Toe kashi na wakare no sode ni tsuyu shigeki yomogi ga moto no kokorobososa o

訪へかしな別れの袖に露しげき
蓬が下の心細さを

Roma-ji: Toe kashi na wakare no sode ni tsuyu shigeki yomogi ga moto no kokorobososa o
English Translation: Come and call, I beg,
on sleeves of parting, heavy
with the dew of tears,
and see the loneliness of
one beneath the mugwort's shade.
Meaning: Come and call on me, I beg you, and see the loneliness of one who lives beneath the mugwort, with sleeves heavy with the dew of parting.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 833

Headnote: "When my elder brother, the lay priest Sōkū, passed away and you did not come to call, I sent this"
When Jakuzen's elder brother, the lay priest Sōkū, died and Saigyō did not come to offer condolences, Jakuzen sent this. From here to 837 five poems by Jakuzen continue, and the five poems by Saigyō from 838 answer them one by one. Come and see the loneliness of one living beneath the mugwort, his sleeves heavy with the dew of parting, he writes.

First line, “toe kashi na”: kashi is emphatic and na exclamatory; please come and call; the poem breaks here.
Second line, “wakare no sode ni”: on sleeves wet with the grief of death's parting.
Third line, “tsuyu shigeki”: heavy with dew, a figure for tears.
Fourth line, “yomogi ga moto no”: beneath the overgrown mugwort, a neglected dwelling.
Fifth line, “kokorobososa o”: the loneliness, inverted to follow the first line.
Author: Jakuzen
Source: Sankashu
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