Misago iru ariso ni ouru nanoriso no yoshi na wa norase oya wa shiru tomo

みさご居る荒磯に生ふるなのりその
よし名は告らせ親は知るとも

Roma-ji: Misago iru ariso ni ouru nanoriso no yoshi na wa norase oya wa shiru tomo
English Translation: Where the ospreys dwell,
growing on the rugged shore,
the "tell-not-your-name" weed—
no matter, tell me your name,
though your parents come to know.
Meaning: Like the nanoriso seaweed growing on the rough shore where the ospreys live—come what may, tell me your name, even if your parents find out.
Commentary: Book Three Miscellaneous Poems 363

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Six poems by Yamabe no Sukune Akahito" — "A certain text gives the poem thus"
This is a variant of the preceding poem, as found in a certain text. It differs in the second line, "growing on the rugged shore," and the fourth, "no matter, tell me your name," where yoshi adds a reckless resolve—"come what may." Like the preceding poem, it uses the name of the nanoriso weed to express a suitor's plea.
The poet, Yamabe no Akahito, was a court poet of the reign of Shōmu who composed many poems on royal excursions and excelled in clear, limpid landscape verse. Later ages ranked him with Kakinomoto no Hitomaro as a "Saint of Poetry."

First line "Where the ospreys dwell" is the same as in the preceding poem.
Second line "growing on the rugged shore": ariso is a rough, rocky shore, a harsher scene than "round the rocky shore."
Third line "the 'tell-not-your-name' weed" puns on "do not tell your name" and leads to "name," as in the preceding poem.
Fourth line "no matter, tell me your name": yoshi is an adverb meaning "come what may," giving a bolder tone than the preceding poem. The sentence breaks here.
Fifth line "though your parents come to know" is the same as the preceding poem's last line.
Author: Yamabe no Akahito
Source: Manyoshu
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