Matsugaura ni sawae uradachi mahitogoto omohosunamoro waga mohonosu mo

まつが浦にさわゑうら立ちま人言
思ほすなもろ我が思ほのすも

Roma-ji: Matsugaura ni sawae uradachi mahitogoto omohosunamoro waga mohonosu mo
English Translation: At Matsugaura
the waves rise in clamoring,
and the people's talk—
you must be fretting over it,
just as I am fretting too.
Meaning: As waves rise clamoring at Matsugaura, so rumor rises—and you must be troubled by it, just as I am.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3552

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Sōmon (Love Exchanges)"
As waves rise clamoring at Matsugaura, rumor rises, and the beloved must be troubled by it just as she is, a woman sings. Caring for a lover troubled by gossip, she shares the same pain.
It is one of the love exchanges. Matsugaura is thought by some to be Matsukaura in Mutsu, near present-day Sōma in Fukushima. Many words are obscure, and parts remain unsettled.
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, "matsugaura ni": A bay of unknown location, thought by some to be in Mutsu.
Second line, "sawae uradachi": "Sawae" are clamoring waves, and "uradachi" overlays waves rising in the bay with a heart in turmoil; the line is hypermetric.
Third line, "mahitogoto": "Mahitogoto" is the gossip of people, with the prefix "ma."
Fourth line, "omohosunamoro": "Namoro" is thought to be an eastern equivalent of "ramu": you must be troubled.
Final line, "waga mohonosu mo": "Nosu" is an eastern form of "nasu": just as I am troubled.
Source: Manyoshu
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