Koitsutsu mo oramu to suredo yūmayama kakureshi kimi o omoikanetsumo

恋ひつつも居らむとすれど遊布麻山
隠れし君を思ひかねつも

Roma-ji: Koitsutsu mo oramu to suredo yūmayama kakureshi kimi o omoikanetsumo
English Translation: Longing all the while,
I try to bear it as I wait,
but Mount Yūma
has hidden you behind its slopes,
and I cannot hold back my heart.
Meaning: Longing for you, I try to endure, but now that you have vanished behind Mount Yūma, I cannot hold back my thoughts of you.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3475

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
A woman tries to endure her longing quietly, but thinking of her husband now hidden behind Mount Yūma she cannot bear it. The sorrow of a parting divided by a mountain shows as a heart that cannot be held in check.
It is one of the love exchanges. Mount Yūma is thought to be a mountain of unknown location. In singing of a lover hidden from view by a mountain, it answers 3389 from Hitachi, "Tsukubayama kakurenu hoto ni."
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, "koitsutsu mo": "Even while longing," with "tsutsu" marking continuation.
Second line, "oramu to suredo": "Though I try to stay and bear it," with "do" concessive.
Third line, "yūmayama": A mountain of unknown location, appearing as the mountain that hides her departed husband.
Fourth line, "kakureshi kimi o": "You who have vanished behind the mountain."
Final line, "omoikanetsumo": "Kane" means unable: I cannot bear these thoughts, ending in the exclamatory "tsumo."
Source: Manyoshu
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