Yue mo naku waga shitabimo o tokeshimete hito ni na shirase tada ni au made ni

故もなく我が下紐を解けしめて
人にな知らせ直に逢ふまでに

Roma-ji: Yue mo naku waga shitabimo o tokeshimete hito ni na shirase tada ni au made ni
English Translation: For no reason at all
you have made my under-sash
come undone by itself:
do not let the people know,
not till we meet face to face
Meaning: You have made my under-sash come loose for no reason at all; do not let anyone know of it until we meet face to face.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2413

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing One's Feelings Directly"
An under-sash coming undone of itself was taken both as a sign that someone was thinking of you and as an omen of meeting. The speaker asks the beloved, whose longing is strong enough to loosen her sash, not to let others know of their love until they meet in person. Both a careful wish to shield love from prying eyes and the joy of sensing the other's feelings are expressed here.
Following poems 2408 and 2409 in this book, this poem again treats the loosening cord, so that around the cord different facets of love are sung in turn: hope in an omen, its futility, and the fear of others' eyes.
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, "yue mo naku": "for no reason." It says the sash came loose though the speaker did nothing, hinting that it is a sign of the other's longing.
Second line, "waga shitabimo o": "my under-sash." It uses the same words "waga shitabimo" as poem 2409 just before.
Third line, "tokeshimete": "having made it come undone." "Shime" is the continuative form of the causative auxiliary "shimu," showing that it was the other's longing that loosened the sash.
Fourth line, "hito ni na shirase": "do not let people know." It is a prohibition formed with the adverb "na," and the poem pauses here.
Fifth line, "tada ni au made ni": "until we meet in person." It stands in inversion with the fourth line, adding the limit of the prohibition afterward. The line is hypermetric.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
Source: Manyoshu
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