Kabe ni ouru kogusa ni waburu kirigirisu shigururu niwa no tsuyu itou beshi

壁に生ふる小草にわぶるきりぎりす
時雨るる庭の露厭ふべし

Roma-ji: Kabe ni ouru kogusa ni waburu kirigirisu shigururu niwa no tsuyu itou beshi
English Translation: On the little grass
growing on the house's wall,
pining, the cricket
must be shunning the cold dew
of the garden in the rain.
Meaning: The cricket crying forlornly on the little grasses growing from the wall must be shunning the dew of the garden, wet with autumn showers.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 461

Headnote: "Insects in the rain"
The topic is insects singing in the rain. The cricket clinging to the few small grasses growing from the wall of the house, crying forlornly, must have taken refuge there to avoid the cold dew of the garden wet with showers. In the insect drawing close to the wall to escape the rain, the poet catches the loneliness of late autumn.
It echoes 455, where the cricket comes to the pillow to sing, and here it draws close to the wall of the house to escape the showers. As autumn deepens, the insects are shown again and again approaching human dwellings.

First line, “kabe ni ouru”: a hypermetric line of six syllables, growing on the wall of the house.
Second line, “kogusa ni waburu”: wabu is to feel forlorn, clinging to the little grasses and crying forlornly.
Third line, “kirigirisu”: the cricket.
Fourth line, “shigururu niwa no”: of the garden wet with showers.
Fifth line, “tsuyu itou beshi”: beshi is conjectural, it must be shunning the dew.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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