Minahito o neyo to no kane wa utsu naredo kimi o shi omoeba inekatenu kamo

皆人を寝よとの鐘は打つなれど
君をし思へば寐ねかてぬかも

Roma-ji: Minahito o neyo to no kane wa utsu naredo kimi o shi omoeba inekatenu kamo
English Translation: For all folk the bell
telling them "Now go to sleep"
is struck, as I hear;
yet as I keep thinking of you,
I cannot sleep at all
Meaning: I hear them strike the bell that tells everyone it is time to sleep, yet as I think of you, I cannot sleep at all.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 607

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Twenty-four poems sent by Lady Kasa to Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi"
She hears the bell struck to tell everyone it is time for sleep, yet thinking of him she cannot sleep. The mention of a bell announcing the hour in the capital is unusual, giving the poem a background in the life of the Heijō capital.
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, "For all folk the bell," means for everyone.
Second line, "telling them 'Now go to sleep,'" names the bell telling the hour for bed.
Third line, "is struck, as I hear," uses nare, the hearsay auxiliary: though I hear it struck.
Fourth line, "yet as I keep thinking of you," uses the emphatic shi: when I think of you.
Fifth line, "I cannot sleep at all," uses inu, "to sleep," katenu, "unable," and kamo; like inekatezukemu in poem 497, it names a night made sleepless by love.
Author: Lady Kasa
Source: Manyoshu
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