Matsuragata sayohime no ko ga hire furishi yama no na nomi ya kikitsutsu oramu

松浦県佐用姫の子が領巾振りし
山の名のみや聞きつつ居らむ

Roma-ji: Matsuragata sayohime no ko ga hire furishi yama no na nomi ya kikitsutsu oramu
English Translation: In Matsura's land
the girl Sayohime once waved
her scarf from a mountain —
is it only that mountain's name
that I shall ever hear?
Meaning: Am I only ever to hear the name of the mountain in Matsura where Sayohime waved her scarf?
Commentary: Book Five Miscellaneous Poems 868

Headnote: "Okura, in awe and with bowed head, respectfully addresses you"
The poet laments that he may only ever hear the name of the mountain where Sayohime of Matsura waved her scarf. Unable to visit Matsura, he expresses frustration at knowing a famous legendary site only by report.
In the letter of the headnote, Okura writes that he has heard that governors and the Governor-General tour their jurisdictions according to law to observe local customs, and that because the many thoughts in his heart are hard to speak aloud, he wishes respectfully to relieve the gloom within through three poems. They are thought to lament that Okura could not accompany Tabito when he toured Matsura. The left note says they were respectfully presented by Yamanoue no Okura, provincial governor of Chikuzen, on the eleventh day of the seventh month of Tenpyō 2.
The poet, Yamanoue no Okura, was an official who went to Tang China as a junior secretary with the embassy appointed in Taihō 1. After his return he served as Governor of Hōki and in the household of the Crown Prince, and late in the Jinki era he was posted to Tsukushi as Governor of Chikuzen. He is known for poems rooted in everyday life, on the sufferings of human existence, love for family, and poverty, written against a background of learning in Chinese classics and Buddhist scripture.

First line, "Matsuragata": the district of Matsura in Hizen; "agata" means a provincial district.
Second line, "Sayohime no ko ga": "ko" is an affectionate term for a woman, here the legendary Matsura Sayohime.
Third line, "hire furishi": draws on the legend that Sayohime waved her scarf toward her departing husband's ship.
Fourth line, "yama no na nomi ya": "nomi" limits, "only," and the question particle "ya" is answered by "mu" in the last line.
Fifth line, "kikitsutsu oramu": "shall I only go on hearing of it?", closing with regret at being unable to visit.
Author: Yamanoue no Okura
Source: Manyoshu
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