Sakitama no tsu ni oru fune no kaze o itami tsuna wa tayu tomo koto na taesone

埼玉の津に居る船の風をいたみ
綱は絶ゆとも言な絶えそね

Roma-ji: Sakitama no tsu ni oru fune no kaze o itami tsuna wa tayu tomo koto na taesone
English Translation: At Sakitama,
in the haven boats ride moored:
though the wind blows hard
and the ropes should break and part,
let your words never break off.
Meaning: Though the fierce wind may snap the mooring ropes of boats in the haven at Sakitama, let your words to me never break off.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3380

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Though the mooring ropes of boats at the Sakitama haven may snap in a strong wind, the singer asks that the beloved's messages never cease. The fear of a rope breaking is laid over worry for the couple's future.
It is one of the Musashi poems. Sakitama is Sakitama District in Musashi, thought to be near present-day Gyōda in Saitama, where there seems to have been a haven along the Tone River.
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, "sakitama no": Sakitama District in Musashi, the name from which Saitama derives.
Second line, "tsu ni oru fune no": "Tsu" is a haven, and "oru" means to stay at anchor.
Third line, "kaze o itami": "O ... mi" gives a reason: because the wind is strong.
Fourth line, "tsuna wa tayu tomo": "Even if the mooring rope should break," with "tomo" a concessive supposition.
Final line, "koto na taesone": "Koto" means words or messages, and "na ... sone" pleads against. Like "wa ni na taesone" in 3378, it ends with a wish that the bond never break.
Source: Manyoshu
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