Yomosugara kusa no makura ni oku tsuyu wa furusato kouru namida narikeri - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

夜もすがら草の枕に置く露は
ふるさと恋ふる涙なりけり

Roma-ji: Yomosugara kusa no makura ni oku tsuyu wa furusato kouru namida narikeri
English Translation: All the night long
on my pillow of the grass
the dew that settles
is nothing but the tears I weep
longing for my home
Meaning: The dew that settles all night long on my pillow of grass is the tears I shed in longing for home.
Commentary: Book Seven Love Poems I 385

The dew that has lain all night on the poet's grass pillow on the road was in truth the tears he shed in longing for home. Seeing the dew as tears, the poem expresses longing on a journey for someone left behind at home.
Some manuscripts name Fujiwara no Nagazane as the author.
The author, Nakamasa, is Minamoto no Nakamasa. A son of Minamoto no Yoritsuna and the father of Minamoto no Yorimasa, he was active as a poet from the time of Emperor Horikawa.

First line, 'yomosugara', means all night long.
Second line, 'kusa no makura ni', means on a pillow of grass, a traveler's sleep with grass bound up for a pillow. Like 'kusamakura' in poems 353 and 405 in this book, it sings of sleeping on a journey.
Third line, 'oku tsuyu wa', means the dew that settles. Dew also appears in poems 408, 416 and 420 in this book.
Fourth line, 'furusato kouru', means longing for home, the heart that yearns for someone left behind.
Final line, 'namida narikeri', means it was tears, closing with the exclamatory keri.
Author: Minamoto no Nakamasa
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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