Waga seko o kochi kose yama to hito wa iedo kimi mo kimasazu yama no na ni arashi

我が背子をこち巨勢山と人は言へど
君も来まさず山の名にあらし

Roma-ji: Waga seko o kochi kose yama to hito wa iedo kimi mo kimasazu yama no na ni arashi
English Translation: "Bring my love to me,"
so they call it Kose Hill,
so people say, and yet
my lord never comes to me—
it seems it's just the mountain's name
Meaning: People call it Mount Kose, "bring him here," as if it would bring my beloved to me—yet he does not come. It seems it is only the mountain's name.
Commentary: Book Seven Miscellaneous Poems 1097

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Mountains"
Although Mount Kose carries in its name the meaning "bring him here," the man she loves never comes—so laments this poem. A pun on the sound of the place name carries the resentment of a waiting woman.
It belongs to the group on mountains, and its device of drawing a place name into thoughts of love links it to the next poem on Mount Futakami. The poet is unknown.

The first line, "Bring my love to me," begins with "waga seko o," "my beloved husband," showing that the poem is in a woman's voice.
The second line plays on "kochi kose" (bring him here) and the name "Kose Mountain," meaning a mountain that brings him to her. It has an extra syllable.
The third line, "so people say, and yet," also has an extra syllable.
The fourth line, "my lord never comes to me," uses the honorific "kimasu" for "come."
In the final line, "rashi" expresses inference: it seems it is nothing but the mountain's name, the poem closes with a note of reproach.
Source: Manyoshu
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