Tsuyu nagara kobosade oran tsukikage ni kohagi ga eda no matsumushi no koe

露ながらこぼさで折らん月影に
小萩が枝の松虫の声

Roma-ji: Tsuyu nagara kobosade oran tsukikage ni kohagi ga eda no matsumushi no koe
English Translation: With the dew left on,
I will break it, spilling none,
in the moon's bright light,
from the little clover's branch
with the pine cricket's song.
Meaning: I will break off the little bush clover branch in the moonlight with its dew still on it, spilling none, and with it the song of the pine cricket singing there.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 394

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Insects before the moon"
This poem continues the topic of insects before the moon. In the moonlight, the poet will break off the little bush clover branch on which a pine cricket is singing, taking it with its dew still on and spilling none. He wishes to carry home just as they are the beauties of autumn, moonlight, dew, bush clover and insect song.
The care not to spill the dew echoes araku wa wakeji hagi no shitatsuyu in 265, and here the poet seeks to break off not only the dew but even the moonlight and the cricket's song along with it.

First line, “tsuyu nagara”: nagara means as it is, with the dew still on it.
Second line, “kobosade oran”: de is a negative conjunctive particle and n the volitional mu, I will break it off without spilling it; the poem breaks after the second line.
Third line, “tsukikage ni”: in the moonlight.
Fourth line, “kohagi ga eda no”: of the little bush clover branch, with ko as a prefix.
Fifth line, “matsumushi no koe”: ending on a noun, the pine cricket singing on the branch, showing a heart that would break off even its song along with the dew.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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