened.

First line, “moeizuru”: just sprouting.
Second line, “wakana asaru to”: seeking out and pecking at the young herbs.
Third line, “kikoyu nari”: nari infers from sound, so it seems from the pheasant's call, with a break after the third line.
Fourth line, “kigisu naku no no”: the field where the pheasant calls.
Fifth line, “haru no akebono”: closing on a noun, the same last line as 2, presenting the field at dawn in spring echoing with the pheasant's cry.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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