Inochi o mo tsumi o mo tsuyu ni tatoekeri kieba tomo ni ya kiemu to suramu - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

命をも罪をも露にたとへけり
消えばともにや消えむとすらむ

Roma-ji: Inochi o mo tsumi o mo tsuyu ni tatoekeri kieba tomo ni ya kiemu to suramu
English Translation: Both a life and sin
have alike been likened to
the dew, and so now,
when one vanishes, will they
both together vanish too
Meaning: Both life and sin have been likened to dew; then when one vanishes, will the other vanish along with it?
Commentary: Book Ten Miscellaneous Poems II 633

Both human life and sin have long been likened to dew, so when life vanishes, will sin vanish along with it? The poet joins the poetic tradition of likening fleeting life to dew with the scriptural teaching that sins, like frost and dew, are dispelled by the Buddha's wisdom, and expresses hope for the salvation of sins wiped away.
The Sutra of Meditation on the Bodhisattva Universal Virtue teaches that all sins are like frost and dew and can be dispelled by the sun of wisdom, and this poem draws on that teaching.

First line, 'inochi o mo', means life too.
Second line, 'tsumi o mo tsuyu ni', means and sin as well, to dew, repeating the mo of the first line to set the two side by side.
Third line, 'tatoekeri', means they have been likened, closing with the exclamatory keri; the poem breaks after the third line.
Fourth line, 'kieba tomo ni ya', means if one vanishes, together, the particle ya of question answered by ramu in the final line.
Final line, 'kiemu to suramu', means will they vanish, repeating kie from the fourth line. Dew and vanishing are associated words.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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