Okuyama no maki no itado o todo to shite waga hirakamu ni irikite nasane

奥山の真木の板戸をとどとして
我が開かむに入り来て寝さね

Roma-ji: Okuyama no maki no itado o todo to shite waga hirakamu ni irikite nasane
English Translation: From the mountain depths,
this door of cypress planking
with a rattling sound
I will slide open for you—
come right in and lie with me.
Meaning: When I open with a rattle this door of fine timber from the deep mountains, come in and lie down with me.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3467

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
A woman welcomes her lover, saying she will open the plank door of mountain timber with a rattle, and he should come in and sleep beside her. Down to the sound of the door, it is a lively scene of a tryst.
It is one of the love exchanges. Behind it lies the custom of men visiting women's houses at night.
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, "okuyama no": Deep mountains far from villages.
Second line, "maki no itado o": "Maki" is fine timber such as cedar or cypress, here a plank door made of it.
Third line, "todo to shite": "Todo" imitates the sound of a door being opened.
Fourth line, "waga hirakamu ni": "When I open it," with "ni" connecting.
Final line, "irikite nasane": "Nasane" means please sleep, with respect and a wish.
Source: Manyoshu
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