classic waka stream

安可見山草根刈り除け逢はすがへ
争ふ妹しあやに愛しも
Roma-ji

Akamiyama kusane karisoke awasugae arasou imo shi ayani kanashimo

English Translation
On Mount Akami
cutting grasses root and blade,
she met me there, and yet
still my girl resists, holds back—
how unbearably dear she is!
Meaning
On Mount Akami she met me where the grass was cut away, yet still she struggles against me—oh, how dear she is!
Commentary
Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3479

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Though she met him where the grass was cleared on Mount Akami, his beloved still shyly resists, and that makes her unbearably dear. The girl's bashfulness and the man's tenderness toward it are vividly drawn in a scene of a meeting in the fields.
It is one of the love exchanges. Mount Akami is thought by some to be near Akami in present-day Sano, Tochigi, in old Shimotsuke.
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, "akamiyama": A mountain of unknown location, thought by some to be near Akami in Sano.
Second line, "kusane karisoke": Cutting away the grass roots, making a bed in the field.
Third line, "awasugae": "Gae" is thought to be an eastern equivalent of "mono o": though she met me.
Fourth line, "arasou imo shi": "Arasou" means to resist, and "shi" intensifies.
Final line, "ayani kanashimo": "Ayani" means beyond reason, and "kanashimo" means how dear.
Source
Manyoshu
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