Ōnora ni kosame furishiku ko no moto ni toki to yorikone waga omou hito

大野らに小雨降りしく木の下に
時と寄り来ね我が思ふ人

Roma-ji: Ōnora ni kosame furishiku ko no moto ni toki to yorikone waga omou hito
English Translation: Across the wide moor
the fine rain is falling down;
beneath this tree here,
take the moment, come to me,
you the one I hold so dear
Meaning: Fine rain falls steadily over the wide moor; come to me beneath this tree, now is the time, you whom I love.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2457

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Feelings through Things"
As fine rain falls steadily over the wide moor, the speaker calls to the beloved to come to the tree where one shelters from the rain, taking it as the right moment: a love poem of simple directness. The tree under which one takes refuge from the rain becomes a meeting place, and the longing for the lover's visit is sung plainly.
Like the preceding poem, this one speaks through rain. Its second line, "kosame furishiku," takes up the same scene as the preceding poem's fourth line, "kosame furishiki"; where that poem made the rain a figure for unending longing, this one paints the rainy moor as a place for lovers to meet.
The author is unknown; according to the left note, the poem comes from the Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection. That collection is thought to contain both Hitomaro's own poems and poems by others that he recorded. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a court poet active in the reigns of Empress Jito and Emperor Monmu, and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "Ōnora ni": "on the wide moor." "Ra" is a suffix that smooths the rhythm.
Second line, "kosame furishiku": "fine rain falling steadily," in the attributive form modifying "ko no moto" (beneath the tree). It uses the same words as the preceding poem's fourth line.
Third line, "ko no moto ni": "beneath the tree," the place where one takes shelter from the rain.
Fourth line, "toki to yorikone": "come to me, taking it as the right time." "Toki to" means "as the fitting moment," and "ne" is a final particle voicing a wish addressed to another.
Fifth line, "waga omou hito": "you whom I love." The address is placed last in inversion, and the poem ends on a noun (taigen-dome).
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
Source: Manyoshu
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