Uruwashi to aga mou kimi wa iya hike ni kimase waga seko tayuru hi nashi ni

うるはしと我が思ふ君はいや日異に
来ませ我が背子絶ゆる日なしに

Roma-ji: Uruwashi to aga mou kimi wa iya hike ni kimase waga seko tayuru hi nashi ni
English Translation: You, whom I esteem
as a man so fine and fair,
day by day yet more
come to visit me, my friend,
with never a day between
Meaning: You whom I admire so, please come to me more and more each day, my friend, without a single day's break.
Commentary: Book Twenty Miscellaneous Poems 4504

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "In the second month, a banquet at the residence of Nakatomi no Kiyomaro, Senior Assistant Minister of Ceremonial; fifteen poems."
You whom I admire, come more and more each day, my friend, without a day's break: as host, Kiyomaro asks his guest Yakamochi to visit. The left note attributes it to the host, Nakatomi no Kiyomaro. Answering Yakamochi's praise that he could never tire of seeing him, he returns the affection: then come every day.
The author, Nakatomi no Kiyomaro, a son of Nakatomi no Omimaro, was at this time Senior Assistant Minister of Ceremonial.

The first line, "uruwashi to," "as fine," praises Yakamochi.
The second line, "aga mou kimi wa," "you whom I hold dear," refers to the guest, Yakamochi.
The third line, "iya hike ni," means "more each day."
The fourth line, "kimase waga seko," with the honorific masu, calls: please come, my friend. The poem pauses here.
The closing line, "tayuru hi nashi ni," "without a day's break," strengthens the invitation by inversion, answering "time and again" in the preceding poem.
Author: Nakatomi no Kiyomaro
Source: Manyoshu
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