Hagi ga e no tsuyu tamezu fuku akikaze ni ojika naku nari Miyagino no hara

萩が枝の露ためず吹く秋風に
牡鹿鳴くなり宮城野の原

Roma-ji: Hagi ga e no tsuyu tamezu fuku akikaze ni ojika naku nari Miyagino no hara
English Translation: In the autumn wind
that blows on, holding no dew
on the clover sprays,
I can hear the stags that call
on the moor of Miyagino.
Meaning: In the autumn wind that sweeps the dew from the bush clover sprays without letting it stay, the stags are calling on the moor of Miyagino.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 430

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Deer"
This is the second poem in the series on the deer. In the autumn wind that scatters the dew on the bush clover without letting any stay, the call of the stags can be heard on the moor of Miyagino, famous for its bush clover. Bush clover, dew, autumn wind and deer, the images of autumn, are gathered on the moor of Miyagino.
Like shibashi mo tamenu ogi no uwakaze in 287, it sings of a wind that does not let the dew stay. Following the preceding poem's scene of deer calling in the wind over old clover branches, this one shifts the stage to Miyagino, famed for bush clover.

First line, “hagi ga e no”: of the bush clover branches; ga is a particle linking to the noun.
Second line, “tsuyu tamezu fuku”: blowing without letting the dew stay.
Third line, “akikaze ni”: in the autumn wind.
Fourth line, “ojika naku nari”: nari infers from sound, the stags seem to be calling; the poem breaks after the fourth line.
Fifth line, “Miyagino no hara”: ending on a noun, Miyagino in Mutsu, a famous place known for bush clover.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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