Imasara ni nani o ka omowamu azusayumi hikimi yuruemi yorinishi mono o

今さらに何をか思はむ梓弓
引きみ緩へみ寄りにしものを

Roma-ji: Imasara ni nani o ka omowamu azusayumi hikimi yuruemi yorinishi mono o
English Translation: Now, after all this,
what more is there to fret about?
Like a catalpa bow
drawn tight and then let slack,
my heart has leaned to you
Meaning: What is there to worry about now? Like a catalpa bow drawn and slackened, I wavered, but my heart has turned to you.
Commentary: Book Twelve Expressing Thoughts through Things 2989

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Thoughts through Things"
Having turned the heart to the beloved after wavering, the poet affirms the resolve, saying there is nothing more to worry about. Its last two lines nearly match poem 2986 in this book, closing the series on the catalpa bow.
The poet is unknown. Book Twelve, titled the second part of "Love Poems Exchanged Old and New," gathers love poems by people whose names have not come down to us, arranged by category.

Line one, "imasara ni," means "now, at this point."
Line two, "nani o ka omowamu," is a rhetorical question, "what is there to worry about?", and the poem pauses here.
Line three, "azusayumi," is a pillow word for "hiku," to draw.
Line four, "hikimi yuruemi," means "now drawing, now slackening," the same line as in poem 2986 in this book.
Line five, "yorinishi mono o," means "since my heart has leaned to you," the same final line as 2985 and 2986, closing the catalpa bow series.
Author: Unknown
Source: Manyoshu
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