Momichiba o chirasu shigure ni nurete kite kimi ga momichi o kazashitsuru kamo

黄葉を散らす時雨に濡れて来て
君が黄葉をかざしつるかも

Roma-ji: Momichiba o chirasu shigure ni nurete kite kimi ga momichi o kazashitsuru kamo
English Translation: The autumn leaves
scattered by the showers here,
I came soaked by them,
and the leaves you picked, my lord,
I have set within my hair
Meaning: I came here wet with the showers that scatter the autumn leaves, and now I have set your autumn leaves in my hair.
Commentary: Book Eight Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 1583

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Eleven poems from the banquet gathered by Tachibana no Ason Naramaro"
The poet sings that she came wet with the showers that scatter the autumn leaves and has set in her hair the leaves her host picked. Answering the preceding poem, in which the host Naramaro said he picked the leaves in the rain, she expresses from the guest's side her joy at receiving his kindness. The note says, "The above poem is by Princess Kume."
The author, Princess Kume, was a woman of the imperial family in the Nara period; little is known of her.

The first line names the autumn leaves scattered by the showers.
The second line means "in the showers that scatter them," taking up "though the rain was falling" of the preceding poem.
The third line, "came soaked," shows that the guest too came without minding the rain.
The fourth line, "your autumn leaves," refers to the leaves the host picked. Repeating "autumn leaves" in the first and fourth lines, the poem contrasts the leaves scattered by the rain with the host's leaves.
The final line, with the perfective "tsu" and exclamatory "kamo," expresses the joy of wearing the leaves. It is the same as the final line of Naramaro's 1581, so the poems of host and guest echo in the same words.
Author: Princess Kume
Source: Manyoshu
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