Azusayumi hiki Toyokuni no Kagamiyama mizu hisa naraba kōshikemu kamo

梓弓引き豊国の鏡山
見ず久ならば恋しけむかも

Roma-ji: Azusayumi hiki Toyokuni no Kagamiyama mizu hisa naraba kōshikemu kamo
English Translation: Catalpa bow drawn,
in the land of Toyokuni,
Kagami mountain—
when I have not seen it long,
how I will long for it then!
Meaning: Mount Kagami in the land of Toyo—once I have gone long without seeing it, how I shall long for it!
Commentary: Book Three Miscellaneous Poems 311

Headnote: "A poem composed by Kuratsukuri no Suguri Masuhito when coming up to the capital from the province of Buzen"
Leaving Buzen for the capital, the poet bids farewell to Mount Kagami in the land he knew well. Once he has long been without the sight of it, he says, he will surely long for it—regret at parting. Mount Kagami is in present-day Kawara, Tagawa District, Fukuoka.
The poet, Kuratsukuri no Masuhito, was an official of the Nara period, but little is known of him.

First line "Catalpa bow drawn": azusayumi, a bow of catalpa wood, is a pillow word leading to hiki, "draw."
Second line "in the land of Toyokuni": hiki leads to Toyokuni through toyomu, "to resound." Toyokuni is the old name for Buzen and Bungo.
Third line "Kagami mountain" is a mountain in Buzen.
Fourth line "when I have not seen it long": ba is conditional.
Fifth line "how I will long for it then": kemu is conjectural and kamo exclamatory, ending in the sorrow of parting.
Author: Kuratsukuri no Masuhito
Source: Manyoshu
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