My Translation

By Fun'ya no Asayasu

Piercing wind blows
Over an autumn field—
And the pearls of glistening dew
Come undone,
Scattering ceaselessly

Original Japanese
Pronunciation


文屋朝康
Fun'ya no Asayasu


白露を
Shiratsuyu o
風のふきしく
Kaze no fukishiku
秋の野は
Aki no no wa
つらぬきとめぬ
Tsuranuki tomenu
玉ぞちりける
Tama zo chiri keru

Literal Translation

White dew [=glistening dew]
Wind’s [blowing/whistling/wiping/laying a roof]
Autumn [’s/of] field [as for]
[Go through/pierce/persist/stick to] [stop/rest/contain/give shelter] cannot [alt: a string unfixed]
Beads/pearls/ball [geography/dust/dirt/scatter/fall (blossoms, leaves)] does/is/begins

Year: 
2011