Yoso ni ite koureba kurushi wagimoko o tsugite aimimu kotohakari seyo

外に居て恋ふれば苦し我妹子を
継ぎて相見む事計りせよ

Roma-ji: Yoso ni ite koureba kurushi wagimoko o tsugite aimimu kotohakari seyo
English Translation: Living far apart,
longing so is hard to bear;
you, my dearest one,
that we might meet on and on,
make some plan, I pray you, do
Meaning: It is hard to long for you from afar; my dear sister, think of some way that we can go on meeting.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 756

Headnote: "Four poems sent by the Elder Daughter of the Ōtomo household at Tamura to her younger sister, the Elder Daughter of Sakanoue"
This is the first of four poems Tamura no Ōiratsume sent to her half-sister, the Elder Daughter of Sakanoue. Longing from afar is painful, she says, so let her sister think of a way for them to keep meeting. The affection between sisters is expressed in the language of love.
According to the left note, both were daughters of Ōtomo no Sukunamaro; the elder was called Tamura no Ōiratsume because her father lived in the village of Tamura, and the younger Sakanoue no Ōiratsume because her mother, Lady Sakanoue, lived in Sakanoue. At this time the sisters exchanged poems to ask after each other.
The author, Ōtomo no Tamura no Ōiratsume, was a daughter of Ōtomo no Sukunamaro and the elder half-sister of the Elder Daughter of Sakanoue.

First line, "Living far apart," is the same as the first line of poem 726.
Second line, "longing so is hard to bear," means to long is painful; the poem breaks after this line.
Third line, "you, my dearest one," uses wagimoko, here for her sister.
Fourth line, "that we might meet on and on," means meeting continually.
Fifth line, "make some plan, I pray you, do," names kotohakari, a plan, and asks for it in the imperative.
Author: Ōtomo no Tamura no Ōiratsume
Source: Manyoshu
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