Wagimoko ga akamo hizuchite ueshi ta o karite osamemu kuranashi no hama

我妹子が赤裳ひづちて植ゑし田を
刈りて収めむ倉無の浜

Roma-ji: Wagimoko ga akamo hizuchite ueshi ta o karite osamemu kuranashi no hama
English Translation: My darling wife
drenched her crimson skirt with mud
to plant this paddy—
I would reap it and store it well,
but here is Kuranashi, No-Store Beach.
Meaning: My dear wife soaked her crimson skirt in mud to plant this rice field. I would harvest it and store it away—but this is Kuranashi Beach, whose name means "no storehouse."
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems 1710

Headnote: none
The speaker proposes to harvest and store the rice his wife planted with her crimson skirt soaked in mud, only to arrive at Kuranashi Beach, whose name means "no storehouse." The lines up to the fourth form a preface leading to the name, and the poem delights in its humor.
There is no headnote, and a left note says that this and the next poem are by some attributed to Kakinomoto no Asomi Hitomaro. Kuranashi Beach was in the province of Buzen, near present-day Nakatsu, Ōita.
The author, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, was a court poet active in the reigns of Jitō and Monmu. The left note records only one account attributing the poem to him, so the authorship is uncertain.

The first line, "my darling wife," introduces the woman.
The second line, "drenched her crimson skirt with mud," vividly depicts a woman planting rice.
The third line, "to plant this paddy," uses the past auxiliary shi.
The fourth line, "I would reap it and store it well," completes the preface leading to kura, "storehouse."
The final line, "but here is Kuranashi, No-Store Beach," closes on a noun. The wit lies in proposing to store the rice and then landing on a place with "no storehouse."
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (according to one account)
Source: Manyoshu
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