Kasugano no hagi shi chirinaba asagochi no kaze ni taguite koko ni chirikone

春日野の萩し散りなば朝東風の
風にたぐひてここに散り来ね

Roma-ji: Kasugano no hagi shi chirinaba asagochi no kaze ni taguite koko ni chirikone
English Translation: On Kasuga Plain,
should the bush clover scatter,
morning's eastern wind—
keeping it company, then
scatter here, come fall to me!
Meaning: If the bush clover of Kasuga Plain should scatter, let it ride the morning east wind and come scattering here to me.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2125

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Flowers"
This poem wishes that if the bush clover of Kasuga Plain scatters, it would ride the morning east wind and come scattering here. Rather than lamenting the falling, the idea of summoning the fallen petals to oneself shows attachment to the clover. Against the Kasuga haze and outing groups of the spring poems, Kasuga Plain appears in the autumn bush clover group too, as the same place is sung across seasons.

The first line, "of Kasuga Plain," names the plain east of the Nara capital.
In the second line, "hagi shi chirinaba," "shi" is emphatic, "na" the irrealis of the completive "nu," and "ba" marks a supposition.
In the third line, "asagochi no," "kochi" is the east wind.
In the fourth line, "kaze ni taguite," "taguu" means to accompany, the same word as in 1959 of the summer poems.
In the last line, "koko ni chirikone," "ne" is a particle expressing a wish toward another: come scattering here.
Source: Manyoshu
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