Ōkuchi no makami no hara ni furu yuki wa itaku na furiso ie mo aranaku ni

大口の真神の原に降る雪は
いたくな降りそ家もあらなくに

Roma-ji: Ōkuchi no makami no hara ni furu yuki wa itaku na furiso ie mo aranaku ni
English Translation: Of the great-mouthed wolf,
on the plain of Makami
the snow that falls down:
do not fall so heavily,
for there is no house here
Meaning: O snow falling on Makami Plain, do not fall so heavily, for there is no house here where I might take shelter.
Commentary: Book Eight Winter Miscellaneous Poems 1636

Headnote: "A poem on snow by Toneri no Otome"
Addressing the snow falling on Makami Plain, the poet begs it not to fall so heavily, for there is no house in which to take shelter. The helplessness of a traveler caught by snow on a wide plain without dwellings is expressed through her appeal to the snow. The poem stands at the head of the winter miscellaneous poems.
The author, Toneri no Otome, is a woman about whom little is known.

The first line, "ōkuchi no," great-mouthed, is a pillow word for "makami," a name for the wolf.
The second line names a plain in Asuka, a wide field with few dwellings.
The third line names the snow falling thick on the plain.
The fourth line uses the prohibitive "na ... so," begging it not to fall so heavily, and the poem pauses here. In the same form as "do not cry so much" in 1419, 1465, and 1484 of this book, it shows that the book calls on birds in spring and summer and on snow in winter.
The final line, with "nakuni," gives the reason, "since there is no house," and leaves the traveler's helplessness to linger.
Author: Toneri no Otome
Source: Manyoshu
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