Komoriku no hatsuse no yama wa irozukinu shigure no ame wa furinikerashi mo

隠口の泊瀬の山は色づきぬ
時雨の雨は降りにけらしも

Roma-ji: Komoriku no hatsuse no yama wa irozukinu shigure no ame wa furinikerashi mo
English Translation: In the hidden land,
the mountains of Hatsuse
have turned to autumn's hue:
the showers of autumn rain
must have fallen there by now
Meaning: The mountains of Hatsuse have turned to autumn colors; the showers must have fallen there already.
Commentary: Book Eight Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 1593

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Two poems composed by Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue at the Takeda estate"
Seeing that the mountains of Hatsuse have turned color, the poet surmises that the autumn showers must already have fallen. Based on the belief that showers color the leaves, she senses the turning of the season from the coloring of distant mountains. The note dates it to the ninth month of autumn, Tenpyō 11 (739).
The author, Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue, was a daughter of Ōtomo no Yasumaro and a half-sister of Ōtomo no Tabito. She was the aunt of Ōtomo no Yakamochi and later also his mother-in-law, and she left many poems in the Man'yōshū.

The first line, "komoriku no," a land enclosed by mountains, is a pillow word for "Hatsuse."
The second line names the mountains around Hatsuse in present-day Sakurai, Nara.
The third line, with the perfective "nu," states that they have colored, and the poem pauses here.
The fourth line, with an extra syllable, names the showers that color the leaves.
The final line adds the exclamatory "mo" to the past inferential "kerashi," surmising that they have fallen. Fujiwara no Yatsuka's 1571 in this book sees the showers falling and predicts tomorrow's colors; this poem, conversely, learns from the colors that the showers have fallen.
Author: Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue
Source: Manyoshu
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