Ama no hara furisakemireba amanogawa kiri tachiwataru kimi wa kinurashi

天の原降り放け見れば天の川
霧立ちわたる君は来ぬらし

Roma-ji: Ama no hara furisakemireba amanogawa kiri tachiwataru kimi wa kinurashi
English Translation: On the plain of heaven
when I lift my eyes and gaze,
the Heavenly River
all across it rises mist—
you have come, my love, it seems.
Meaning: When I look up at the plain of heaven, mist is spreading over the Heavenly River—you seem to have come.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2068

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Tanabata"
This poem, in the Weaver's voice, looks up at the plain of heaven, sees mist spreading over the Heavenly River, and infers that the Herdsman has come. Like 2045, it takes the mist as a sign of his boat's arrival. The broad visual expression "furisakemireba" impresses the vastness of the heavenly scene.

The first line, "the plain of heaven," names the wide sky.
In the second line, "furisakemireba," "furisaku" means to look up into the distance.
The third line, "the Heavenly River," names the river where mist rises.
The fourth line, "mist spreads across," breaks the poem after the fourth line.
In the last line, "kimi wa kinurashi," "nu" marks completion and "rashi" grounded inference, closing by inferring his arrival from the mist.
Source: Manyoshu
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