Saranu dani aki wa mono nomi kanashiki o namida moyoosu saoshika no koe

さらぬだに秋はもののみかなしきを
涙もよほすさを鹿の声

Roma-ji: Saranu dani aki wa mono nomi kanashiki o namida moyoosu saoshika no koe
English Translation: Even as it is,
autumn's nothing but a time
full of sad things all,
yet more tears are drawn from me
by the calling of the stag.
Meaning: Even without it, autumn is nothing but sadness, and now the call of the stag draws out my tears still more.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 432

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Deer"
This is the fourth poem in the series on the deer. Even without it, autumn is a season full of nothing but sadness, and now the stag's call comes to draw out more tears. The poem shows sorrow reaching its height as the deer's voice is added to the sadness of autumn.
Like 404, it begins with saranu dani, taking the form of a feeling already present to which the moon or the deer's call is added. After the deer's tears of the preceding poem, here the deer's voice draws tears from the poet.

First line, “saranu dani”: even when it is not so, the same as the first line of 404.
Second line, “aki wa mono nomi”: autumn in everything, nomi expressing limitation.
Third line, “kanashiki o”: though it is sad, o being concessive.
Fourth line, “namida moyoosu”: moyoosu is to provoke or draw out, drawing out tears.
Fifth line, “saoshika no koe”: ending on a noun, with sa as a prefix, the stag's call that draws out tears.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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