Masakikute mata kaerimimu masurao no te ni maki moteru tomo no urami o

ま幸くてまたかへり見む大夫の
手に巻き持てる鞆の浦廻を

Roma-ji: Masakikute mata kaerimimu masurao no te ni maki moteru tomo no urami o
English Translation: Safe and well I'll come
and look on it once again—
like the leather guard
that a warrior binds on his wrist,
this bay of Tomo's shore
Meaning: May I stay safe and come back to see it once again—the bay of Tomo, named like the leather guard a warrior binds upon his wrist.
Commentary: Book Seven Miscellaneous Poems 1183

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on Journeys"
Praying for a safe journey, the poet vows to return and see this place again. The third and fourth lines, referring to the "tomo," the leather guard a warrior wears on his wrist when shooting, form an introductory phrase leading to "Tomo Bay," praising it with an image of manly valor.
It continues Tomo Bay from the preceding poem; that poem's fourth line, "along the bay of Tomo," answers this poem's last line. The second line, "and look on it once again," is, like poems 1100 and 1114 in this book, a set phrase vowing to return. The poet is unknown.

The first line, "Safe and well," means without mishap.
The second line, "and look on it once again," pauses the poem and is the same as in poems 1100 and 1114.
The third line, "like the leather guard," begins with "masurao," a brave warrior.
The fourth line, "that a warrior binds on his wrist," together with the third forms the introductory phrase leading to "tomo."
The final line turns from the "tomo" of the introduction to the place name Tomo Bay, giving by inversion the object he will see.
Source: Manyoshu
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