Aki saraba imo ni misemu to ueshi hagi tsuyujimo oite chirinikeru ka mo

秋さらば妹に見せむと植ゑし萩
露霜負ひて散りにけるかも

Roma-ji: Aki saraba imo ni misemu to ueshi hagi tsuyujimo oite chirinikeru ka mo
English Translation: When autumn should come,
I would show it to my love—
the clover I planted,
bearing both the dew and frost,
has scattered and gone, alas!
Meaning: The bush clover I planted, meaning to show it to my beloved when autumn came, has scattered under the dew and frost.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2127

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Flowers"
This poem laments that the bush clover planted to show the beloved when autumn came has scattered under dew and frost, and it closes the bush clover group. It shows the frustration of the flowers falling before they could be shown to the one meant to see them. It shares the feeling of 2112, which wished to show the clover to one awaited, and the bush clover group closes with a lament over fallen clover.

In the first line, "aki saraba," "saru" means that a season comes and "ba" marks a supposition: when autumn comes.
The second line, "to show my beloved," gives the purpose.
In the third line, "ueshi hagi," "shi" is the attributive of the past "ki": the clover I planted.
In the fourth line, "tsuyujimo oite," "tsuyujimo" means dew and frost, or dew frozen into frost.
In the last line, "chirinikeru ka mo," "keri" and "ka mo" are exclamatory, closing with a lament at their falling.
Source: Manyoshu
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