#001 秋の田の

秋の田の
かりほの庵の
苫をあらみ
わが衣手は
露にぬれつつ

Aki no ta no kario no io no toma o arami waga koromode wa tsuyu ni nure tsutsu


Emperor Tenji

in the autumn field a hut, a makeshift hut of rough thatched straw, the sleeves of my robe are damp with dew (trans. Köy Deli)

autumn rice fields because a hut of straw is rough my sleeves become damp with the dew  (trans. Jane Reichhold)

Aki no ta no

autumn of rice fields of

Kariho no io no

Temporary hut of hut of

Toma o arami

Rush-mat/thatch rough because

Waga koromode wa

My (robe) sleeves | the topic of |

Tsuyu ni nure tsutsu

Dew/tears/expose on wet becoming


Because the thatch/rush-mat of the makeshift/temporary hut/shelter in the rice field of autumn is rough/coarse, my sleeves are wet with dew/tears

in autumn's rice field

a makeshift hut of straw

its thatch so rough 

the sleeves of my robe

are wet with tears

in autumn's rice field

a makeshift hut for shelter

its thatch so coarse

the sleeves of my robe

are damp with dew

the thatch is coarse

and my sleeves are wet

with dew

in a makeshift hut of straw

from the rice fields of autumn

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aki	秋	Autumn		1
arami	あらみ	Rough/coarse (because)	Adjective stem ara + suffix –mi and partical o (をあらみ) because (it is) rough	1
de	手	hand
ho	ほ	Rice sheaf or bundle		1
io	庵	Hut		1
kari	かり	Harvested ears of rice		1
kario	かりほ	Temporary/makeshift hut	wordplay – kari-ho = dried sheafs	1
koromo	衣	Garment; clothes; dressing		1
koromode	衣手	sleeve	wet sleeves = a metaphor for weeping	1
ni	に	Case particle (to, in, on, into, at)
no	の	Genitive post-particle (of)
nure	ぬれ	wet		1
nuretsutsu	ぬれつつ	Becoming wet		1
o	を	Case particle	With adjective stem + suffix –mi = cause (since/because)
ta	田	Rice field, paddy field, field		1
toma	苫	Rush-mat/thatch		1
tsutsu	つつ	becoming, being, while;		1
tsuyu	露	Dew, tears, expose		1
wa	は	(is, are, is the, the); post-particle of nominative case; or separation of a phrase from the rest of a sentence; topic marker.
waga	わが	My, our		1
wo		Post-particle of accusative case