Sasanami no namikurayama ni kumo ireba ame zo furu chifu kaeriko waga se

楽浪の連庫山に雲居れば
雨ぞ降るちふ帰り来我が背

Roma-ji: Sasanami no namikurayama ni kumo ireba ame zo furu chifu kaeriko waga se
English Translation: At Sasanami
when clouds rest on Namikura,
rain will fall, they say—
so come back home to me now,
my husband, my dear one
Meaning: They say that when clouds settle on Mount Namikura in Sasanami, rain will fall—so come home to me, my husband.
Commentary: Book Seven Miscellaneous Poems 1170

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on Journeys"
Citing the saying that rain falls when clouds settle on Mount Namikura in Sasanami, the poet calls on her husband to come home before he is caught in the rain. The poem is filled with a wife's tender concern for her husband on the road.
Continuing the Ōmi setting of the preceding poem, it is spoken by a wife waiting for her traveling husband. Mount Namikura is a mountain in the Sasanami area, but its exact location is uncertain. The poet is unknown.

The first line names Sasanami, an old name for the southwest shore of Lake Biwa.
The second line names a mountain in Sasanami whose location is uncertain.
The third line, "when clouds rest on Namikura," gives the sign.
In the fourth line, "chifu" is a contraction of "to iu" (they say); "zo" is answered by the attributive "furu," and the poem pauses here.
In the final line, "ko" is the imperative of "kuru": "come back home, my husband."
Source: Manyoshu
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