Sumiyoshi to ama wa tsugu tomo nagai su na hito wasuregusa ou to iu nari - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

すみよしと海人は告ぐとも長居すな
人忘れ草生ふといふなり

Roma-ji: Sumiyoshi to ama wa tsugu tomo nagai su na hito wasuregusa ou to iu nari
English Translation: "Good to dwell,"
though the fisherfolk may tell you,
linger not too long:
they say the grass of forgetting
those we love grows there.
Meaning: Even if the fisherfolk tell you Sumiyoshi is a fine place to live, do not stay too long, for they say the grass that makes you forget people grows there.
Commentary: Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Poems I 917

Headnote: "Sent to an acquaintance who was going on pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi"
Sent to a close acquaintance setting out on a pilgrimage to Sumiyoshi. Do not linger even if the fisherfolk say Sumiyoshi is a pleasant place to live, for the grass of forgetting is said to grow there, he jests, conveying his wish that his friend not forget him and return soon.
The author, "Mibu no Tadamine," is Mibu no Tadamine, one of the compilers of the Kokin Wakashū and one of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals.

First line "sumiyoshi to" is a pivot word joining "good to live in" and the place name Sumiyoshi.
Second line "ama wa tsugu tomo" uses the concessive tomo: even if the fisherfolk say so.
Third line "nagai su na" is a prohibition with na, and the poem pauses here.
Fourth line "hito wasuregusa" adds "people" to wasuregusa, the grass said to make one forget. Sumiyoshi was known for this grass.
Fifth line "ou to iu nari" closes with the hearsay nari: they say it grows there.
Author: Mibu no Tadamine
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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