Wagimoko ga yado no akihagi hana yori wa mi ni narite koso koi masarikere

我妹子がやどの秋萩花よりは
実になりてこそ恋ひまさりけれ

Roma-ji: Wagimoko ga yado no akihagi hana yori wa mi ni narite koso koi masarikere
English Translation: At my darling's home
the bush clover of autumn—
more than in its bloom,
now that it has turned to fruit
my longing grows the greater
Meaning: The autumn bush clover at my darling's home—more than when it was in flower, now that it has borne fruit, my longing grows all the stronger.
Commentary: Book Seven Allegorical Poems 1365

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Flowers"
The poet says that the autumn bush clover at his beloved's home stirs more longing now that it has borne fruit than when it was in flower. Bearing fruit stands for love fulfilled, and the poem expresses how longing grows even stronger after the lovers are united.
It is the last of the poems under the heading "On Flowers." Where the preceding poem fears the clover will bear no fruit, this one sings of the longing after fruition, closing the three poems on bush clover. The poet is unknown.

The first line, "At my darling's home," refers to the beloved.
The second line, "the bush clover of autumn," uses the same word as the preceding poem.
The third line, "more than in its bloom," sets up the comparison.
In the fourth line, "now that it has turned to fruit," fruit stands for love fulfilled, and "koso" is answered by the perfective "kere" in the final line.
The final line, "my longing grows the greater," completes the "koso ... kere" construction.
Source: Manyoshu
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