Akihagi no sakichiru nobe no yūtsuyu ni nuretsutsu kimase yo wa fukenu tomo

秋萩の咲き散る野辺の夕露に
濡れつつ来ませ夜は更けぬとも

Roma-ji: Akihagi no sakichiru nobe no yūtsuyu ni nuretsutsu kimase yo wa fukenu tomo
English Translation: Autumn bush clover
on the fields where it blooms and falls,
in the evening dew
come to me though you get wet,
even though the night grows late.
Meaning: Come to me, even if you are soaked by the evening dew in the fields where the autumn bush clover blooms and scatters—even if the night grows late.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Love Poems 2252

Headnote: "Love Expressed Through Dew"
This poem asks the beloved to come even if soaked by the evening dew in fields where the autumn bush clover blooms and falls, even late at night. Its headnote is "Love Expressed Through Dew." It shows the earnest wish of the one who waits that he come regardless of dew and the late hour. It corresponds to 2236 in the autumn miscellaneous poems, which resolved to go even if soaked by showers, so the feelings of the one who goes and the one who waits form a pair.

The first line, "of the autumn bush clover," names the flower.
The second line, "the fields where it blooms and falls," names the place.
The third line, "in the evening dew," names what will wet him.
In the fourth line, "nuretsutsu kimase," "mase" is an honorific imperative: come, though wet. The poem breaks here.
In the last line, "yo wa fukenu tomo," "tomo" marks a concessive supposition: even if the night grows late.
Source: Manyoshu
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