Hisakata no ame mo furanu ka amatsutsumi kimi ni taguite kono hi kurasamu

ひさかたの雨も降らぬか雨障み
君にたぐひてこの日暮らさむ

Roma-ji: Hisakata no ame mo furanu ka amatsutsumi kimi ni taguite kono hi kurasamu
English Translation: From the far heavens,
would that rain might fall on us;
staying in for rain,
close beside you, my dear lord,
I would pass away this day
Meaning: If only rain would fall from the heavens, so that, kept indoors by the rain, I could spend this whole day close beside you.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 520

Headnote: "A poem by a later person, composed in response"
This poem, taking up amatsutsumi from the preceding poem, was added by someone of a later time. Where the preceding poem reproached a lover who stayed away on the pretext of rain, this one reverses the stance and wishes for rain, for then one could stay in and spend the day close beside the beloved. The same rain is turned from a hindrance to love into its fulfillment.
The author is given in the headnote only as "a later person," and the name has not come down. It is thought that someone of a later age, having read the preceding poem, composed this to match its mood.

First line, "From the far heavens," is hisakata no, a pillow word for "rain," opening with the same words as the third line of the preceding poem.
Second line, "would that rain might fall on us," uses the wishful nu ka: if only it would rain. The poem breaks after this line.
Third line, "staying in for rain," is the same word as the first line of the preceding poem; what there was an object of reproach is here something to be desired.
Fourth line, "close beside you, my dear lord," uses tagu, "to be at one's side": nestled by you.
Fifth line, "I would pass away this day," uses the volitional mu: I would spend this day. It closes with the wish to spend the rainy day together.
Source: Manyoshu
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