Koromode o uchimi no sato ni aru ware o shira ni zo hito wa matedo kozukeru

衣手を打廻の里にある我れを
知らにぞ人は待てど来ずける

Roma-ji: Koromode o uchimi no sato ni aru ware o shira ni zo hito wa matedo kozukeru
English Translation: Beating sleeves of cloth,
in the village Uchimi,
here I live, and he,
never knowing where I was,
did not come, though I have waited
Meaning: Not knowing that I live in the village of Uchimi, he has not come, however long I have waited.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 589

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Twenty-four poems sent by Lady Kasa to Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi"
He has not come, she says, though she waited, because he did not know she lived in the village of Uchimi; she reproaches a lover who fails to visit. Pretending he stays away only because he does not know where she is, she seems to try to console herself.
The author, Lady Kasa, was a woman poet of the Nara period who sent many love poems to Ōtomo no Yakamochi. Little else is known of her.

First line, "Beating sleeves of cloth," is taken as a pillow word for Uchimi, from beating (utsu) the sleeves of a robe.
Second line, "in the village Uchimi," names a village thought to have been in the Nara area.
Third line, "here I live, and he," means me, who live there.
Fourth line, "never knowing where I was," uses shira ni, "not knowing," strengthened by zo, which is closed by keru in the fifth line.
Fifth line, "did not come, though I have waited," means though I waited he did not come, keru closing the zo construction.
Author: Lady Kasa
Source: Manyoshu
Prev Poem: Shiratori no tobayama matsu no machitsutsu zo aga koiwataru kono tsukigoro o
Next Poem: Aratama no toshi no henureba ima shi wa to yume yo waga seko waga na norasu na