Yamamori wa kedashi ari tomo wagimoko ga yuikemu shime o hito tokame ya mo

山守はけだしありとも我妹子が
結ひけむ標を人解かめやも

Roma-ji: Yamamori wa kedashi ari tomo wagimoko ga yuikemu shime o hito tokame ya mo
English Translation: Though perhaps a guard
may indeed be on the mount,
the rope that you, dear,
have tied there to mark your claim—
would anyone undo it?
Meaning: Even if the mountain does have a keeper, would anyone dare untie the rope that you have bound there?
Commentary: Book Three Allegorical Poems 402

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "A poem recited by Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue on a day of banqueting with her kin" — "A poem composed at once in reply by Ōtomo no Sukune Surugamaro"
This poem belongs to the section of Allegorical Poems in Book Three. It replies on the spot to Lady Ōtomo no Sakanoue's preceding poem. Even if there were a mountain keeper, would anyone untie the rope you have tied? he says, dismissing her self-mockery and showing that he accepts her wish. He responds by taking up her very words—"keeper," "rope," and "tie."
The poet, Ōtomo no Surugamaro, was a Nara-period official said to be a grandson of Ōtomo no Miyuki. He later governed the northeast as Inspector of Mutsu and General of the Pacification Headquarters, and died in Hōki 7 (776).

First line "Though perhaps a guard" takes up yamamori from the preceding poem.
Second line "may indeed be on the mount": kedashi means "perhaps," and tomo is concessive.
Third line "the rope that you, dear": wagimoko is an affectionate term for a woman, here Lady Sakanoue.
Fourth line "have tied there to mark your claim" answers "I put up a marking rope."
Fifth line "would anyone undo it": me is the conditional of mu and ya mo rhetorical, firmly denying it.
Author: Ōtomo no Surugamaro
Source: Manyoshu
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