Ōkimi no mikoto kashikomi ōbune no yuki no manimani yadori suru kamo

大君の命畏み大船の
行きのまにまに宿りするかも

Roma-ji: Ōkimi no mikoto kashikomi ōbune no yuki no manimani yadori suru kamo
English Translation: In awe of the command
of our great sovereign,
as the great ship
goes wherever it will go
so I take my lodging
Meaning: In awe of our sovereign's command, I lodge wherever the great ship's course may carry me.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Poems of the Envoys to Silla 3644

Headnote: "In the sea off Saba we suddenly met a contrary wind and drifted on swelling waves. After a night had passed we happily found a fair wind and reached Wakuma Bay in Shimotsumike District, Buzen Province. Recalling the hardship with pain and sorrow, we composed eight poems"
As one who has received the sovereign's command, he can only lodge wherever the great ship goes. He tries to meet the ordeal of being driven by contrary winds to an unexpected place with the resolve of an official bearing a mission. Yet beneath it seeps the loneliness of a journey in which he cannot even choose his own destination.
The author, Yuki no Yakamaro, also written Yuki no Muraji Yakamaro, is thought to have come from a family of diviners on Iki. Later, when the embassy reached the island of Iki, he died of illness, and the elegies others composed mourning his death are collected from 3688 onward in this book.
According to the headnote, this is one of eight poems composed by the travelers recalling their ordeal: in the sea off Saba in Suō Province they suddenly met a contrary wind and drifted, and after a night found a fair wind and reached Wakuma Bay in Shimotsumike District, Buzen Province. The sea of Saba is thought to be off present-day Hōfu in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and Wakuma Bay near Nakatsu in Ōita Prefecture. A left note reads "the above poem is by Yuki no Yakamaro."

First line, "ōkimi no": "ōkimi" is the sovereign.
Second line, "mikoto kashikomi": "mikoto" is the sovereign's word, his command. "Kashikomi" is the stem of the adjective "kashikoshi" with "mi": receiving it in awe. It is a set phrase used when officials accept a duty.
Third line, "ōbune no": the great official ship carrying the embassy.
Fourth line, "yuki no manimani": "manimani" means leaving things to their course: as the ship goes.
Fifth line, "yadori suru kamo": "kamo" is exclamatory: so I lodge, the poem ends, expressing the lot of one who stays wherever the contrary wind carries him.
Author: Yuki no Yakamaro
Source: Manyoshu
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