Karisome ni oku tsuyu to koso omoishika aki ni ainuru waga tamoto kana

かりそめに置く露とこそ思ひしか
あきに逢ひぬる我が袂かな

Roma-ji: Karisome ni oku tsuyu to koso omoishika aki ni ainuru waga tamoto kana
English Translation: I'd thought it to be
only passing dew that fell
for a moment's while—
but my sleeves have met with autumn,
and with your weariness of me.
Meaning: I had thought it only passing dew that settled for a moment, but my sleeves have met with autumn, and with your weariness of me.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1291

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "One hundred and ten love poems"
He had thought the tears on his sleeves only a passing dew, but now his sleeves have met with autumn, and with the beloved's weariness, and are never dry, the poet says.
Aki pivots on "autumn" and "weariness": as dew settles thickly in autumn, so tears never cease now that he is tired of. What he thought were passing tears have become endless with the change of heart.

First line, “karisome ni”: for a passing moment.
Second line, “oku tsuyu to koso”: as dew that settles; koso is answered by the realis shika.
Third line, “omoishika”: "I had thought," leading on concessively; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “aki ni ainuru”: aki pivots on "autumn" and "weariness."
Fifth line, “waga tamoto kana”: kana is exclamatory.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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