Momichiba o chiramaku oshimi taorikite koyoi kazashitsu nani ka omowamu

黄葉を散らまく惜しみ手折り来て
今夜かざしつ何か思はむ

Roma-ji: Momichiba o chiramaku oshimi taorikite koyoi kazashitsu nani ka omowamu
English Translation: The autumn leaves here,
loath to see them scatter so,
I picked them and came,
and tonight they're in my hair:
what more could I wish for now?
Meaning: Grieving that the autumn leaves would fall, I picked them and brought them, and tonight I have set them in my hair; what more could I wish for?
Commentary: Book Eight Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 1586

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Eleven poems from the banquet gathered by Tachibana no Ason Naramaro"
Grieving that the autumn leaves would fall, the poet picked them and brought them, and having set them in his hair at tonight's banquet, he has nothing left to wish for. The full joy of the banquet is expressed in frank words. The note says, "The above poem is by Agata no Inukai no Sukune Mochio."
The author, Agata no Inukai no Mochio, was an official of the Agata no Inukai clan about whom little is known.

The first line names the autumn leaves to be worn at the banquet.
The second line means "because I grieve that they will fall." Prince Nagaya's 1517 in this book likewise grieves, "how I regret that they must fall," over autumn leaves.
The third line means "I picked them and came."
The fourth line, with the perfective "tsu," states "tonight I have worn them," and the poem pauses here. 1588 of this book uses the same fourth line, so the banquet poems link through the same words.
The final line, with the rhetorical "ka," declares the joy of the banquet: what more could I wish? Nothing.
Author: Agata no Inukai no Mochio
Source: Manyoshu
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