Aki no no ni sakeru akihagi akikaze ni nabikeru ue ni aki no tsuyu okeri

秋の野に咲ける秋萩秋風に
靡ける上に秋の露置けり

Roma-ji: Aki no no ni sakeru akihagi akikaze ni nabikeru ue ni aki no tsuyu okeri
English Translation: In the autumn fields
the autumn bush clover blooms,
and in the autumn wind
as it sways, upon it lies
the autumn's dew as well
Meaning: The autumn bush clover blooming in the autumn fields sways in the autumn wind, and on it lies the autumn dew.
Commentary: Book Eight Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 1597

Headnote: "Three autumn poems by Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi"
The autumn bush clover blooming in the autumn fields sways in the autumn wind, and on it lies the autumn dew. Repeating the word "autumn" four times, the poem paints a scene in which fields, clover, wind, and dew are all filled with autumn. The note says, "The above were composed in the eighth month of autumn, Tenpyō 15 (743), on viewing the scenery."
The author, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, was a son of Ōtomo no Tabito and an official of the Nara period. He rose to the post of Middle Counselor, is thought to have been closely involved in compiling the Man'yōshū, and left more poems than anyone else in the anthology.

The first line names the fields where autumn flowers bloom. Yamanoue no Okura's 1537 in this book opens with the same line and counts the flowers of the autumn fields.
The second line names the blooming autumn clover.
The third line names the autumn wind that makes the clover sway.
The fourth line means "upon it as it sways."
The final line, with an extra syllable and the continuative "ri," states that autumn dew lies on it. Through the device of repeating "autumn" from first to last, the poem paints the autumn scene vividly.
Author: Otomo no Yakamochi
Source: Manyoshu
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