Miwataseba mukai no nobe no nadeshiko no chiramaku oshi mo ame na furi so ne

見わたせば向ひの野辺のなでしこの
散らまく惜しも雨な降りそね

Roma-ji: Miwataseba mukai no nobe no nadeshiko no chiramaku oshi mo ame na furi so ne
English Translation: When I gaze afar,
on the meadow facing me
the wild pinks in bloom—
sad it is to see them fall;
rain, I beg you, do not fall!
Meaning: When I look out, the wild pinks in the meadow across from me—how sad if they should scatter! O rain, please do not fall.
Commentary: Book Ten Summer Miscellaneous Poems 1970

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Flowers"
This poem grieves that the wild pinks blooming in the meadow across will be scattered by the rain, and asks the rain not to fall. Like 1870, "O spring rain, do not fall so hard; the cherry blossoms," it calls on the rain that scatters flowers not to fall, replacing the spring cherry with the summer pink.

The first line, "when I gaze out," is the same opening as 1872 and others.
The second line, "of the meadow across," shows where the flowers bloom.
The third line, "nadeshiko no," names the pink, a flower of summer and autumn loved for its delicate form.
In the fourth line, "chiramaku oshi mo," "maku" is the nominalized "mu" and "mo" is exclamatory, and the poem breaks here.
The last line, "ame na furi so ne," uses "na ... so" for prohibition and "ne" to add a plea, closing with a request that the rain not fall. The line is hypermetric.
Source: Manyoshu
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