Hayahito no na ni ou yogoe no ichishiroku wa ga na wa noritsu tsuma to tanomase

隼人の名に負ふ夜声のいちしろく
我が名は告りつ妻と頼ませ

Roma-ji: Hayahito no na ni ou yogoe no ichishiroku wa ga na wa noritsu tsuma to tanomase
English Translation: As the Hayato's
night cries, worthy of their name,
loud and plain to hear,
so I have told you my name;
trust in me now as your wife
Meaning: As clearly as the night cries of the Hayato, true to their name, I have told you my name. Now rely on me as your wife.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2497

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Feelings through Things"
Having clearly told him her name, the speaker asks him to rely on her as his wife, announcing that she accepts his proposal. In ancient times a woman revealing her name to a man meant agreeing to marry him, and this is a woman's poem stating that resolve with force.
This poem speaks through the night cries of the Hayato, following the Koma folk of the preceding poem with another people of southern Kyushu as its preface. Poem 2480 in this book also has "like the ichishi flower, ichishiroku," using the same word "ichishiroku" for something openly revealed.
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, "hayahito no": "of the Hayato." The Hayato were a people of southern Kyushu who served at court as guards of the palace gates.
Second line, "na ni ou yogoe no": "like the night cries worthy of their name." The Hayato are said to have given cries like the barking of dogs while guarding the gates at night, and the line refers to those sharp, ringing calls. The opening through this line forms a preface leading into "ichishiroku" in the third line.
Third line, "ichishiroku": "clearly, conspicuously." Following from the preface, as the Hayato's cries ring out, it underlines the certainty with which the name was given.
Fourth line, "wa ga na wa noritsu": "I have told you my name." "Noru" means to declare formally, and "tsu" is a perfective auxiliary. The poem pauses here.
Fifth line, "tsuma to tanomase": "trust in me as your wife." "Tanomase" is "tanomu" with the imperative form of the honorific "su," closing with a request to the man.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
Source: Manyoshu
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