Shirasuge no Mano no harihara yukusa kusa kimi koso mirame Mano no harihara

白菅の真野の榛原行くさ来さ
君こそ見らめ真野の榛原

Roma-ji: Shirasuge no Mano no harihara yukusa kusa kimi koso mirame Mano no harihara
English Translation: Where white sedges grow,
the alder grove of Mano—
going and coming
you, my lord, will see it yet;
the alder grove of Mano.
Meaning: The alder grove of Mano, where the white sedges grow—you may see it on your journeys there and back, but for me, this grove of Mano...
Commentary: Book Three Miscellaneous Poems 281

Headnote: "A poem in reply by Kurohito's wife"
This answers her husband's preceding poem. You will see this alder grove of Mano whenever you come and go, she says, but I shall not—and so, against her husband's haste to return, she hints that she would like to gaze on the scene a little longer. Repeating "the alder grove of Mano" in the second and final lines intensifies her reluctance to leave. The poet was Takechi no Kurohito's wife, whose name has not come down.

First line "Where white sedges grow" is the pillow word for Mano, answering with the same words as the preceding poem's third line.
Second line "the alder grove of Mano" takes up the preceding poem's fourth line and returns again at the end.
Third line "going and coming": sa is a suffix of time—"when going and when coming."
Fourth line "you, my lord, will see it yet": koso is a binding particle concluded by rame, the conditional of the present conjecture ramu, with a concessive nuance—"you may see it, but."
Fifth line "the alder grove of Mano" repeats the second line and ends on a noun, leaving her regret at a last look as an afterglow.
Source: Manyoshu
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