Uchihisasu miya no waga se wa yamatome no hiza maku goto ni a o wasurasu na

うちひさす宮の我が背は大和女の
膝まくごとに我を忘らすな

Roma-ji: Uchihisasu miya no waga se wa yamatome no hiza maku goto ni a o wasurasu na
English Translation: Sun-bright palace halls—
you who serve there, husband mine,
each time you pillow
on some Yamato woman's lap,
do not forget me, I beg.
Meaning: My husband serving at the sun-bright palace—each time you lay your head on a Yamato woman's lap, do not forget me.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3457

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
To her husband gone up to serve at court, a wife pleads that each time he pillows his head on the lap of a Yamato woman he not forget her. Jealousy of the women of the capital and the fear of being forgotten are frankly voiced.
It is one of the love exchanges. It is the song of a wife seeing off a man going up to serve in the capital, the same situation as 3363 from Sagami, "waga seko o Yamato e yarite."
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, "uchihisasu": A pillow word for "palace," meaning the sunlight shining.
Second line, "miya no waga se wa": Her husband in service at the palace.
Third line, "yamatome no": Women of Yamato, set against the eastern wife.
Fourth line, "hiza maku goto ni": "Hiza maku" means to pillow on a lap, and "goto ni" means every time.
Final line, "a o wasurasu na": "Wasurasu" is "forget" with honorific nuance, and "na" forbids: do not forget me.
Source: Manyoshu
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