Uzura naku furinishi sato no akihagi o omou hitodochi aimitsuru kamo

鶉鳴く古りにし里の秋萩を
思ふ人どち相見つるかも

Roma-ji: Uzura naku furinishi sato no akihagi o omou hitodochi aimitsuru kamo
English Translation: Where the quails cry out,
in this village grown so old,
the autumn clover
we, dear friends to one another,
have gazed upon together
Meaning: In this old village where the quail cry, we have gazed together, friends who care for one another, on the autumn bush clover.
Commentary: Book Eight Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 1558

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Three poems from a banquet at the private quarters of a nun of Toyura Temple in the old capital"
The poem rejoices at having gazed together, friends dear to one another, on the autumn bush clover blooming in an old village where the quail cry. In Asuka, faded since the capital moved away, it conveys the warmth of a banquet viewing the clover with congenial company.
The note says, "The above two poems are by the novice nuns," so they are attributed to the nuns who hosted the gathering, but no individual author's name is recorded. A novice nun was one in training who had only recently taken vows.

The first line, "uzura naku," is a pillow word for "grown old," since quail cry in overgrown wasteland.
The second line means "of the village grown old," referring to Asuka after the capital moved.
The third line takes up "the autumn clover" of the preceding poem, singing of the same flowers.
The fourth line means "friends who care for one another."
The final line, with the perfective "tsu" and exclamatory "kamo," expresses the joy of having seen them together. Whereas the preceding poem regretted their falling in the rain, this one rejoices at having seen them together before they fell, so the poems of guest and host answer each other.
Source: Manyoshu
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