Shimaraku wa netsutsu mo aramu o ime nomi ni motona mietsutsu a o ne shi nakuru

しまらくは寝つつもあらむを夢のみに
もとな見えつつ我を音し泣くる

Roma-ji: Shimaraku wa netsutsu mo aramu o ime nomi ni motona mietsutsu a o ne shi nakuru
English Translation: For a little while
I might well have lain asleep,
but in dreams alone
you keep appearing, all for naught,
and make me weep aloud.
Meaning: I might have slept a little while, but you keep appearing in my dreams for nothing, and make me cry aloud.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3471

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
The singer might have slept for a while, but the beloved keeps appearing needlessly in dreams and makes him weep. Longing that reaches even into dreams overlaps with the pain of being unable to meet in waking life.
It is one of the love exchanges. Its last line matches the last line of the variant of 3362 from Sagami, "a o ne shi nakuru."
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, "shimaraku wa": "Shimaraku" means for a while.
Second line, "netsutsu mo aramu o": "I might have gone on sleeping," a hypermetric line of eight syllables, with "o" concessive.
Third line, "ime nomi ni": "Ime" is the old form of "yume," dream.
Fourth line, "motona mietsutsu": "Motona" means needlessly, for no reason.
Final line, "a o ne shi nakuru": "Make me weep aloud," echoing "a o ne shi naku yo" in 3458.
Source: Manyoshu
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