Waga seko ga yado naru hagi no hana sakamu aki no yūbe wa ware o shinowase

我が背子が宿なる萩の花咲かむ
秋の夕は我れを偲はせ

Roma-ji: Waga seko ga yado naru hagi no hana sakamu aki no yūbe wa ware o shinowase
English Translation: At your home, my friend,
when the bush clover's blossoms
open into bloom
on an autumn evening, then
think of me and call me to mind
Meaning: On the autumn evening when the bush clover in your garden blooms, my friend, please think of me.
Commentary: Book Twenty Miscellaneous Poems 4444

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the ninth day of the fifth month, a banquet at the residence of the Junior Assistant Minister of Military Affairs, Ōtomo no Yakamochi; four poems."
On the autumn evening when the bush clover in your garden blooms, please think of me: the poem speaks as if taking leave of the host, Yakamochi. The left note attributes it to Ōhara no Imaki. At the banquet he asks to be remembered when the flowers of autumn come, a greeting that regrets they will not meet for a while.
The author, Ōhara no Imaki, a member of the Ōhara clan, was an official who was a close friend of Yakamochi.

The first line, "waga seko ga," addresses the host, Yakamochi, the same as the first line of the first poem.
The second line, "yado naru hagi no," "the bush clover at your house," names an autumn flower against the pinks of the first poem.
The third line, "hana sakamu," "when the flowers bloom," uses the conjectural mu.
The fourth line, "aki no yūbe wa," "on an autumn evening," names the time for remembering.
The closing line, "ware o shinowase," uses se, the imperative of the honorific su: please remember me.
Author: Ōhara no Imaki
Source: Manyoshu
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