Ware mo omou hito mo na wasure ōnawa ni ura fuku kaze no yamu toki mo nashi

我れも思ふ人もな忘れおほなわに
浦吹く風のやむ時もなし

Roma-ji: Ware mo omou hito mo na wasure ōnawa ni ura fuku kaze no yamu toki mo nashi
English Translation: I too think of you,
so do not forget me, love;
ceaselessly as blows
the wind across the bay,
there's no time my longing stops
Meaning: I too think of you, so do not forget me; like the wind that blows ceaselessly over the bay, my longing never stops.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 606

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Twenty-four poems sent by Lady Kasa to Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi"
Since she too thinks of him, she asks him not to forget her; like the wind blowing ceaselessly over the bay, her longing never stops. The sense of ōnawa ni is disputed, and the poem is considered difficult.
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, "I too think of you," runs to six syllables.
Second line, "so do not forget me, love," uses the prohibitive na: you too, do not forget. The poem breaks after this line.
Third line, "ceaselessly as blows," renders ōnawa ni, a word of uncertain meaning taken as "wholeheartedly" or "generally."
Fourth line, "the wind across the bay," names the wind blowing over the inlet.
Fifth line, "there's no time my longing stops," means it never ceases; the same phrase appears as the fourth line of poem 526 in this book, the two echoing each other in words for an unceasing love.
Author: Lady Kasa
Source: Manyoshu
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