Ominaeshi iromeku nobe ni furebahan tamoto ni tsuyu ya koborekakaru to

女郎花色めく野辺に触ればはん
袂に露やこぼれかかると

Roma-ji: Ominaeshi iromeku nobe ni furebahan tamoto ni tsuyu ya koborekakaru to
English Translation: Maidenflowers glow
in their colors on the moor;
let me draw near them,
wondering if dew might spill
and come falling on my sleeves.
Meaning: I will draw close to the moor where the maidenflowers glow so alluringly in their colors, to see whether the dew will spill over onto my sleeves.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 277

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Maidenflower"
This is the second poem in the maidenflower series. The poet resolves to draw close and touch the moor where the maidenflowers glow so alluringly, wondering whether the dew will then spill onto his sleeves. Likening the maidenflower to a woman, he playfully seeks to approach her alluring figure.
Where the preceding poem rejoiced at being wet with the same dew as the flower, this one moves on to the poet approaching the flowers himself, waiting for the dew to fall on him.

First line, “ominaeshi”: the maidenflower, likened to a woman as in the preceding poem.
Second line, “iromeku nobe ni”: iromeku is for colors to show beautifully, with a hint of a woman looking alluring.
Third line, “furebahan”: furebau is to touch or draw close, and n is the volitional mu, I will draw near; the poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, “tamoto ni tsuyu ya”: ya is a question particle, wondering hopefully whether dew will spill onto the sleeves.
Fifth line, “koborekakaru to”: thinking it might spill over, giving afterward by inversion the reason for the third line's act.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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