心頭を滅却すれば火もまた涼し

しんとうをめっきゃくすればひもまたすずし

if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool

心頭滅却

しんとうめっきゃく

clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts

滅却

めっきゃく

extinguishment, destruction, effacement

心頭

しんとう

heart, mind

新涼灯火

しんりょうとうか

the coolness of early autumn is suitable for reading

滅す

to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire)

ともすれば

apt to (do), liable to, prone to

動もすれば

ややもすれば

being apt to, being liable to, being inclined to

すだれ頭

すだれあたま

combover, comb-over, bamboo screen head (due to looking like the slats of a bamboo screen)

もしあれば

if any, if it exists

股摺れ

またずれ またすれ

sore crotch

動ともすれば

ややともすれば どうともすれば

being apt to, being liable to, being inclined to

下手すれば

へたすれば

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

凭れ椅子

もたれいす

reclining chair

もたれ椅子

もたれいす

reclining chair

生まれた場所

うまれたばしょ

birthplace

穿頭術

穿頭じゅつ

trephining

下手をすれば

へたをすれば

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

れ足す言葉

れたすことば

adding a superfluous "re" to the potential form of a godan verb