Ano oto sezu yukamu koma moga katsushika no mama no tsugihashi yamazu kayowamu

足の音せず行かむ駒もが葛飾の
真間の継橋やまず通はむ

Roma-ji: Ano oto sezu yukamu koma moga katsushika no mama no tsugihashi yamazu kayowamu
English Translation: A horse whose hoofbeats
made no sound—oh, for such a steed!
At Katsushika,
over Mama's jointed bridge
I would go to her without end.
Meaning: Oh, for a horse that runs without a sound! Then I would cross the jointed bridge of Mama in Katsushika and go to her again and again.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3387

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
If only there were a horse whose hooves made no sound, the singer wishes, he could cross the jointed bridge of Mama unnoticed and visit his beloved constantly. Both the trouble of hiding a love and the ardor to keep visiting show through.
The left note reads "The four poems above are from Shimōsa Province," and this is the last of them. The jointed bridge of Mama spanned the cove there and later became a famous poetic place.
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, "ano oto sezu": "Ano oto," the sound of hooves, in a hypermetric line of six syllables, wishing for a horse that would go unnoticed.
Second line, "yukamu koma moga": "Moga" expresses a wish: oh, for one. The poem pauses here.
Third line, "katsushika no": Katsushika, as in 3384 and 3385, closing the four Shimōsa poems.
Fourth line, "mama no tsugihashi": "Tsugihashi" is a bridge built of boards joined end to end, which spanned the cove at Mama.
Final line, "yamazu kayowamu": "Yamazu" means unceasingly, and "mu" is intention.
Source: Manyoshu
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