Shika no ama no iso ni karihosu nanoriso no na wa noriteshi o nani ka aikataki

志賀の海人の礒に刈り干すなのりその
名は告りてしを何か逢ひかたき

Roma-ji: Shika no ama no iso ni karihosu nanoriso no na wa noriteshi o nani ka aikataki
English Translation: Like the nanoriso
that the fishers of Shika
cut and dry on the rocks,
I told my name to you, so why
is it so hard to meet
Meaning: Like the nanoriso seaweed the fishers of Shika cut and dry on the rocks, I have told you my name, so why is it so hard to meet?
Commentary: Book Twelve Thoughts Arising on Journeys 3177

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Thoughts Arising on Journeys"
Using the nanoriso seaweed that the fishers of Shika dry on the rocks as an introduction, a woman laments that, though she has told her name, it is so hard to meet. Closely resembling poem 3076 in this book, it is also read as the lament of a woman who revealed her name to a traveler.
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, "Shika no ama no," means "of the fishers of Shika," a hypermetric line of six syllables.
Line two, "iso ni karihosu," means "who cut and dry on the rocks."
Line three, "nanoriso no," is the seaweed hondawara, and the lines up to here form an introduction leading to "na noru," to tell one's name.
Line four, "na wa noriteshi o," means "though I told my name," the same line as in poem 3076 in this book.
Line five, "nani ka aikataki," means "why is it hard to meet?", a hypermetric line of eight syllables.
Author: Unknown
Source: Manyoshu
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