Waga seko wa sakiku imasu to kaeri ku to are ni tsugekomu hito mo konu kamo

我が背子は幸くいますと帰り来と
我れに告げ来む人も来ぬかも

Roma-ji: Waga seko wa sakiku imasu to kaeri ku to are ni tsugekomu hito mo konu kamo
English Translation: That my dear husband
is well and safe where he stays,
that he's coming home,
if only someone would come
who might bring such news to me
Meaning: If only someone would come to tell me that my husband is safe and well, that he is coming home.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2384

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing One's Feelings Directly"
A woman wishes that someone would come to tell her that her husband, far away, is safe and on his way home. Her concern for his well-being and her longing for his return are expressed as waiting for a person who might bring the news.
The headnote continues from the preceding poem, "Expressing One's Feelings Directly." Poem 2370 laments that people on the road bring no message, and this poem takes up the same theme of waiting for someone to bring word, from the position of a wife whose husband is away on a journey.
The author is unknown; according to the left note, the poem comes from the Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection. That collection is thought to contain both Hitomaro's own poems and poems by others that he recorded. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a court poet active in the reigns of Empress Jito and Emperor Monmu, and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "waga seko wa": "seko" is a term of endearment a woman uses for her husband or lover. It shows that the speaker is a woman.
Second line, "sakiku imasu to": "that he is safe." "Sakiku" means safely, without mishap, and "imasu" is an honorific of "ari," to be.
Third line, "kaeri ku to": "that he is coming home." Repeating "to" from the second line, it sets side by side the two pieces of news she longs for.
Fourth line, "are ni tsugekomu": "who would come to tell me." The auxiliary "mu" softens the expression and modifies "hito" in the last line.
Fifth line, "hito mo konu kamo": "will no one come?" "Nu kamo," the attributive of the negative "zu" with the particle "kamo," expresses the wish "if only someone would."
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
Source: Manyoshu
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