Kusakage no ano na yukamu to harishi michi ano wa yukazute arakusa dachinu

草蔭の安努な行かむと墾りし道
安努は行かずて荒草立ちぬ

Roma-ji: Kusakage no ano na yukamu to harishi michi ano wa yukazute arakusa dachinu
English Translation: Grass-shadowed Ano—
thinking I would go to Ano,
I cleared out a road;
but to Ano I did not go,
and the rough weeds have grown up.
Meaning: I cleared a road meaning to go to Ano in the grassy shade—but I never went to Ano, and now rough weeds have grown over it.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3447

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Miscellaneous Poems"
The road cut to go to Ano was never used after all, and weeds have overgrown it. It is read as likening a love no longer visited to a new road gone wild.
It is one of the miscellaneous poems. Ano is thought by some to be near Ukishimanuma in Suruga, but its location is unsettled.
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, "kusakage no": Thought to be a pillow word for Ano, with the sense of a moor shaded by grass.
Second line, "ano na yukamu to": "Na" is thought to be an eastern form of "ni": to go to Ano.
Third line, "harishi michi": "Harishi michi" is a road cut through, the same word as "ima no harimichi" in 3399 from Shinano.
Fourth line, "ano wa yukazute": "Zute" is an eastern negative: without going. "Ano" of the second line is repeated.
Final line, "arakusa dachinu": "Arakusa" are rough weeds, and "dachinu" means they have sprung up.
Source: Manyoshu
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