Azusayumi haruyama chikaku ie oreba tsugite kikuramu uguisu no koe

梓弓春山近く家居れば
継ぎて聞くらむ鴬の声

Roma-ji: Azusayumi haruyama chikaku ie oreba tsugite kikuramu uguisu no koe
English Translation: Catalpa bow drawn,
near to the hills of the spring
you have made your home;
always you must be hearing
the singing of the warbler.
Meaning: Since you live so near the spring hills, you must be hearing without end the voice of the bush warbler.
Commentary: Book Ten Spring Miscellaneous Poems 1829

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On Birds"
This poem envies someone who lives near the spring hills and imagines that person always hearing the warbler's song. While 1820 sings of the joy of hearing the warbler to the full at one's own home, this poem imagines another's home, depicting the same motif from the opposite position, so the two form a pair. They also share the phrases "since I (you) dwell there" and "the warbler's voice."

The first line, "azusayumi," is a pillow word attached to "spring." From "haru," to draw a bow, it leads into "haru," spring, which shares the sound.
The second line, "near the spring hills," shows that the home lies close to the hills where warblers live.
The third line, "since you dwell there," is identical to the third line of 1820, making the correspondence between the two poems clear.
In the fourth line, "tsugite kikuramu," "tsugite" means continually and "ramu" is an auxiliary of present conjecture, imagining the other person's daily life.
The last line, "the warbler's voice," ends on a noun and matches the last line of 1820. It entrusts the poet's envy to the song itself.
Source: Manyoshu
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