Suzu ga ne no hayuma umaya no tsutsumii no mizu o tamaena imo ga tadate yo

鈴が音の早馬駅家の堤井の
水を給へな妹が直手よ

Roma-ji: Suzu ga ne no hayuma umaya no tsutsumii no mizu o tamaena imo ga tadate yo
English Translation: With the bells' ringing
at the post-horse relay station
from the walled-in well,
give me water, I beg you, girl,
straight from your own two hands.
Meaning: At the post station of the swift horses with their ringing bells, give me water from the walled well, my girl—straight from your own hands.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3439

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Miscellaneous Poems"
At a post station where swift horses come and go with ringing bells, a traveler asks a girl to let him drink well water straight from her hands. The warmth of a meeting on the road is sung in a bright, friendly tone.
It is one of the miscellaneous poems. Post stations stood along the official roads, where envoys on public business rang their post bells and changed horses. Some think it was sung at banquets.
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, "suzu ga ne no": The sound of post bells, used almost as a pillow word for the swift horses. It opens with the same "suzu ga" as the preceding poem.
Second line, "hayuma umaya no": "Hayuma" are relay horses for official envoys, and "umaya" is the post station.
Third line, "tsutsumii no": "Tsutsumii" is a well with an embankment around it.
Fourth line, "mizu o tamaena": "Tamaena" means please give me; the poem pauses here.
Final line, "imo ga tadate yo": "Tadate" is the bare hand, and "yo" marks the route: straight from your hand.
Source: Manyoshu
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