Tsuyushimo ni aeru momichi o taorikite imo to kazashitsu nochi wa chiru tomo

露霜にあへる黄葉を手折り来て
妹とかざしつ後は散るとも

Roma-ji: Tsuyushimo ni aeru momichi o taorikite imo to kazashitsu nochi wa chiru tomo
English Translation: Touched by the cold dew,
the leaves of autumn color
I picked and brought here,
and with you I've worn them now:
let them scatter afterward
Meaning: I picked the autumn leaves touched by the cold dew and brought them, and I have set them in my hair together with you; let them fall afterward.
Commentary: Book Eight Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 1589

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Eleven poems from the banquet gathered by Tachibana no Ason Naramaro"
Having picked autumn leaves colored by the cold dew and set them in his hair together with someone dear, the poet says they may fall afterward. It expresses his satisfaction at enjoying the leaves with a dear companion at the banquet. The note says, "The above poem is by Hata no Kohemaro."
The author, Hata no Kohemaro, was an official of the Hata clan about whom little is known.
The text gives the fourth line as "imo to kazashitsu," which does not match "imo wa kazashitsu" in the reading line; here the text is followed.

The first line means "by dew as cold as frost."
The second line means "the leaves that met the dew," colored by it, following the belief that dew colors leaves.
The third line means "I picked them and came," and, like the poems before it, depicts picked leaves brought to the banquet.
The fourth line means "I have worn them together with you," and the poem pauses here.
The final line, "let them fall afterward," sings the same feeling as "let them fall if they will" in the preceding poem.
Author: Hata no Kohemaro
Source: Manyoshu
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