Sasa no kuma hinokuma gawa ni koma tomete shibashi mizu kae kage o dani mimu - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

ささのくま檜隈川に駒止めて
しばし水飼へかげをだに見む

Roma-ji: Sasa no kuma hinokuma gawa ni koma tomete shibashi mizu kae kage o dani mimu
English Translation: Sasa no kuma,
at the Hinokuma River
halt your horse, and there
water it a little while:
let me see at least your form.
Meaning: Stop your horse at the Hinokuma River and let it drink a while; let me at least gaze on your figure.
Commentary: Book Twenty Poems of the Bureau of Court Song 1080

Headnote: "Kagura Songs: Hirume Song"
The singer asks that the traveler stop his horse by the river and water it a while, so as to see him at least for that long. Hirume songs are kagura songs associated with Ōhirumenomuchi, the sun goddess, and this one conveys the sorrow of parting in song form. No author is recorded.
Book Twelve of the Man'yōshū has "At Hinokuma, the Hinokuma River, stop your horse, water your horse, and I will watch you from afar," and this poem is that song handed down in the kagura.

The first line, "sasa no kuma," is a pillow word for Hinokuma, echoing the sound kuma to lead into the place name.
The second line, "at the Hinokuma River," names the stream flowing through Hinokuma in Takechi District, Yamato, near today's Asuka Village, Nara.
The third line, "stop your horse," calls the departing traveler to halt.
The fourth line, "water it a while," is an imperative addressed to him. The poem breaks here.
The last line, "let me see at least your form," uses dani for the least of wishes and mu for intention; kage means one's figure or likeness.
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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