Hiru wa saki yoru wa koinuru nebu no hana kimi nomi mime ya wake sae ni miyo

昼は咲き夜は恋ひ寝る合歓木の花
君のみ見めや戯奴さへに見よ

Roma-ji: Hiru wa saki yoru wa koinuru nebu no hana kimi nomi mime ya wake sae ni miyo
English Translation: Blooming through the day,
sleeping through the night in love,
the flower of the silk tree:
shall your mistress look alone?
You, my servant, look as well
Meaning: The silk-tree flower that blooms by day and sleeps by night in longing: shall I, your mistress, be the only one to see it? You too must look.
Commentary: Book Eight Spring Love Poems 1461

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Two poems sent by Lady Ki to Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi"
Sending the silk-tree flower, which opens by day and folds its leaves at night as if sleeping in longing, she calls to him: not only I, your mistress, should see it; you must look too. Laying the silk tree's habit of closing its leaves at night over the longing of love, the poem hints at an invitation to share a bed.
The author, Lady Ki, was named Oshika and was a daughter of Ki no Kahito. She is said to have become the wife of Prince Aki.

The first line says that the silk-tree flower opens by day.
The second line personifies the folding of its leaves at night as sleeping in longing for a lover. The first two lines pair day and night.
The third line, with an extra syllable, names the flower she sent. In 1463 Yakamochi takes up this silk tree as "the silk tree given as a keepsake."
In the fourth line, "kimi" here refers to herself as his mistress, and the rhetorical "ya" asks whether she alone should see it.
The final line means "even you must look," once again teasingly calling the younger Yakamochi "wake," as in the preceding poem.
Author: Ki no Iratsume
Source: Manyoshu
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