Wakeirite yomogi ga tsuyu o kobosaji to omou mo hito o tou ni arazu ya

分け入りて蓬が露をこぼさじと
思ふも人を訪ふにあらずや

Roma-ji: Wakeirite yomogi ga tsuyu o kobosaji to omou mo hito o tou ni arazu ya
English Translation: Pushing my way in,
not to spill the dew that lies
upon the mugwort,
so I thought, and is that not
also a way to call on you?
Meaning: To hold back from pushing my way in, so as not to spill the dew upon the mugwort, is that not also a way of calling on you?
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 838

Headnote: "Reply"
This is the first of Saigyō's replies to Jakuzen's five, answering 833. Not pushing my way into your mugwort-grown home so as not to spill the dew there, your tears, is that not also a way of calling on you? he says, answering that his not coming was itself an act of consideration.

First line, “wakeirite”: pushing in through the grass.
Second line, “yomogi ga tsuyu o”: taking up 'tsuyu shigeki yomogi ga moto' in 833; the dew hints at Jakuzen's tears.
Third line, “kobosaji to”: ji is negative intention, not to spill it.
Fourth line, “omou mo hito o”: thinking so, of you.
Fifth line, “tou ni arazu ya”: ya is rhetorical; is it not calling on you?
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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