Utsutae ni magaki no sugata mimaku hori yukamu to ie ya kimi o mi ni koso

うつたへに籬の姿見まく欲り
行かむと言へや君を見にこそ

Roma-ji: Utsutae ni magaki no sugata mimaku hori yukamu to ie ya kimi o mi ni koso
English Translation: Do I say I'll go
all because I long to see
just your garden hedge;
no, it's you I want to see,
you alone I go to see
Meaning: Do you think I said I would go only because I wanted to see your hedge? No, it is you I want to see.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 778

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Five more poems sent by Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi to Ki no Iratsume"
He reveals that he spoke of going to see her hedge not because he wanted to see it, but to see her. Confessing the pretext of the preceding poem, he conveys his love. Like Ōtomo no Yasumaro's poem 517, it uses the word utsutae ni, "wholly, simply."
The author, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, was the son of Ōtomo no Tabito and a poet thought to have been deeply involved in compiling the Man'yōshū. He later rose to the rank of Middle Counselor.

First line, "Do I say I'll go," is utsutae ni, an adverb meaning "wholly," answering the rhetorical question in the fourth line.
Second line, "all because I long to see," names the look of the hedge, taking up "the hedge around my dear one's house."
Third line, "just your garden hedge," means wishing to see it.
Fourth line, "no, it's you I want to see," uses the rhetorical ya: would I say I'd go for that? No. The poem breaks after this line.
Fifth line, "you alone I go to see," means it is to see you, revealing his true purpose.
Author: Otomo no Yakamochi
Source: Manyoshu
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