Nubatama no kizo wa kaeshitsu koyoi sae ware o kaesu na michi no nagate o

ぬばたまの昨夜は帰しつ今夜さへ
我れを帰すな道の長手を

Roma-ji: Nubatama no kizo wa kaeshitsu koyoi sae ware o kaesu na michi no nagate o
English Translation: In the jet-black night,
yesterday you sent me back;
do not now tonight,
too, turn me away again,
after such a lengthy road
Meaning: Last night you sent me home; do not send me away tonight as well, after I have come so long a way.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 781

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Five more poems sent by Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi to Ki no Iratsume"
She sent him back last night; let her not send him away tonight too, after he has come so long a way. Placed last of the five, it rounds off the sequence about visiting Ki no Iratsume. It ends, like Prince Kadobe's poem 536, with michi no nagate o, "this long road."
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, "In the jet-black night," is nubatama no, a pillow word for "night," here attached to "last night."
Second line, "yesterday you sent me back," means last night you sent me home; the poem breaks after this line.
Third line, "do not now tonight," means even tonight.
Fourth line, "too, turn me away again," uses the prohibitive na: do not send me back. The poem breaks again here.
Fifth line, "after such a lengthy road," is the same last line as poem 536.
Author: Otomo no Yakamochi
Source: Manyoshu
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