Yū sarazu kawazu naku naru miwagawa no kiyoki se no oto o kikaku shi yoshi mo

夕さらずかはづ鳴くなる三輪川の
清き瀬の音を聞かくしよしも

Roma-ji: Yū sarazu kawazu naku naru miwagawa no kiyoki se no oto o kikaku shi yoshi mo
English Translation: Every evening there
where the kajika sing out,
the Miwa River—
the sound of its clear shallows,
oh, how good it is to hear!
Meaning: Every evening the kajika frogs sing at the Miwa River—how good it is to hear the sound of its clear rapids!
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Miscellaneous Poems 2222

Headnote: "On the River"
This poem sings of the delight of hearing the clear rapids of the Miwa River, where kajika frogs sing every evening without fail, and its headnote is "On the River." The frogs' voices and the river's rushing overlap, praising the freshness of a clear stream. Like the Yoshino kajika poem 2161, it sings of the pairing of a clear stream and the frogs' voices.

The first line, "yū sarazu," means every evening without fail.
In the second line, "kawazu naku naru," "naru" is the attributive of the hearsay "nari."
The third line, "the Miwa River's," names the river flowing at the foot of Mount Miwa.
The fourth line, "the sound of the clear shallows," is hypermetric.
In the last line, "kikaku shi yoshi mo," "kikaku" is the nominalized "kiku," "shi" emphatic, and "mo" exclamatory: how good it is to hear.
Source: Manyoshu
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