Okuyama no maki no itado o oto hayami imo ga atari no shimo no ue ni nenu

奥山の真木の板戸を音早み
妹があたりの霜の上に寝ぬ

Roma-ji: Okuyama no maki no itado o oto hayami imo ga atari no shimo no ue ni nenu
English Translation: Since the board door made
of fine wood from the deep hills
gives so loud a sound,
near the place where my girl dwells
I lay down to sleep on frost
Meaning: The plank door, made of fine timber from deep in the mountains, makes so loud a sound when opened that I lay down and slept on the frost near my beloved's house.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2616

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing One's Feelings Directly"
He came to visit his beloved, but the plank door of fine timber makes a loud noise when opened, so, afraid of being noticed by the household, he could not open it and slept on the frost near her house: this is a love poem. It portrays, with a touch of humor, a man who endures the cold of a winter night because he cannot bear to leave his beloved's side.
The next poem, 2617, is one in which a woman waits for her lover "having left the mountain-cherry door open," and it pairs with this poem through the image of the door. This poem tells of the visiting man who cannot enter for fear of the door's noise, the next of the waiting woman who leaves the door open, so the one awaited and the one who waits face each other in the arrangement.
The author is unknown. The anonymous poems of Book Eleven gather love poems by people whose names have not come down to us.

First line, "okuyama no": "from the deep mountains," modifying "maki" in the second line. It indicates that fine timber is cut from the depths of the hills.
Second line, "maki no itado o": "the plank door of fine timber." "Maki" means good wood such as cedar or cypress, suggesting a heavy, sturdy door.
Third line, "oto hayami": "because its sound is loud." It is the stem of the adjective "hayashi" with the suffix "mi," and together with "o" in the second line it gives the reason: the door sounds loudly. One senses his fear that the noise of opening it would alert the household.
Fourth line, "imo ga atari no": "near where my beloved dwells." Unable to go inside, he stayed close by her house.
Fifth line, "shimo no ue ni nenu": "I slept upon the frost." "Nu" is an auxiliary of completion, stating flatly the hardship of love that made him pass the night on cold frost.
Source: Manyoshu
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