Hanahada mo yo fukete na yuki michi no he no yuzasa no ue ni shimo no furu yo o

はなはだも夜更けてな行き道の辺の
斎笹の上に霜の降る夜を

Roma-ji: Hanahada mo yo fukete na yuki michi no he no yuzasa no ue ni shimo no furu yo o
English Translation: Very late at night
do not go away, I beg!
By the roadside there,
on the sacred bamboo grass
the frost falls on such a night.
Meaning: Do not leave so very late at night—on a night like this, when frost falls on the bamboo grass by the roadside.
Commentary: Book Ten Winter Love Poems 2336

Headnote: "Love Expressed Through Frost"
This poem holds back a beloved, asking him not to leave so late at night, for it is a cold night with frost falling on the bamboo grass by the road. Its headnote is "Love Expressed Through Frost." Concern for the beloved's body overlaps with the wish not to let him go. Like 2088 among the Tanabata poems, where oars were hidden to hold back the beloved, it sings of a heart detaining a departing lover.

The first line, "hanahada mo," means very.
In the second line, "yo fukete na yuki," "na" is prohibitive: do not go late at night. The poem breaks here.
The third line, "by the roadside," names the place.
In the fourth line, "yuzasa no ue ni," "yuzasa" is thought to mean sacred bamboo grass, or bamboo grass.
In the last line, "shimo no furu yo o," "o" is a conjunctive particle with an exclamatory sense: on a night when frost falls.
Source: Manyoshu
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