Kusamakura tabi yuku kimi o Aratsu made okuri zo kinuru akitarane koso

草枕旅行く君を荒津まで
送りぞ来ぬる飽き足らねこそ

Roma-ji: Kusamakura tabi yuku kimi o Aratsu made okuri zo kinuru akitarane koso
English Translation: You who set out
on your journey, grass for pillow,
as far as Aratsu
I have come to see you off,
for I could not have my fill
Meaning: I have come with you as far as Aratsu to see you off on your journey, because I could not bear to part sooner.
Commentary: Book Twelve Dialogue Poems 3216

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Dialogue Poems"
A woman sings that she came as far as Aratsu to see her lover off because she could not bear to part sooner. Answering the preceding poem, it voices from her side the reluctance to part.
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, "kusamakura," is a pillow word for "tabi," journey.
Line two, "tabi yuku kimi o," means "you setting out on a journey," the same line as in poem 3184 in this book.
Line three, "Aratsu made," means "as far as Aratsu," taking up Aratsu from the preceding poem.
Line four, "okuri zo kinuru," means "I have come to see you off," with "zo" concluded by the attributive "nuru." The poem pauses here.
Line five, "akitarane koso," means "precisely because I am not satisfied," breaking off to stress unending reluctance to part.
Author: Unknown
Source: Manyoshu
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