Iebito ni koi sugime ya mo kawazu naku izumi no sato ni toshi no henureba

家人に恋過ぎめやもかはづ鳴く
泉の里に年の経ぬれば

Roma-ji: Iebito ni koi sugime ya mo kawazu naku izumi no sato ni toshi no henureba
English Translation: For the folk at home
could my longing pass away;
where the river frogs sing,
in the village of Izumi,
a whole year has come and gone
Meaning: Could my longing for those at home ever pass, now that a year has gone by in the village of Izumi where the river frogs sing?
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 696

Headnote: "A poem by Ishikawa no Asomi Hironari; he was later granted the surname Takamado no Asomi"
Having spent a year in the village of Izumi, where river frogs sing, he says his longing for those at home cannot fade. Izumi was the site of the Kuni capital, and the poem seems to date from a time when he lived away from home, perhaps for the building of the capital.
The author, Ishikawa no Hironari, was an official of the Nara period who, according to the headnote's note, was later granted the surname Takamado no Asomi.

First line, "For the folk at home," means for the people at home.
Second line, "could my longing pass away," uses the rhetorical meya mo: could my love pass? Never. The poem breaks after this line.
Third line, "where the river frogs sing," names kawazu, river frogs of clear streams, modifying Izumi.
Fourth line, "in the village of Izumi," names Izumi village in Yamashiro.
Fifth line, "a whole year has come and gone," gives the reason by inversion: since a year has passed.
Author: Ishikawa no Hironari
Source: Manyoshu
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