Toya no no ni osagi nerawari osaosa mo nenae ko yue ni haha ni korowae

等夜の野に兎ねらはりをさをさも
寝なへ子ゆゑに母に嘖はえ

Roma-ji: Toya no no ni osagi nerawari osaosa mo nenae ko yue ni haha ni korowae
English Translation: On Toya's moorland,
stalking hares, I aimed for her—
barely, hardly once
have we lain, the girl and I,
yet her mother scolds me so.
Meaning: Like stalking hares on Toya moor, I went after her—yet for a girl I have barely slept with, I have been scolded by her mother.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3529

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
Stalking the girl as one stalks hares on Toya moor, a man grumbles that though they have barely lain together, he has been scolded by her mother. The play on "osagi" and "osaosa" gives it the comic flavor of folk song.
It is one of the love exchanges. Toya is a place of unknown location. A youth scolded by a girl's mother also appears in 3519, "na ga haha ni korare a wa yuku."
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, "toya no no ni": A moor of unknown location, opening with a place name.
Second line, "osagi nerawari": "Osagi" is an eastern word for hare, and "nerawari" means stalking. The first two lines form a preface.
Third line, "osaosa mo": "Osaosa" means hardly, barely, echoing the sound of "osagi."
Fourth line, "nenae ko yue ni": "Nae" is an eastern negative: a girl I have not slept with.
Final line, "haha ni korowae": "Korowae" is an eastern form of "being scolded," the same word as "korare" in 3519.
Source: Manyoshu
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