Yamabe ni wa satsuo no nerai kashikoke do oshika naku nari tsuma ga me o hori

山辺にはさつ男のねらひ畏けど
を鹿鳴くなり妻が目を欲り

Roma-ji: Yamabe ni wa satsuo no nerai kashikoke do oshika naku nari tsuma ga me o hori
English Translation: By the mountainside
how fearful is the hunter's aim,
and yet, even so,
there the stag is crying out,
longing to see his mate's face.
Meaning: Though the hunters' aim is to be feared on the mountainside, the stag cries out, longing to see the face of his mate.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2149

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the Calling of Deer"
This poem says that though the hunters' aim is to be feared on the mountainside, the stag still cries out, longing to meet his mate. The image of a deer seeking his mate at the risk of his life strongly expresses love's single-mindedness. Like 2147 it sings of a deer crying regardless of the hunters' danger, repeating the same motif across two poems.

The first line, "on the mountainside," names the place.
The second line, "the hunters' aim," names the danger.
In the third line, "kashikoke do," "kashikoshi" means fearful and "do" is adversative.
In the fourth line, "oshika naku nari," "nari" marks hearsay, showing the cry is known by sound. The poem breaks here.
In the last line, "tsuma ga me o hori," "me" means meeting face to face and "horu" to desire; by inversion it gives the reason for crying at the end.
Source: Manyoshu
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