Iwahoro no soi no wakamatsu kagiri to ya kimi ga kimasanu ura motonaku mo

巌ろの沿ひの若松限りとや
君が来まさぬうらもとなくも

Roma-ji: Iwahoro no soi no wakamatsu kagiri to ya kimi ga kimasanu ura motonaku mo
English Translation: On the rocky crag,
the young pine growing by its side:
is this the end, then,
that you do not come to me?
How my heart is filled with fear.
Meaning: Like the young pine by the rocky crag, I wait—is this the end, that you no longer come? How uneasy my heart is.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3495

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Though she waits like the young pine beside the rocky crag, her lover does not come—is this the end? So a woman sings in her unease. Through "matsu," pine, echoing "matsu," wait, the anxiety of waiting for one who does not come is expressed.
It is one of the love exchanges. It uses "soi no" as in "Ikahoro no soi no harihara" in 3410 and 3435 from Kōzuke.
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, "iwahoro no": "Iwaho" is a rocky crag, with the eastern suffix "ro."
Second line, "soi no wakamatsu": A young pine growing beside the crag, "pine" echoing "wait." The first two lines form a preface.
Third line, "kagiri to ya": "Kagiri" means the end, and "ya" is an interrogative binding particle.
Fourth line, "kimi ga kimasanu": "You do not come," closing in the attributive to answer "ya"; the poem pauses here.
Final line, "ura motonaku mo": "Ura motonashi" means uneasy, forlorn, with "mo" exclamatory.
Source: Manyoshu
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