Amatsutsumi tsune suru kimi wa hisakata no kizo no yo no ame ni korinikemu kamo

雨障み常する君はひさかたの
昨夜の夜の雨に懲りにけむかも

Roma-ji: Amatsutsumi tsune suru kimi wa hisakata no kizo no yo no ame ni korinikemu kamo
English Translation: Always staying in
when it rains, as is your way,
you, my lord, from heaven's
rain that fell on us last night,
have you learned your lesson now
Meaning: You who always stay at home whenever it rains, have you been cured of coming for good by last night's rain from the heavens?
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 519

Headnote: "A poem by Ōtomo no Iratsume, mother of Prince Imaki; Prince Imaki was later granted the clan name Ōhara no Mahito"
To a lover who always holds back from visiting on account of rain, the poet teases: has last night's rain cured you of coming altogether? Her discontent at his absence is wrapped in light mockery. The next poem is a later person's response to this one, using the same word amatsutsumi, "staying in for the rain."
The author, Ōtomo no Iratsume, was a woman of the Ōtomo clan and, according to the headnote's note, mother of Prince Imaki. Some think she later became the wife of Ōtomo no Tabito.

First line, "Always staying in," names amatsutsumi, keeping indoors to avoid the rain, which she cites as the reason her lover does not come.
Second line, "when it rains, as is your way," means you who always do so, mocking his habit of using the rain as an excuse.
Third line, "you, my lord, from heaven's," is hisakata no, a pillow word for "heaven" and "rain," here leading to "rain" in the fourth line.
Fourth line, "rain that fell on us last night," runs to eight syllables; kizo means the night before.
Fifth line, "have you learned your lesson now," uses the past conjectural kemu and the questioning kamo: I suppose you have been cured of it.
Author: Ōtomo no Iratsume
Source: Manyoshu
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