Mikari suru Kariha no ono no narashiba no nare wa masarazu koi koso masare

み狩りする雁羽の小野の櫟柴の
なれはまさらず恋こそまされ

Roma-ji: Mikari suru Kariha no ono no narashiba no nare wa masarazu koi koso masare
English Translation: Like the oak brush
on the moor of Kariha
where the hunt is held,
familiar we grow no more,
it's only longing that grows
Meaning: Like the oak scrub on Kariha Moor where hunts are held, we grow no more familiar; it is only my longing that grows.
Commentary: Book Twelve Expressing Thoughts through Things 3048

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Thoughts through Things"
Using the oak scrub on Kariha Moor, a hunting ground, as an introduction, the poet laments that familiarity does not grow, only longing. It conveys the frustration of feelings deepening while meetings do not increase.
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, "mikari suru," means "where the hunt is held," leading to "Kariha," which shares the sound of "kari," hunt.
Line two, "Kariha no ono no," means "of Kariha Moor," whose location is debated.
Line three, "narashiba no," means "of the oak scrub," and the lines up to here form an introduction leading through the sound "nara" to "nare," familiarity.
Line four, "nare wa masarazu," means "familiarity does not increase."
Line five, "koi koso masare": "koso" is concluded by the realis "masare," stressing that only longing grows.
Author: Unknown
Source: Manyoshu
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