Tsumugano ni suzu ga oto kikoyu kamushida no tono no nakachi shi togari surashimo

都武賀野に鈴が音聞こゆ可牟思太の
殿のなかちし鳥猟すらしも

Roma-ji: Tsumugano ni suzu ga oto kikoyu kamushida no tono no nakachi shi togari surashimo
English Translation: On Tsumuga plain
I hear the jingling of bells:
at Kamushida
the lord's second son, it seems,
has gone out hawking there.
Meaning: I hear bells ringing on Tsumuga plain—the second son of the lord's house at Kamushida must be out hawking.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3438

Headnote: "Miscellaneous Poems"
Hearing the hawk bells ringing over Tsumuga plain, the singer surmises that the second son of the lord's house at Kamushida is out hawking. The splendid hunt of a local magnate's son is caught through the sound of bells heard from afar.
The section of miscellaneous poems begins here, and from this point to the end of the book the poems carry no province names. The note at the end of the book says that the names of the lands, mountains, and rivers in the foregoing poems could not be determined. The left note also records a variant from another book with the first line "Mitsugano ni" and the fourth "wakugo shi."
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, "tsumugano ni": A plain of unknown location, opening the miscellaneous section with a place name.
Second line, "suzu ga oto kikoyu": The ringing of bells tied to a hawk's tail; the line is hypermetric with six syllables, and the poem pauses here.
Third line, "kamushida no": A place of unknown location, thought to be the seat of a local clan.
Fourth line, "tono no nakachi shi": "Tono" is a great house or its master, "nakachi" a second son, and "shi" intensifies. The variant has "wakugo shi," the young lord.
Final line, "togari surashimo": "Togari" is hawking, and "rashi" is inference. Inferring from sound, it ends like 3349 near the head of the book, "nami tatsurashimo."
Source: Manyoshu
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