Tazo kare to ware o na toi so nagatsuki no tsuyu ni nuretsutsu kimi matsu ware o

誰ぞかれと我れをな問ひそ九月の
露に濡れつつ君待つ我れを

Roma-ji: Tazo kare to ware o na toi so nagatsuki no tsuyu ni nuretsutsu kimi matsu ware o
English Translation: "Who is that there?"
Do not ask it about me!
In the ninth month's dew,
soaking wet as I remain,
I who wait for you, my love.
Meaning: Do not ask of me, "Who is that?"—I, soaked by the dew of the Ninth Month, waiting for you.
Commentary: Book Ten Autumn Love Poems 2240

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Autumn Love Poems"
This poem pleads not to be asked "who is that?" while waiting for the beloved, soaked by the dew of the Ninth Month. It shows both the embarrassment of being noticed waiting in the dusk and a single-hearted resolve to keep waiting. "Tazo kare," who is that, is said to be the origin of the later word "tasogare," twilight, evoking the dimness of dusk.
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a court poet of the Asuka period, active under Empress Jitō and Emperor Monmu. The left note records that this poem comes from the Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection, and it is uncertain whether it is Hitomaro's own work or a poem by someone else that he recorded.

The first line, "who is that," gives the question.
The second line, "ware o na toi so," uses "na ... so" for prohibition: do not ask about me. The poem breaks here.
The third line, "of the Ninth Month," names the time.
In the fourth line, "tsuyu ni nuretsutsu," "tsutsu" marks continuation: while soaked by dew.
In the last line, "kimi matsu ware o," "o" is a conjunctive particle with an exclamatory sense: I who am waiting for you.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Source: Manyoshu
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