Aki no yo ni koe mo yasumazu naku mushi o tsuyu madoromade kikiakasu kana

秋の夜に声も休まず鳴く虫を
つゆまどろまで聞き明かすかな

Roma-ji: Aki no yo ni koe mo yasumazu naku mushi o tsuyu madoromade kikiakasu kana
English Translation: On the autumn night,
to the insects crying on
never resting voice,
without a dewdrop's doze
I lie listening till dawn.
Meaning: On the autumn night, never dozing even for a dewdrop's moment, I lie listening until dawn to the insects that cry without resting their voices.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 452

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "When I composed poems on insects"
This is the eighth poem in the insect series. On the autumn night the insects cry without resting their voices, and the poet, never dozing at all, listens to them all night until dawn. The insects crying without rest are matched with the poet listening without sleep.
Tsuyu plays on tsuyu, not at all, and tsuyu, the dew of the autumn night. Like koe mo yasumanu kirigirisu kana in 395, it sings of insects crying without rest, and after the insects that weep with the poet in the preceding poem, it shows him passing the night sleepless with the insects.

First line, “aki no yo ni”: on the autumn night.
Second line, “koe mo yasumazu”: without resting their voices.
Third line, “naku mushi o”: the insects crying on.
Fourth line, “tsuyu madoromade”: tsuyu is a pivot word joining tsuyu, not at all, and tsuyu, the dew of the autumn night; madoromu is to doze and de a negative conjunctive particle, without dozing at all.
Fifth line, “kikiakasu kana”: passing the night listening, closing with kana.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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