Yuku hito o maneku ka nobe no hanasusuki koyoi mo koko ni tabine seyo to ya - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

行く人を招くか野辺の花薄
今宵もここに旅寝せよとや

Roma-ji: Yuku hito o maneku ka nobe no hanasusuki koyoi mo koko ni tabine seyo to ya
English Translation: Is it beckoning
to the traveler who passes,
the plume grass in the field,
saying, tonight once more
stay and sleep here on your way
Meaning: Is the plume grass in the field beckoning the traveler, bidding him spend another night here on his journey?
Commentary: Book Three Autumn Poems 238

The plume grass waving in the field seems to beckon the passing traveler, as though urging him to spend another night here. The poem joins the traditional conceit of grass plumes as beckoning hands to the feelings of a journey.
Poems 238 and 239 in this book are poems on plume grass in flower.

First line, 'yuku hito o', means the person passing by, a traveler.
Second line, 'maneku ka nobe no', means is it beckoning, with the questioning particle ka, likening the waving plumes to beckoning hands.
Third line, 'hanasusuki', is plume grass in ear. The poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, 'koyoi mo koko ni', means tonight too, here, mo implying as on the night before.
Final line, 'tabine seyo to ya', means is it telling me to sleep here on my journey, with a verb such as iu understood after to ya.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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