Tama ni nuki ketazu tabaramu akihagi no ure wakuraba ni okeru shiratsuyu

玉に貫き消たず賜らむ秋萩の
末わくらばに置ける白露

Roma-ji: Tama ni nuki ketazu tabaramu akihagi no ure wakuraba ni okeru shiratsuyu
English Translation: Strung upon a thread,
not fading, I would receive it:
on the autumn clover,
on its tips, by chance it lies,
the white dew settled there
Meaning: I would thread it into beads and receive it without letting it vanish: the white dew that has chanced to settle on the tips of the autumn bush clover.
Commentary: Book Eight Autumn Love Poems 1618

Headnote: "A poem sent by Prince Yuhara to a maiden"
The poet wishes to thread into beads, without letting it vanish, the white dew that has chanced to settle on the tips of the autumn bush clover, and to receive it. Likening a maiden he met by chance to white dew on the clover, he expresses his wish to cherish her and make her his own.
The author, Prince Yuhara, was a son of Prince Shiki and a member of the imperial family in the Nara period, known for the clarity of his poetic style.

The first line means "stringing it as beads."
The second line means "I would receive it without letting it fade," and the poem pauses here. Ōtomo no Yakamochi's 1572 in this book likewise wishes to string white dew into beads "without letting it vanish."
The third line names the autumn clover on which the white dew lies.
In the fourth line, "ure" means the tips of the branches, and "wakuraba ni" means "by chance, rarely," standing for the maiden he happened to meet.
The final line ends on a noun, naming at the end, by inversion, what he wishes to receive.
Author: Prince Yuhara
Source: Manyoshu
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