Sanatsura no oka ni awa maki kanashiki ga koma wa tagu tomo wa wa soto mo waji

左奈都良の岡に粟蒔き愛しきが
駒は食ぐとも我はそとも追じ

Roma-ji: Sanatsura no oka ni awa maki kanashiki ga koma wa tagu tomo wa wa soto mo waji
English Translation: At Sanatsura
on the hill I sowed my millet:
my dear one's horse,
though it should come and eat it all,
I will never shoo it off.
Meaning: I sowed millet on the hill of Sanatsura—and even if my darling's horse should eat it, I will never shoo it away.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3451

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Miscellaneous Poems"
Even if the horse her lover rode in on should eat the millet sown on the hill, a woman says, she will not drive it off. Her deep love for a man who comes visiting on horseback is expressed in the language of field work.
It is one of the miscellaneous poems. Sanatsura is thought to be a place of unknown location. Millet is also sung in 3364 from Sagami, "Hakone no yama ni awa makite."
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, "sanatsura no": A place of unknown location.
Second line, "oka ni awa maki": "Sowing millet on the hill," the sowing of millet sung as in 3364.
Third line, "kanashiki ga": The beloved, with "ga" marking possession.
Fourth line, "koma wa tagu tomo": "Tagu" means to eat, and "tomo" is a concessive supposition.
Final line, "wa wa soto mo waji": "So" is a cry to drive horses off, and "waji" means I will not chase: I will never drive it away.
Source: Manyoshu
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