Asari suru hito to o mimase kusamakura tabi yuku hito ni waga na wa noraji

あさりする人とを見ませ草枕
旅行く人に我が名は告らじ

Roma-ji: Asari suru hito to o mimase kusamakura tabi yuku hito ni waga na wa noraji
English Translation: Just a girl who fishes
along the shore—see me as that;
grass for a pillow,
to a man who travels on
I will never tell my name.
Meaning: Think of me only as someone who fishes along the shore. To a man merely passing through on his travels, I will not tell my name.
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems 1727

Headnote: "A poem in reply"
The fisher girl whose name was asked in the preceding poem answers firmly: think of me only as one who fishes, for I will not tell my name to a traveler. She lightly deflects the passing man's advances, as if chiding him.
The headnote calls it a reply, and it answers the preceding poem. No author is given, but it is composed from the standpoint of the fisher girl.

The first line, "just a girl who fishes," refers to gathering fish and shellfish.
The second line, "along the shore—see me as that," uses the emphatic o and the honorific imperative mase, and the poem pauses here.
The third line, kusamakura, "grass for a pillow," is a pillow word for travel.
The fourth line, "to a man who travels on," marks him as a passing stranger.
The final line, "I will never tell my name," uses ji, a negative of intention. Taking up "tell me what's your name" from 1726, it refuses with the same words.
Source: Manyoshu
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