Kanikaku ni hito wa iu tomo wakasaji no nochise no yama no nochi mo awamu kimi

かにかくに人は言ふとも若狭道の
後瀬の山の後も逢はむ君

Roma-ji: Kanikaku ni hito wa iu tomo wakasaji no nochise no yama no nochi mo awamu kimi
English Translation: Let the people talk,
say whatever they may say;
on the Wakasa road
Nochise Mountain stands; as named,
later, love, we two shall meet
Meaning: Let people say what they will; like Mount Nochise on the road to Wakasa, whose name means "later," we shall meet later, my love.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 737

Headnote: "Two poems sent to Yakamochi by the same Elder Daughter"
Whatever people may say, she vows, they will meet later, as the name of Mount Nochise ("later shoal") foretells. The sound nochi of the mountain in Wakasa draws out "later we shall meet." Yakamochi's reply also names Mount Nochise.
The author, Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Ōiratsume, was the daughter of Ōtomo no Sukunamaro and Lady Sakanoue, and later became Ōtomo no Yakamochi's principal wife.

First line, "Let the people talk," means this way and that.
Second line, "say whatever they may say," uses the concessive tomo: though people talk.
Third line, "on the Wakasa road," means the road to Wakasa.
Fourth line, "Nochise Mountain stands; as named," names Mount Nochise in Wakasa; its nochi leads to "later" in the last line, forming a preface with the third line.
Fifth line, "later, love, we two shall meet," means we shall meet later, my love, ending on a noun.
Author: Ōtomo no Sakanoue no Ōiratsume
Source: Manyoshu
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