Ado moe ka ajikumayama no yuzuruha no fufumaru toki ni kaze fukazu kamo

あど思へか阿自久麻山の弓絃葉の
ふふまる時に風吹かずかも

Roma-ji: Ado moe ka ajikumayama no yuzuruha no fufumaru toki ni kaze fukazu kamo
English Translation: What can one think?
On the hill of Ajikuma
the yuzuriha—
while its buds are still closed tight,
will no wind blow upon it?
Meaning: What can one think—while the buds of the yuzuriha on Mount Ajikuma are still closed, will no wind ever blow on them?
Commentary: Book Fourteen Azuma Poems 3572

Headnote: "Allegorical Poems"
While the yuzuriha on Mount Ajikuma is still in bud, who can say the wind will not blow—an allegory read as worry that suitors will approach a girl who is still young. It may be taken as a parent's worry for a young daughter or as the impatience of a man drawn to her.
With this poem the allegorical section resumes. Mount Ajikuma is thought by some to be in Hitachi. The yuzuriha is a tree whose old leaves fall only after the new ones appear, so it was seen as a tree that hands on from generation to generation.
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, "ado moe ka": "Ado" is an eastern "how": what can one think?
Second line, "ajikumayama no": A mountain of unknown location, thought by some to be in Hitachi.
Third line, "yuzuruha no": "Yuzuruha" is the yuzuriha tree, a figure for a young girl.
Fourth line, "fufumaru toki ni": "Fufumaru" is staying in bud: the girl is still young.
Final line, "kaze fukazu kamo": "Will no wind blow?" The wind stands for a suitor, and "kamo" is taken as rhetorical.
Source: Manyoshu
Prev Poem: Onozuma o hito no sato ni oki ōhoshiku mitsutsu zo kinuru kono michi no aida
Next Poem: Ashihiki no yamakazurakage mashiba ni mo egataki kage o oki ya karasamu