Waga yado no hagi hana sakeri mi ni kimase ima futsuka dami araba chirinamu

我が宿の萩花咲けり見に来ませ
いま二日だみあらば散りなむ

Roma-ji: Waga yado no hagi hana sakeri mi ni kimase ima futsuka dami araba chirinamu
English Translation: In my garden here
the bush clover is in bloom:
do come see it, please,
for in two days more or so
it will have fallen away
Meaning: The bush clover in my garden is in bloom; do come and see it, for in another two days or so it will have fallen.
Commentary: Book Eight Autumn Love Poems 1621

Headnote: "A poem by Kamnagi no Aso no Otome"
The poet invites her beloved to come and see the bush clover blooming in her garden, since in about two more days it will have fallen. Using the clover as a pretext to urge a visit, it is a frank and affectionate invitation.
The author, Kamnagi no Aso no Otome, was a woman who exchanged poems with Ōtomo no Yakamochi; little else is known of her.

The first line names her own garden.
The second line states that the clover is in bloom, and the poem pauses here.
The third line, the imperative of the honorific "masu," invites him to come and see, and the poem pauses again.
The fourth line means "about two more days," "dami" meaning "about."
The final line, with the perfective "na" and conjectural "mu," says it will fall by then, urging him to hurry. Like Ōtomo no Tabito's 1542 in this book, which seeks someone to see clover about to fall, it pleads the shortness of the flowers' prime.
Author: Kamunagibe no Maso no Otome
Source: Manyoshu
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