Masurao no yuzue furiokoshi itsuru ya o nochi mimu hito wa kataritsugu gane

ますらをの弓末振り起し射つる矢を
後見む人は語り継ぐがね

Roma-ji: Masurao no yuzue furiokoshi itsuru ya o nochi mimu hito wa kataritsugu gane
English Translation: The arrow shot forth
by a man of valor, bow
raised with mighty swing—
those who come to see it later,
let them hand the story down.
Meaning: The arrow a brave man shot, swinging his bow up high—may those who see it in times to come tell the tale to others.
Commentary: Book Three Miscellaneous Poems 364

Headnote: "Two poems composed by Kasa no Ason Kanamura on Mount Shiotsu"
Composed on Mount Shiotsu, the pass from Ōmi into Echizen, the poem hopes that the arrow shot with a bow drawn boldly at the pass will be spoken of by those who see it later. There was said to be a custom of shooting arrows into the ground at a pass to pray for safe travel, and the poem catches a stirring moment of the journey. Mount Shiotsu is a pass in present-day Nishiazai, Nagahama, Shiga.
The poet, Kasa no Kanamura, was a court poet of the reign of Shōmu who composed many long and short poems while accompanying royal excursions.

First line "by a man of valor": masurao is a brave, stalwart man, perhaps the poet himself.
Second line "bow raised with mighty swing": yuzue is the upper tip of the bow. The line has one syllable too many.
Third line "The arrow shot forth": tsuru is the attributive of the perfective tsu.
Fourth line "those who come to see it later" means those who will see it hereafter.
Fifth line "let them hand the story down": gane is a particle of wishing.
Author: Kasa no Kanamura
Source: Manyoshu
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