Samo koso wa miyako koishiki tabi narame shika no ne ni sae nururu sode kana - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

さもこそは都恋しき旅ならめ
鹿の音にさへ濡るる袖かな

Roma-ji: Samo koso wa miyako koishiki tabi narame shika no ne ni sae nururu sode kana
English Translation: True enough, it is
a journey in which I yearn
for the capital,
yet now even at the deer's cry
my sleeves are wet with tears
Meaning: It is true that on this journey I long for the capital, yet now even the cry of the deer wets my sleeves with tears.
Commentary: Book Three Autumn Poems 225

It is natural enough to long for the capital while traveling, the poet says, yet even the cry of the deer brings tears to wet the sleeves. To the longing for home is added the sorrow of the deer's voice, conveying the loneliness of autumn on the road.
Its final line, 'my sleeves are wet with tears', is the same as that of poem 160 in this book; there the tears are of mourning, here of the loneliness of travel.
From poem 222 through poem 226 in this book come poems on the deer, in which the stag's cry for its mate draws out many feelings, such as the loneliness of travel and of sleeping alone.

First line, 'samo koso wa', means truly so, and koso binds with the realis me that follows.
Second line, 'miyako koishiki', means longing for the capital.
Third line, 'tabi narame', means it may well be such a journey, me being the realis of the conjectural mu; the koso ... me construction leads on concessively. The poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, 'shika no ne ni sae', uses the additive sae: even at the deer's cry.
Final line, 'nururu sode kana', means sleeves wet with tears, the same final line as poem 160 in this book.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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