Akikaze no fukeyuku nobe no mushi no ne ni hashitanaki made nururu sode kana

秋風の更けゆく野辺の虫の音に
はしたなきまで濡るる袖かな

Roma-ji: Akikaze no fukeyuku nobe no mushi no ne ni hashitanaki made nururu sode kana
English Translation: In the moor where night
deepens on with autumn's wind,
at the insects' cries,
to the point of shame it is,
how my sleeves are drenched with tears.
Meaning: At the cries of the insects on the moor, as the autumn wind blows and the night grows late, my sleeves are wet with tears to the point of embarrassment.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 448

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "When I composed poems on insects"
This is the fourth poem in the insect series. Listening to the insects crying on the moor as the autumn wind blows and the night grows late, the poet's sleeves become so wet with tears that he would be ashamed to be seen. The abundance of tears drawn by the insect voices is expressed by calling it embarrassing.
Where the preceding poem's sleeves were wet unexpectedly at the distant insects, here they are wet to the point of shame at the insects of the late-night moor, so the tears increase.

First line, “akikaze no”: of the autumn wind blowing, leading into fukeyuku in the second line.
Second line, “fukeyuku nobe no”: of the moor as night deepens, with a hint too of autumn deepening.
Third line, “mushi no ne ni”: at the insects' cries.
Fourth line, “hashitanaki made”: hashitanashi means embarrassing, to the point of embarrassment.
Fifth line, “nururu sode kana”: sleeves wet with tears, closing with kana.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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