Makanashimi sane ni wa wa yuku kamakura no minanosegawa ni shio mitsunamu ka

ま愛しみさ寝に我は行く鎌倉の
水無瀬川に潮満つなむか

Roma-ji: Makanashimi sane ni wa wa yuku kamakura no minanosegawa ni shio mitsunamu ka
English Translation: Dear beyond all bounds,
I go to lie down with her—
at Kamakura,
in the river Minase,
has the tide come flooding in?
Meaning: So dear is she that I am going to sleep beside her—but in Kamakura's Minase River, has the tide come flooding in?
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3366

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Driven by love, the singer sets out to lie with his beloved but worries that the tide may have filled the Minase River at Kamakura and cut off his way. Eagerness to meet her stands beside the fear of what may block the road.
It is one of the Sagami poems and, following the preceding poem, names Kamakura. The Minase River is thought by some to be the Inase River in Kamakura.
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, "makanashimi": "Ma" is a prefix, and "mi" gives a reason: because she is so dear. Poem 3466 of this book opens with the same line.
Second line, "sane ni wa wa yuku": "I go to lie with her"; the line is hypermetric with eight syllables, and the poem pauses here.
Third line, "kamakura no": After "the cape of Migoshi at Kamakura" in the preceding poem, Kamakura is named once more.
Fourth line, "minanosegawa ni": A river flowing through Kamakura, thought by some to be the Inase.
Final line, "shio mitsunamu ka": "Namu" is an eastern form of "ramu," conjecture about the present, and "ka" asks a question.
Source: Manyoshu
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