Fukisuguru kaze shi yaminaba tanomoshimi aki no nomose no tsuyu no shiratama

吹き過ぐる風しやみなば頼もしみ
秋の野もせの露の白玉

Roma-ji: Fukisuguru kaze shi yaminaba tanomoshimi aki no nomose no tsuyu no shiratama
English Translation: If only the wind
that sweeps by should cease to blow,
how reassuring
for the white jewels of the dew
spread across the autumn fields.
Meaning: If only the wind that sweeps by would cease, how reassuring it would be for the white jewels of dew across the autumn fields.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 921

Headnote: "Reply"
This is Saigyō's reply. If only the wind that sweeps by would cease, the white jewels of dew across the autumn fields would be safe, he says. Taking up 'dewdrop life,' and joining kaze, wind, to the other's cold, he encourages the sick person that once the cold passes there will be nothing to fear for their life.

First line, “fukisuguru”: sweeping past.
Second line, “kaze shi yaminaba”: kaze joins the wind and the other's cold; shi is emphatic; if only it would cease.
Third line, “tanomoshimi”: reassuring, an adjective stem with mi.
Fourth line, “aki no nomose no”: nomose is the whole expanse of a field.
Fifth line, “tsuyu no shiratama”: ending on a noun, dew like white jewels, taking up 'tsuyu no inochi.'
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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