Shika mo wabu sora no keshiki mo shigure meri kanashikare tomo nareru aki kana

鹿もわぶ空のけしきも時雨めり
かなしかれともなれる秋かな

Roma-ji: Shika mo wabu sora no keshiki mo shigure meri kanashikare tomo nareru aki kana
English Translation: The deer too lament,
and the look of the sky as well
seems to turn to rain:
as though bidding all be sad,
so has autumn come to be.
Meaning: The deer too are crying forlornly, and the sky looks as if it will turn to showers; autumn has become a season that seems to bid us all be sad.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 434

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Deer"
This is the sixth poem in the series on the deer. The deer too cry forlornly, and the sky seems to be turning to cold showers; autumn has become a season in which everything leans toward sorrow, as though bidding us be sad. The deer's call and the showery sky, the images of autumn, all combine to draw out grief.
Following the preceding poem, which found sadness in the wind and the deer's call together, this one adds the showery sky to the deer's call, making the whole of autumn full of sorrow.

First line, “shika mo wabu”: wabu is to feel forlorn, the deer too crying forlornly.
Second line, “sora no keshiki mo”: the look of the sky as well, mo repeating that of the first line to set them side by side.
Third line, “shigure meri”: meri is presumptive, it seems to be turning to showers; the poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, “kanashikare tomo”: kanashikare is the imperative of kanashi, be sad.
Fifth line, “nareru aki kana”: ru is the attributive of the continuative ri and kana is exclamatory, an autumn that has become so.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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