Tsuyu okishi niwa no kohagi mo karenikeri izura miyako ni aki tomaruran

露置きし庭の小萩も枯れにけり
いづら都に秋とまるらん

Roma-ji: Tsuyu okishi niwa no kohagi mo karenikeri izura miyako ni aki tomaruran
English Translation: Even the bush clover
in the garden where dew lay
has withered away—
where, then, in the capital
can autumn still be lingering?
Meaning: Even the little bush clover in the garden where the dew lay has withered. Where in the capital, then, could autumn still be lingering?
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1124

Headnote: "Leaving the salt springs and returning to the capital, I found the flowers of my old home withered by frost, which was sad, and I sent this again on someone's behalf to the one who had hurried back"
Back in the capital from the salt springs, Saigyō found the flowers in the garden of the old house withered by frost, and again on someone's behalf sent this to the companion who had hurried back first. Even the little bush clover where the dew lay has withered; where in the capital could autumn be lingering?
The one who went ahead may have hurried to the capital to catch the last of autumn, but there is none left there either, the poem gently teases. Taking up "autumn ends" from the earlier exchange, it pursues the departed season. It pairs with Kaga's reply in 1125.

First line, “tsuyu okishi”: where dew lay; shi is the attributive of the past ki.
Second line, “niwa no kohagi mo”: even the little bush clover of the garden.
Third line, “karenikeri”: nikeri marks completion and realization, "it has withered"; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “izura miyako ni”: izura asks "where?"
Fifth line, “aki tomaruran”: ran conjectures, "might autumn be lingering?"
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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