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Hito mina wa hagi o aki to iu yoshi ware wa obana ga ure o aki to wa iwamu
Everyone says that bush clover is autumn—well then, I will say that autumn is the tips of the pampas grass.
Tamazusa no kimi ga tsukai no taorikuru kono akihagi wa miredo akanu ka mo
This autumn bush clover that your messenger broke off and brought to me—however long I gaze, I never tire of it.
Waga yado ni sakeru akihagi tsune naraba waga matsu hito ni misemashi mono o
If only the autumn bush clover blooming at my home would last forever, I could show it to the one I am waiting for.
[Unread] ueshi nashiruku idemireba yado no hatsuhagi sakinikeru ka mo
(The first line's reading is uncertain.) Planting it was not in vain—when I went out to look, the first bush clover at my home had bloomed.
Waga yado ni ueooshitaru akihagi o tare ka shime sasu ware ni shiraezu
Who has staked his claim to the autumn bush clover I planted and raised at my home, without my knowing?
Te ni toreba sode sae niou ominaeshi kono shiratsuyu ni chiramaku oshi mo
The maidenflower, so lovely that even my sleeves glow when I take it in hand—how sad that it will scatter in this white dew!
Shiratsuyu ni arasoikanete sakeru hagi chiraba oshikemu ame na furi so ne
The bush clover has bloomed, unable to hold out against the white dew—how sad if it should scatter! O rain, please do not fall.
Otomera ni yukiai no wase o karu toki ni narinikerashi mo hagi no hana saku
It seems the time has come to reap the early rice of Yukiai, whose name speaks of meeting maidens—for the bush clover is in bloom.
Asagiri no tanabiku ono no hagi no hana ima ka chiruramu imada akanaku ni
The bush clover in the meadow where the morning mist trails—is it scattering now? I have not yet had my fill of it.
Koishiku wa katami ni seyo to waga seko ga ueshi akihagi hana sakinikeri
The autumn bush clover my beloved planted, saying, "Keep it as a keepsake when you miss me," has come into bloom.
Akihagi ni koi tsukusaji to omoedomo shieya atarashi mata mo awame ya mo
I tell myself I will not waste my heart in love for the autumn bush clover—and yet, ah, how precious it is! Will I ever meet it again?
Akikaze wa hi ni ke ni fukinu takamato no nobe no akihagi chiramaku oshi mo
The autumn wind blows harder day by day—how sad that the autumn bush clover in the fields of Takamato must scatter.
Masurao no kokoro wa nashi ni akihagi no koi nomi ni ya mo nazumite arinamu
With none of a stalwart man's resolve, am I to go on, entangled only in my love for the autumn bush clover?
Waga machishi aki wa kitarinu shikaredomo hagi no hana zo mo imada sakazukeru
The autumn I waited for has come—and yet the bush clover blossoms have still not bloomed.
Mimaku hori aga machikoishi akihagi wa eda mo shimimi ni hana sakinikeri
The autumn bush clover I have waited and longed to see has bloomed, its branches thick with flowers.
Kasugano no hagi shi chirinaba asagochi no kaze ni taguite koko ni chirikone
If the bush clover of Kasuga Plain should scatter, let it ride the morning east wind and come scattering here to me.