Yūke ni mo koyoi to noraro waga sena wa aze zo mo koyoi yoshiro kimasanu

夕占にも今夜と告らろ我が背なは
あぜぞも今夜寄しろ来まさぬ

Roma-ji: Yūke ni mo koyoi to noraro waga sena wa aze zo mo koyoi yoshiro kimasanu
English Translation: By the evening omen,
"Tonight," it told me clear:
my own dear husband,
why is it that this night,
drawn to me, he does not come?
Meaning: The evening oracle declared "tonight"—so why, tonight, does my dear one not come to me?
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3469

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
The evening oracle said her lover would come tonight, so why does he not come, a woman laments. Disappointment at hopes placed in divination comes through in a dialect-laced voice.
It is one of the love exchanges. Yūke was divination by the words of passersby heard at a crossroads in the evening, often sung in connection with love.
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, "yūke ni mo": "Yūke" is divining by the words of passersby in the evening.
Second line, "koyoi to noraro": "Noraro" is an eastern form of "noreru": the oracle said tonight.
Third line, "waga sena wa": "Sena" is an eastern endearment for a lover.
Fourth line, "aze zo mo koyoi": "Aze" is an eastern "why," repeating "koyoi" from the second line.
Final line, "yoshiro kimasanu": "Yoshiro" is thought to mean to draw near: he does not come, she laments.
Source: Manyoshu
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