Hanasusuki manekaba koko ni tomarinamu izure no nobe mo tsui no sumika zo - Shika Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

花薄招かばここにとまりなむ
いづれの野辺もつひの住処ぞ

Roma-ji: Hanasusuki manekaba koko ni tomarinamu izure no nobe mo tsui no sumika zo
English Translation: If the plumed pampas
beckons me, then here, right here,
I will gladly stay —
for whatever field it is,
it is my final dwelling place
Meaning: If the plumed pampas grass beckons, I will stay right here; whatever field it may be, it will be my final resting place.
Commentary: Book Ten Miscellaneous Poems II 354

Likening the plumes of pampas grass swaying in the wind to a beckoning hand, the poet says that if it beckons, he will stay here. Since everyone is buried in some field in the end, any field is a final dwelling place; the poem holds a heart that has come to terms with impermanence.
Where the opening poem, 348, sang of a dwelling as a threshold for leaving the world, this poem sings of a "final dwelling," the place one reaches at last, so the two answer each other on the theme of dwelling.

The first line, "hanasusuki," names plumed pampas grass, its swaying plumes likened to a beckoning hand.
The second line, "manekaba koko ni," is a hypothetical with the irrealis and "ba": if it beckons.
The third line, "tomarinamu," combines the intensive "nu" and volitional "mu": I will surely stay, with a break after the third line.
The fourth line, "izure no nobe mo," uses "mo": whatever field it may be.
The final line, "tsui no sumika zo," ends firmly with "zo": it is the final dwelling. It echoes "sumika" in the opening poem, 348.
Source: Shika Wakashu
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