Asakashiwa uruyakawabe no shino no me no shinoite nureba ime ni mie keri

朝柏潤八川辺の小竹の芽の
偲ひて寝れば夢に見えけり

Roma-ji: Asakashiwa uruyakawabe no shino no me no shinoite nureba ime ni mie keri
English Translation: Morning oak leaves moist,
by the Uruya river's bank
the shino bamboo:
as I lay longing for you,
you appeared within my dream
Meaning: Like the young shoots of shino bamboo on the banks of the Uruya River, called by "morning oak," I lay down longing for you, and there you were, appearing in my dream.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2754

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Feelings through Things"
This love poem tells how the beloved appeared in a dream when the speaker went to sleep thinking of them. Against the ancient belief that one who is longed for appears in dreams, it conveys the depth of longing and the wonder of meeting in a dream.
It is a poem "Expressing Feelings through Things" that speaks through bamboo by a river, moving here from the trees of the preceding poems to bamboo. Just as poem 2752 led from "shinai" to "shinobazu" and the preceding poem from "hisagi" to "hisashiku," this poem leads from the sound "shino" to "shinoi," continuing a run of introductory phrases built on echoing sounds.
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, "asakashiwa": a pillow word attached to "Uruya River." It is said to lead to the sound "uru" because oak leaves are moistened ("uruou") by morning dew, though there are several views on the link.
Second line, "uruyakawabe no": "by the banks of the Uruya River." Where this river was is not known.
Third line, "shino no me no": "the shoots of shino bamboo." The first three lines form an introductory phrase that, through the shared sound of "shino" and "shinoi," leads to "shinoite" in the fourth line.
Fourth line, "shinoite nureba": "when I lay down longing for you." "Nureba," the realis form followed by "ba," expresses a condition that happened to be met.
Fifth line, "ime ni mie keri": "you appeared in my dream." The auxiliary "keri" expresses the wonder of realizing that the beloved has appeared in a dream.
Source: Manyoshu
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