Awaoro no oroda ni oharu tawamizura hikaba nurunuru a o koto na tae

安波峰ろの峰ろ田に生はるたはみづら
引かばぬるぬる我を言な絶え

Roma-ji: Awaoro no oroda ni oharu tawamizura hikaba nurunuru a o koto na tae
English Translation: On the peak of Awa,
in the hill fields on the slopes
the tawami vine grows:
pull it and it slides to you—
so do not let your words break off.
Meaning: Like the tawami vine growing in the hillside fields on the peak of Awa, which slides in smoothly when pulled, let your words to me never break off.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3501

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Like the vine growing in the hill fields of Awa's peak, which glides in when pulled, the singer asks that the beloved's words never cease. Like its counterparts from Musashi and Kōzuke, it is a folk song that asks a vine-like yielding heart.
It is one of the love exchanges. Awa is thought by some to be Awa Province, present-day southern Chiba. It follows the same "hikaba nurunuru" pattern as 3378 from Musashi and 3416 from Kōzuke, showing how the same folk song spread to different regions.
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, "awaoro no": "Awa" is a place name, thought by some to be Awa Province; "oro" is an eastern word for peak.
Second line, "oroda ni oharu": "Growing in the hill fields," with "oharu" an eastern form of "ouru"; the line is hypermetric.
Third line, "tawamizura": A kind of vine; the first three lines form a preface.
Fourth line, "hikaba nurunuru": "It slides in smoothly," the same line as in 3378.
Final line, "a o koto na tae": "Na tae" means do not let it break off, the same idea as "koto na taesone" in 3380.
Source: Manyoshu
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