Shika no ne ya kokoro naraneba tomaruran sarade wa nobe o mina misuru kana

鹿の音や心ならねばとまるらん
さらでは野辺をみな見するかな

Roma-ji: Shika no ne ya kokoro naraneba tomaruran sarade wa nobe o mina misuru kana
English Translation: The cry of the deer,
since it is not mine to send,
will stay here, I think—
but all else of the moorland
here I show you, every bloom.
Meaning: Only the cry of the deer, which is not mine to command, must stay behind here; all the rest of the autumn fields I show you, just as they are.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1159

Headnote: "When I wrote to the lay monk Ninsai, who lived at the foot of Mount Yoshino, that I longed to know how lovely the autumn flowers must be, he sent this in reply with flowers of many colors gathered together"
Saigyō wrote to the lay monk Ninsai at the foot of Mount Yoshino that he longed to see how charming the autumn flowers must be, and Ninsai replied with a bouquet of many kinds of flowers and this poem. Only the deer's cry, which he cannot command, must stay behind; everything else of the autumn fields he shows to Saigyō.
Naming the flowers and the deer's cry, both emblems of the autumn fields, he answers wittily that flowers can be picked and sent but the deer's voice cannot. It is a heartfelt reply, trying to send the whole autumn moor. It pairs with Saigyō's reply in 1160.

First line, “shika no ne ya”: ya is a questioning particle, answered by the attributive ran in the third line.
Second line, “kokoro naraneba”: since it is not as I wish.
Third line, “tomaruran”: closing the ya construction, "it must stay here"; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “sarade wa”: otherwise, apart from that.
Fifth line, “nobe o mina misuru kana”: I show you all the fields, the picked flowers bringing the autumn moor.
Author: Ninsai
Source: Sankashu
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