Samidare no harenu hikazu no furu mama ni numa no makomo wa migakurenikeri

五月雨の晴れぬ日数のふるままに
沼の真菰は水隠れにけり

Roma-ji: Samidare no harenu hikazu no furu mama ni numa no makomo wa migakurenikeri
English Translation: In the summer rain,
as the days without a break
go by, falling on,
the wild rice in the marsh
has sunk beneath the water.
Meaning: As the days pass one after another without a break in the early summer rains, the wild rice in the marsh has sunk out of sight beneath the water.
Commentary: Summer Poems 224

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "When fifteen poems on the early summer rains were composed at a certain place, written on behalf of another"
This is the tenth of the fifteen poems. As the rains go on and the days without a clear sky pile up, the wild rice in the marsh sinks little by little until it vanishes altogether. The passage of time, with the water rising day by day, is caught in the changing look of the plants.
Continuing the wild rice of 221 and 222 in this book, this poem carries the theme as far as the plants disappearing completely under water.

First line, “samidare no”: modifying harenu hikazu in the second line.
Second line, “harenu hikazu no”: the count of days that have passed without clearing.
Third line, “furu mama ni”: a pivot word joining furu, the passing of days, and furu, the falling of rain; mama ni means as, in step with.
Fourth line, “numa no makomo wa”: singles out the wild rice growing in the marsh.
Fifth line, “migakurenikeri”: migakuru is to be hidden in water, and nikeri expresses the realization that it has vanished entirely.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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