Harusame no tsuyu mo mada hizu umegae ni uwage shiorete uguisu zo naku

春雨の露もまだ干ず梅が枝に
上毛しをれて鶯ぞ鳴く

Roma-ji: Harusame no tsuyu mo mada hizu umegae ni uwage shiorete uguisu zo naku
English Translation: The dew of spring rain
has not yet dried upon them—
on the plum's branches,
its outer feathers drooping,
the warbler sings its song.
Meaning: On plum branches still wet with the dew of spring rain, the warbler sings, its outer feathers limp and damp.
Commentary: Spring Poems 16

Headnote: "A warbler after the rain"
The poet depicts a warbler perched on a plum branch after the rain, singing with its feathers still wet. The fine observation that its outer feathers droop lets us feel the moist spring air after rain. Kamo no Mabuchi noted that "the dew has not yet dried" is a phrase found in the Goshūi Wakashū but does not suit this poet.
In the Ruijū text the headnote reads "On the theme of a warbler after the rain," and the Ruijū and Teika texts differ in the second line.

Line 1, "of spring rain," shows that the rain of the topic is spring rain.
Line 2: hizu means not yet dried, showing the raindrops still clinging.
Line 3, "on the plum's branches," carries the plum and warbler of the preceding poem, 15, into a scene after rain.
Line 4: uwage are a bird's outer feathers, here drooping with wet.
Line 5 has the same closing as the preceding poem, a kakarimusubi with zo and the attributive form.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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