A ga nushi no mitama tamaite haru saraba nara no miyako ni mesage tamawane

我が主の御霊賜ひて春さらば
奈良の都に召上げたまはね

Roma-ji: A ga nushi no mitama tamaite haru saraba nara no miyako ni mesage tamawane
English Translation: By my lord's favor,
grant me your kind grace, and when
spring comes round again,
to the capital of Nara
summon me, I pray, back home
Meaning: My lord, grant me your favor, and when spring comes, please summon me up to the capital at Nara.
Commentary: Book Five Miscellaneous Poems 882

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Three poems daring to set out my private feelings"
The poet asks that, by his lord's favor, he be summoned back to Nara when spring comes. He frankly asks Tabito, who will hold high office in the capital, to arrange his return.
"Daring to set out my private feelings" in the headnote means he ventures to speak of personal wishes, following the farewell poems. The left note says they were respectfully presented by Yamanoue no Okura, Governor of Chikuzen, on the sixth day of the twelfth month of Tenpyō 2.
The poet, Yamanoue no Okura, was an official who went to Tang China as a junior secretary with the embassy appointed in Taihō 1. After his return he served as Governor of Hōki and in the household of the Crown Prince, and late in the Jinki era he was posted to Tsukushi as Governor of Chikuzen. He is known for poems rooted in everyday life, on the sufferings of human existence, love for family, and poverty, written against a background of learning in Chinese classics and Buddhist scripture.

First line, "a ga nushi no": "nushi" means lord, respectfully referring to Ōtomo no Tabito.
Second line, "mitama tamaite": "mitama" here means favor or kind consideration, asking for Tabito's goodwill.
Third line, "haru saraba": "when spring comes."
Fourth line, "Nara no miyako ni": the capital he longs to return to.
Fifth line, "mesage tamawane": "ne" expresses a wish: please summon me up, closing the three poems.
Author: Yamanoue no Okura
Source: Manyoshu
Prev Poem: Kaku nomi ya ikizuki oramu aratama no kieyuku toshi no kagiri shirazute
Next Poem: Oto ni kiki me ni wa imada mizu sayohime ga hire furiki tou kimi matsurayama