Sono ori no yomogi ga moto no makura ni mo kaku koso mushi no ne ni wa mutsureme

その折の蓬が下の枕にも
かくこそ虫の音には睦れめ

Roma-ji: Sono ori no yomogi ga moto no makura ni mo kaku koso mushi no ne ni wa mutsureme
English Translation: When that time has come,
my pillow beneath the mugwort,
even there, like this,
with the voices of insects
I will surely keep company.
Meaning: Even when that time comes, pillowed beneath the mugwort in my grave, I will surely keep company like this with the voices of the insects.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 775

Headnote: "At a time when I was feeling forlorn and moved, the voice of a cricket sounded close to my pillow"
At a moment of vague loneliness and quiet sorrow, the voice of a cricket was heard close to his pillow, and the poet composed this. When he lies dead beneath the mugwort of his grave, he will keep company with the insects' voices just as he does now. From the insect at his pillow he pictures himself after death.

First line, “sono ori no”: at that time, the time of his death.
Second line, “yomogi ga moto no”: beneath the mugwort, an overgrown grave.
Third line, “makura ni mo”: even at that pillow, taking up 'close to my pillow' in the headnote.
Fourth line, “kaku koso mushi no”: koso is answered by me in the fifth line.
Fifth line, “ne ni wa mutsureme”: mutsuru is to keep close company; me is the perfective of the conjectural mu.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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