Sagamune no omine misokushi wasurekuru imo ga na yobite a o ne shi naku na

相模嶺の小峰見そくし忘れ来る
妹が名呼びて我を音し泣くな

Roma-ji: Sagamune no omine misokushi wasurekuru imo ga na yobite a o ne shi naku na
English Translation: Sagami's mountains—
passing by their little peaks
I had nearly forgot:
do not call my darling's name
and make me weep aloud.
Meaning: I have passed by the little peaks of Sagami's mountains and nearly forgotten her—do not call out my beloved's name and make me sob aloud.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3362

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Traveling past the mountains of Sagami, the singer had almost forgotten his beloved, and he begs not to have her name called and be made to weep. The ache of thinking of someone at home midway on a journey is clearly felt.
The left note gives a variant from another book: "Musashine no omine mikakushi wasureyuku kimi ga na kakete a o ne shi nakuru." In that version the speaker is a woman, showing how the song was reworked. It is one of the Sagami poems.
The poet is unknown. The Azuma uta are thought to have been sung among the people of the eastern provinces, and they are marked by plain, open-hearted expression mixed with local dialect.

First line, "sagamune no": The mountains of Sagami, thought by some to be Ōyama and the Tanzawa range.
Second line, "omine misokushi": "Misokushi" is thought to mean passing by without stopping to look. The variant has "mikakushi."
Third line, "wasurekuru": Having nearly forgotten. The road traveled was beginning to make him forget her.
Fourth line, "imo ga na yobite": Calling a lover's name aloud; to speak a name carried heavy meaning in those days.
Final line, "a o ne shi naku na": "Ne shi naku" means to weep aloud, and "na" forbids: do not make me cry.
Source: Manyoshu
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