Iza kodomo Yamato e hayaku shirasuge no Mano no harihara taorite yukamu

いざ子ども大和へ早く白菅の
真野の榛原手折りて行かむ

Roma-ji: Iza kodomo Yamato e hayaku shirasuge no Mano no harihara taorite yukamu
English Translation: Come now, my young ones,
to Yamato, quickly home—
where white sedges grow,
from the alder grove of Mano
let us pluck a branch and go.
Meaning: Come, everyone, let us hurry home to Yamato—breaking off branches in the alder grove of Mano, where the white sedges grow, to take with us.
Commentary: Book Three Miscellaneous Poems 280

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Two poems by Takechi no Muraji Kurohito"
Calling to his traveling party, the poet urges them to hurry home to Yamato and to break off branches in the alder grove of Mano on the way. His eagerness to return home and his wish to carry back something of the land are cheerfully expressed. Mano is thought to be around present-day Nagata Ward, Kobe. The next poem is his wife's reply.
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 "Come now, my young ones": iza is a word of invitation, and kodomo an affectionate call to companions and attendants.
Second line "to Yamato, quickly home" implies "let us go," which is left unsaid.
Third line "where white sedges grow" is a pillow word for Mano.
Fourth line "from the alder grove of Mano": harihara is an alder grove; in the next poem this line is repeated as both the second and fifth lines.
Fifth line "let us pluck a branch and go": mu expresses intention and invitation.
Author: Takechi no Kurohito
Source: Manyoshu
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