Kamitsuke no odo no tadori ga kawaji ni mo kora wa awanamo hitori nomi shite

上つ毛野乎度の多杼里が川路にも
子らは逢はなもひとりのみして

Roma-ji: Kamitsuke no odo no tadori ga kawaji ni mo kora wa awanamo hitori nomi shite
English Translation: In Kamitsuke,
at Odo's Tadori, on
the riverside path,
if only my girl would meet me there,
coming quite alone.
Meaning: Even on the river path at Tadori in Odo of Kamitsuke, if only my girl would come and meet me, all alone.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3405

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Even on the river path at Tadori in Odo, the singer wishes his beloved would come alone and meet him. The wish to be alone together where no one will see is simply expressed.
The left note records a variant from another book, "Kamitsuke no Ono no Tadori ga awaji ni mo sena wa awanamo miru hito nashi ni," in which a woman wishes to meet her man. It is one of the Kōzuke poems.
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, "kamitsuke no": The old name of Kōzuke, as in the preceding poem.
Second line, "odo no tadori ga": "Odo" and "Tadori" are thought to be place names, but their location is unknown.
Third line, "kawaji ni mo": A path along a river; "ni mo" means "even there would do."
Fourth line, "kora wa awanamo": "Namo" is an eastern form expressing a wish: if only she would meet me.
Final line, "hitori nomi shite": "All alone," closing with the wish for a meeting unseen.
Source: Manyoshu
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