Masurao ga tsumagi ni akebi sashisoete kurureba kaeru ōhara no sato

ますらをが爪木にあけびさし添へて
暮るれば帰る大原の里

Roma-ji: Masurao ga tsumagi ni akebi sashisoete kurureba kaeru ōhara no sato
English Translation: A sturdy man comes,
with some akebi tucked in
his bundle of sticks,
returning when the day grows dark
to the village of Ōhara.
Meaning: A sturdy man, with akebi fruit tucked into his bundle of firewood, comes home as the day grows dark to the village of Ōhara.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1215

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Reply"
The eighth of Jakunen's ten. A sturdy man comes home at dusk with akebi fruit tucked into his load of firewood, here in Ōhara.
Ōhara was a village of people who carried firewood and charcoal to sell in the capital. The man returning with akebi in his firewood portrays simple village life and a small gift of autumn. Answering the axe cutting wood in Saigyō's 1205, it shows a man bringing the wood home.

First line, “masurao ga”: a sturdy man.
Second line, “tsumagi ni akebi”: tsumagi are twigs for fuel; akebi is the fruit of a vine that ripens in autumn; the line has an extra syllable.
Third line, “sashisoete”: tucking it in.
Fourth line, “kurureba kaeru”: returning when the day grows dark.
Fifth line, “ōhara no sato”: ending on a noun, the last line shared by the series.
Author: Jakuzen
Source: Sankashu
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