Nayotake no oto ni zo sode o kazukitsuru nurenu ni koso wa kaze to shirinure - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

なよ竹の音にぞ袖をかづきつる
濡れぬにこそは風と知りぬれ

Roma-ji: Nayotake no oto ni zo sode o kazukitsuru nurenu ni koso wa kaze to shirinure
English Translation: At the slender bamboo's
rustling sound it was I drew
my sleeve over my head;
only because I stayed dry
did I know it was the wind
Meaning: At the rustling of the slender bamboo, I drew my sleeve over my head, thinking it a shower; only when I did not get wet did I realize it was the wind.
Commentary: Book Four Winter Poems 264

Taking the rustle of slender bamboo leaves for the sound of a shower, the poet covered their head with a sleeve, but stayed perfectly dry and so realized it had been the wind. The confusion of the bamboo's rustle with the sound of rain is captured through the poet's own gesture.
Among the early winter poems on showers, the wit lies in singing not of a shower itself but of the wind mistaken for one.
From poem 257 through poem 266 in this book come poems on the sights of early winter, such as showers and colored leaves.

First line, 'nayotake no', is slender, supple bamboo, leading into the sound of its leaves.
Second line, 'oto ni zo sode o', means at the sound, my sleeve, the particle zo binding with the attributive tsuru in the third line.
Third line, 'kazukitsuru', means I covered my head, the gesture of one sheltering from what seemed rain. The poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, 'nurenu ni koso wa', means since I did not get wet, the particle koso binding with the realis nure in the final line.
Final line, 'kaze to shirinure', means I knew it was the wind, closing with the realis of the perfective nu.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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