入間道の於保屋が原のいはゐつら
引かばぬるぬる我にな絶えそね
引かばぬるぬる我にな絶えそね
- Roma-ji
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Irumaji no ōyagahara no iwaitsura hikaba nurunuru wa ni na taesone
- English Translation
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On the Iruma road,
on the plain of Ōyagahara,
the iwai vine:
pull it and it slides to you—
so do not ever break from me.
- Meaning
- Like the iwai vine on the plain of Ōyagahara along the Iruma road, which slides smoothly in when pulled, come to me and never break off our bond.
- Commentary
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Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3378
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Like the iwai vine on the plain of Ōyagahara by the Iruma road, which comes smoothly when pulled, the singer asks that the beloved come willingly and never let their bond end. The supple vine carries a wish for an open, yielding heart.
It is one of the Musashi poems; Iruma is thought to be near present-day Iruma in Saitama. Poem 3416 among the Kōzuke poems is strikingly similar, "Kamitsuke no Kahoya ga numa no iwaitsura hikaba nuretsutsu a o na taesone," suggesting the same folk song was sung in different provinces.
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, "irumaji no": The road through Iruma District in Musashi.
Second line, "ōyagahara no": A plain in Iruma thought to be a place name.
Third line, "iwaitsura": A kind of vine; because it can be drawn in smoothly, it serves the preface, which spans the first three lines.
Fourth line, "hikaba nurunuru": "Nurunuru" describes something drawn in smoothly without resistance.
Final line, "wa ni na taesone": "Na ... sone" is a plea against: please do not break off. The ending is nearly the same as in 3416 among the Kōzuke poems.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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