Tachibana no koba no hanari ga omounamu kokoro utsukushi ide are wa ikana

橘の古婆の放髪が思ふなむ
心うつくしいで我れは行かな

Roma-ji: Tachibana no koba no hanari ga omounamu kokoro utsukushi ide are wa ikana
English Translation: At Tachibana,
in Koba, a girl with hair unbound
must be thinking of me—
how dear that heart of hers is!
Come now, I will go to her.
Meaning: The girl of Koba in Tachibana, her hair still loose, must be thinking of me—how dear her heart is! Come, I will go to her.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3496

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
The young girl of Koba in Tachibana, her hair not yet put up, must be thinking of him, and her heart is so dear that he resolves to go to her. Tenderness for a girl's pure heart turns into resolve to act.
It is one of the love exchanges. Tachibana is Tachibana District in Musashi, thought to be near present-day Kawasaki in Kanagawa, and Koba is thought to be a place there.
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, "tachibana no": Tachibana District in Musashi, thought to be near present-day Kawasaki.
Second line, "koba no hanari ga": "Hanari" is hair hanging loose, not yet bound up, the style of a young girl.
Third line, "omounamu": "Namu" is an eastern form of "ramu": she must be thinking of me.
Fourth line, "kokoro utsukushi": "Utsukushi" means dear, lovely; the poem pauses here.
Final line, "ide are wa ikana": "Ide" means come now, and "ikana" means let me go; the line is hypermetric.
Source: Manyoshu
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