Hana ni oku tsuyu o shizukemi shirasuge no mano no hagiwara shioreainikeri

花に置く露をしづけみ白菅の
真野の萩原しをれあひにけり

Roma-ji: Hana ni oku tsuyu o shizukemi shirasuge no mano no hagiwara shioreainikeri
English Translation: Since the dew that lies
on the flowers rests so still,
at white-sedged Mano
the clover-covered moorland
has all bent and drooped together.
Meaning: Because the dew lies so heavy and still on the blossoms, all the bush clover in the fields of Mano has bowed and drooped together.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 206

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on bush clover"
Because the dew lies heavy and still on the blossoms, all the bush clover in the fields of Mano has drooped together. The poet depicts the clover bowing under the weight of the dew, drawing on a Man'yō place name.
"The bush-clover fields of Mano, of the white sedge," recalls the Man'yōshū phrase "the alder fields of Mano, of the white sedge," and sings of the Man'yō place as a site for bush clover. According to the source's note, line 2 read differently in the original and the editor emended it following another manuscript; this edition follows that emendation. The Teika text gives the last line as shioreaikeri.

Line 1 means "laid on the flowers."
Line 2, tsuyu o shizukemi, means "since the dew lies so quietly," with mi on the stem of the adjective shizukeshi expressing a reason.
Line 3, shirasuge no, is a pillow word for Mano.
Line 4, "the bush-clover fields of Mano," is the moor at Mano thick with bush clover.
Line 5, "have all drooped together," is hypermetric, with keri expressing realization. Against the fallen clover blossoms of the preceding poem, 205, this poem shows clover bowed by the weight of dew, setting the plant's various aspects side by side.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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