Oyozure no tawakoto to ka mo takayama no iwao no ue ni kimi ga koyaseru

およづれのたはこととかも高山の
巌の上に君が臥やせる

Roma-ji: Oyozure no tawakoto to ka mo takayama no iwao no ue ni kimi ga koyaseru
English Translation: Can it be a lie,
mad words meant to lead astray?
On the lofty mount,
upon the great rock's top
could it be that you lie there?
Meaning: Could it be wild, deceiving talk—that you lie upon the great rock on the high mountain?
Commentary: Book Three Elegies 421

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "A poem with tanka composed by Princess Nyū when Prince Iwata died" — "Envoy"
This is the first envoy to a long poem mourning the death of Prince Iwata. The news that the prince lies buried on a great rock on a high mountain—she wishes it were mere deceiving nonsense, unable to believe in his death. Her shock at the sudden tidings and her grief that cannot accept it are frankly expressed. Prince Iwata is a royal of whom little is known.
The poet, Princess Nyū, was a royal of the Nara period, thought to be a woman, but little is known of her.

First line "Can it be a lie": oyozure means deceiving, misleading words.
Second line "mad words meant to lead astray": tawakoto is nonsense, and kamo interrogative, answered by the attributive koyaseru at the end.
Third line "On the lofty mount" means a high mountain.
Fourth line "upon the great rock's top": iwao is a great rock, here the burial place.
Fifth line "could it be that you lie there": koyasu is the honorific of "to lie," ending in inversion.
Author: Princess Nyū
Source: Manyoshu
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