Imo ga sode makiki no yama no asatsuyu ni niou momichi no chiramaku oshi mo

妹が袖巻来の山の朝露に
にほふ黄葉の散らまく惜しも

Roma-ji: Imo ga sode makiki no yama no asatsuyu ni niou momichi no chiramaku oshi mo
English Translation: My darling's sleeve
wound around, Makiki's hill—
in the morning dew
the crimson leaves glowing bright,
how I grieve to see them fall!
Meaning: How sad that the autumn leaves glowing in the morning dew on Mount Makiki—whose name recalls winding my beloved's sleeve—must scatter.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2187

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Autumn Leaves"
This poem grieves that the autumn leaves glowing in the morning dew on Mount Makiki will scatter. The opening "imo ga sode," a beloved's sleeve, is a preface leading into "Makiki" from the sense of pillowing on her sleeve, lending a lover's mood to the beauty of the leaves. Like "kora ga te o makimukuyama ni" in 1815 of the spring poems, it uses the technique of drawing out a place name from the idea of pillowing on a lover's hand or sleeve.

The first line, "my beloved's sleeve," leads into "Makiki" from the sense of winding it as a pillow.
In the second line, "makiki no yama no," Makiki is thought to be a place name of unknown location.
The third line, "in the morning dew," names the setting.
In the fourth line, "niou momichi no," "niou" means to glow with color.
The last line, "chiramaku oshi mo," is the ending repeated in the group.
Source: Manyoshu
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