Ame mo furi yo mo fukenikeri imasara ni kimi iname ya mo himo tokimake na

雨も降り夜も更けにけり今さらに
君去なめやも紐解き設けな

Roma-ji: Ame mo furi yo mo fukenikeri imasara ni kimi iname ya mo himo tokimake na
English Translation: The rain is falling,
and the night has grown so late;
surely now, my lord,
you will not go away;
I'll untie my sash and wait
Meaning: The rain is falling and the night has grown late; surely you will not leave now. I will untie my sash and be ready.
Commentary: Book Twelve Dialogue Poems 3124

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Dialogue Poems"
A woman welcomes the man who came through the rain, saying that since the night is late he will surely not leave now, and that she will untie her sash and prepare to sleep together. It forms a question-and-answer pair with the preceding poem and shows her warm welcome.
The poet is unknown. Book Twelve, titled the second part of "Love Poems Exchanged Old and New," gathers love poems by people whose names have not come down to us, arranged by category.

Line one, "ame mo furi," means "the rain is falling."
Line two, "yo mo fukenikeri," means "and the night has grown late," and the poem pauses here.
Line three, "imasara ni," means "now, at this hour."
Line four, "kimi iname ya mo," is a rhetorical question, "would you leave now? Surely not."
Line five, "himo tokimake na," means "let me untie my sash and be ready," showing a woman welcoming the man who came through the rain.
Author: Unknown
Source: Manyoshu
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