Kamitsuke no kahoya ga numa no iwaitsura hikaba nuretsutsu a o na taesone

上つ毛野可保夜が沼のいはゐつら
引かばぬれつつ我をな絶えそね

Roma-ji: Kamitsuke no kahoya ga numa no iwaitsura hikaba nuretsutsu a o na taesone
English Translation: In Kamitsuke,
in the marsh of Kahoya,
the iwai vine:
pull it and it slides to you—
so do not ever break from me.
Meaning: Like the iwai vine in Kahoya marsh in Kamitsuke, which slides smoothly in when pulled, come to me and never break off our bond.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3416

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Like the iwai vine in Kahoya marsh, which glides in when pulled, the singer asks that the beloved come willingly and never let their bond break. The marsh vine carries the wish for someone who will draw near without resistance.
It is one of the Kōzuke poems. It closely resembles 3378 from Musashi, "Irumaji no Ōyagahara no iwaitsura hikaba nurunuru wa ni na taesone," showing the same folk song sung across provinces.
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, opening as a Kōzuke poem.
Second line, "kahoya ga numa no": A marsh of unknown location, thought by some to be a marsh at Ikaho.
Third line, "iwaitsura": A kind of vine, the same word as in 3378. The first three lines form a preface.
Fourth line, "hikaba nuretsutsu": "Nure" is from "nuru," thought to describe gliding in smoothly; it corresponds to "nurunuru" in 3378.
Final line, "a o na taesone": "Na ... sone" pleads against, in almost the same form as the last line of 3378.
Source: Manyoshu
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