Waga kakuseru kajisao nakute watarimori fune kasame ya mo shimashi wa arimate

我が隠せる楫棹なくて渡り守
舟貸さめやもしましはあり待て

Roma-ji: Waga kakuseru kajisao nakute watarimori fune kasame ya mo shimashi wa arimate
English Translation: Since I've hidden them,
there's no oar and there's no pole—
would the ferryman
lend his boat to you like that?
Stay a while and wait with me.
Meaning: I have hidden the oars and poles—so would the ferryman lend you a boat? Surely not. Stay and wait a while.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2088

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Tanabata"
This poem, in the Weaver's voice, holds back the departing Herdsman: she has hidden the oars and poles, so the ferryman will not lend him a boat, and she asks him to wait a while longer. The playful act born of reluctance to part carries a charming affection. Whereas in the preceding poem the Herdsman tried to set out, here the Weaver holds him back, so the two poems form a pair.

The first line, "since I have hidden them," is hypermetric.
The second line, "with no oars or poles," names what is missing.
The third line, "the ferryman," is the same word as the opening of the preceding poem.
In the fourth line, "fune kasame ya mo," "me ya mo" is rhetorical: would he lend a boat? surely not. The poem breaks here.
In the last line, "shimashi wa arimate," "shimashi" means a while and "arimatsu" to go on waiting, closing with her wish to keep him.
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