Waga tatami mie no kawara no iso no ura ni kaku shi mo ga mo to naku kawazu kamo

我が畳三重の川原の磯の裏に
かくしもがもと鳴くかはづかも

Roma-ji: Waga tatami mie no kawara no iso no ura ni kaku shi mo ga mo to naku kawazu kamo
English Translation: Folded like my mats,
at the triple river-bed of Mie,
in the shade of rocks,
"Would it could be so forever,"
the singing river frogs call.
Meaning: In the shade of the rocks on the riverbed at Mie, the river frogs sing as if to say, "Would that it could always be like this."
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems 1735

Headnote: "A poem by Iomaro"
The speaker hears the river frogs singing in the shade of rocks on the riverbed at Mie as if they were saying, "Would that it could always be like this." His contentment beside the clear stream is entrusted to their voices.
The riverbed of Mie is thought by some to be that of the Utsube River in present-day Yokkaichi, Mie. Waga tatami, "my mats," is a pillow word for mie, "threefold," from the layering of mats.
The author, Iomaro, is otherwise unknown.

The first line, "folded like my mats," is a pillow word for Mie, from mats piled in layers.
The second line, "at the triple river-bed of Mie," names the riverbed where the frogs sing.
The third line, "in the shade of rocks," has six syllables, one more than the norm.
The fourth line, "would it could be so forever," uses the emphatic shi and the desiderative mogamo.
The final line, "the singing river frogs call," closes with the exclamatory kamo, hearing the frogs' voices as a human wish.
Author: Iomaro
Source: Manyoshu
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