Izuku ni ka ware wa yadoramu Takashima no Kachino no hara ni kono hi kurenaba

いづくにか我は宿らむ高島の
勝野の原にこの日暮れなば

Roma-ji: Izuku ni ka ware wa yadoramu Takashima no Kachino no hara ni kono hi kurenaba
English Translation: Where then, I wonder,
shall I find a place to sleep,
in Takashima,
on the plain of Kachino,
should this day come to its close?
Meaning: Where shall I find lodging for the night, if this day ends while I am on the plain of Kachino in Takashima?
Commentary: Book Three Miscellaneous Poems 275

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Eight travel poems by Takechi no Muraji Kurohito"
This is the sixth of Kurohito's eight travel poems. As day darkens on the plain of Kachino in Takashima, Ōmi, the traveler is at a loss where to seek lodging for the night. The figure of a lone traveler on a wide plain rises before us. Kachino lies on the west shore of Lake Biwa, in today's Kachino, Takashima, Shiga.
Kurohito's eight travel poems gather pieces composed on journeys through Settsu, Owari, Ōmi, Mikawa, Yamashiro, and other provinces.
The poet, Takechi no Kurohito, was active from the reign of Jitō to that of Monmu. Excelling in travel poems, he opened a distinctive vein of landscape poetry marked by a solitary gaze upon receding things. Little is known of his life.

First line "Where then, I wonder": ka is an interrogative binding particle.
Second line "shall I find a place to sleep" concludes with the attributive of mu, and the sentence breaks here.
Third line "in Takashima": Takashima was a district of Ōmi.
Fourth line "on the plain of Kachino": Kachino is a plain in Takashima.
Fifth line "should this day come to its close": na is the perfective nu and ba a condition, "if the day ends." The inversion gives the reason for his worry afterward.
Author: Takechi no Kurohito
Source: Manyoshu
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