Hitomina no koto wa tayu tomo hanishina no ishii no tego ga koto na taesone

人皆の言は絶ゆとも埴科の
石井の手児が言な絶えそね

Roma-ji: Hitomina no koto wa tayu tomo hanishina no ishii no tego ga koto na taesone
English Translation: Though from all the world
every word to me should cease,
from Hanishina,
maiden of the rock-spring there,
let your words never cease.
Meaning: Though word from everyone else may cease, maiden of the rock spring in Hanishina, let your word to me never stop.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3398

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Though word from everyone else may stop, the singer asks that messages from the girl of the rock spring in Hanishina never cease. Setting the whole world against one beloved shows the depth of his feeling.
The left note reads "The four poems above are from Shinano Province," so the four from here are from Shinano, present-day Nagano. Hanishina is Hanishina District, thought to be near present-day Chikuma and Sakaki.
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, "hitomina no": All the people of the world, the starting point of the contrast with one beloved.
Second line, "koto wa tayu tomo": "Even if their word should end," with "tomo" a concessive supposition.
Third line, "hanishina no": Hanishina District in Shinano, where the beloved lives.
Fourth line, "ishii no tego ga": "Ishii" is a spring welling from the rocks, or a place name; "tego" is a girl.
Final line, "koto na taesone": "Na ... sone" pleads against; the last line is the same as "koto na taesone" in 3380 from Musashi.
Source: Manyoshu
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