Umaguta no nero ni kakuri i kakudanimo kuni no tōkaba na ga me horisemu

馬来田の嶺ろに隠り居かくだにも
国の遠かば汝が目欲りせむ

Roma-ji: Umaguta no nero ni kakuri i kakudanimo kuni no tōkaba na ga me horisemu
English Translation: At Umaguta,
now hidden behind the peaks,
even so much as this—
when our land lies far behind,
how I shall long to see you.
Meaning: Even now, with home hidden behind the peaks of Umaguta, I miss you this much—when our land lies far away, how I shall yearn to see you.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3383

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Since home has only just vanished behind the Umaguta hills and he already misses her this much, the traveler says, he will long to see her all the more as the land falls farther behind. The ache of setting out mingles with a foreboding of the long separation to come.
The left note reads "The two poems above are from Kazusa Province," and this is the second. Paired with the preceding poem, where the traveler imagines the longing of the one left behind, this poem sings of the traveler's own longing.
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, "umaguta no": The same opening as the preceding poem, naming the place in Kazusa.
Second line, "nero ni kakuri i": "Kakuri i" means being hidden behind the hills: home is now in their shadow.
Third line, "kakudanimo": "Kakudanimo" means even like this, even now, I miss you so.
Fourth line, "kuni no tōkaba": "Tōkaba" is an eastern form of "tōku araba": if the land grows far.
Final line, "na ga me horisemu": "Me horu" means to wish to see someone, and "mu" is conjectural.
Source: Manyoshu
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