Yuki shinogu iori no tsuma o sashisoete ato tomete kon hito o todomen

雪しのぐ庵のつまをさし添へて
跡とめて来ん人を留めん

Roma-ji: Yuki shinogu iori no tsuma o sashisoete ato tomete kon hito o todomen
English Translation: Against the snowfall
I shall lengthen out the eaves
of my humble hut,
and whoever follows tracks here,
that one I shall keep to stay.
Meaning: I will extend the eaves of my hut that keeps off the snow, and whoever comes following the tracks, I will keep here with me.
Commentary: One Hundred Poems 1491

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Ten Poems on Snow"
The ninth of the ten poems on snow. He will extend the eaves of his hut against the snow and, should anyone come following the tracks, keep that person to stay.
It shows a heart longing for company: in a snowbound village with no visitors, he would welcome anyone who came. Taking up the lament of 1485 that no one would come through the snow, this one prepares to receive a visitor.

First line, “yuki shinogu”: keeping off the snow, withstanding it.
Second line, “iori no tsuma o”: tsuma is the eaves, "the eaves of the hut."
Third line, “sashisoete”: adding to them, extending them.
Fourth line, “ato tomete kon”: ato tomete means following the tracks, and n is conjecture in attributive form, "who would come."
Fifth line, “hito o todomen”: n expresses intention, "I will keep them here."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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