Hinamishi no miko no mikoto no uma namete mikari tatashishi toki wa kimukau

日並の皇子の命の馬並めて
み狩り立たしし時は来向ふ

Roma-ji: Hinamishi no miko no mikoto no uma namete mikari tatashishi toki wa kimukau
English Translation: Prince Hinamishi,
our lord who ruled beside the sun,
with horses abreast
rode out upon the royal hunt—
and now that hour comes again.
Meaning: The very hour when Prince Hinamishi, who ruled beside the sun, set out on the royal hunt with his horses ranged side by side—that hour is coming round again now.
Commentary: Book One Miscellaneous Poems 49

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "A poem composed by Kakinomoto no Asomi Hitomaro when Prince Karu lodged on the plain of Aki — short poem"
The poet says that the very hour when Prince Hinamishi (Prince Kusakabe) once rode out to hunt with his horses abreast has now come round again. Taking up the dawn of the preceding poem, it seizes the moment when the time of the late prince's hunt and the present overlap, hinting at Prince Karu setting out to hunt in his father's footsteps. As the last of the four short poems, it binds together longing for the lost prince and hope for Prince Karu, who will succeed him.
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a court poet active in the reigns of Empress Jitō and Emperor Monmu, and he is the foremost poet of the Man'yōshū. Though his rank appears to have been low, he left many grand and dignified poems, above all long poems, and later ages revered him as a "saint of poetry."

The first line, hinamishi no, means "ruling beside the sun," that is, beside the sovereign, and is a title of praise for Prince Kusakabe. The line is hypermetric.
The second line, "the Prince, the Lord," is an honorific for a prince; with the first line it names Prince Kusakabe.
The third line, "with horses abreast," shows the splendor of the hunting party. Poem 4 in this book also has "with horses abreast" in its third line; using the same phrase as that poem on Emperor Jomei's hunt, it evokes a hunting tradition handed down through the royal line.
In the fourth line, mi is a praising prefix, tatasu the honorific of "to set out," and shi the past attributive: "when he set out on the royal hunt."
The last line means "that hour now comes toward us." Marking the moment when the time of the prince's hunt coincides with the present, it closes with a presentiment that Prince Karu will follow in his path.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Source: Manyoshu
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