Kashikomi to norazu arishi o mikoshiji no tamuke ni tachite imo ga na noritsu

畏みと告らずありしをみ越道の
手向けに立ちて妹が名告りつ

Roma-ji: Kashikomi to norazu arishi o mikoshiji no tamuke ni tachite imo ga na noritsu
English Translation: In awe and fear
I had not spoken it aloud,
yet on the road to Koshi
standing where we pray to the gods
I have called my love's name
Meaning: In awe I had kept from speaking it, yet standing at the pass on the road to Koshi where offerings are made to the gods, I have called out my wife's name.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Exchange Poems of Nakatomi no Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome 3730

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Poems exchanged between Nakatomi no Ason Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome"
He sings that, standing at the pass on the road to Koshi where offerings are made to the gods, he has called out his wife's name, which in awe he had kept from speaking. At the time, uttering a lover's name before others was to be avoided, but standing at the border pass as the reality of leaving the capital pressed upon him, he could not hold back and called her name; the poem conveys this movement of the heart. Yakamori's four poems on the road close with this one.
The author, Nakatomi no Yakamori, was a son of Nakatomi no Azumahito, from the Nakatomi clan in charge of the rites of the gods. He was exiled to Echizen Province for an offense, but was later pardoned and returned to the capital.
A left note reads "the above four poems were composed by Nakatomi no Ason Yakamori on setting out on the road"; the four poems from 3727 to 3730 of this book were made by Yakamori on the way to his place of exile. The latter half of this book contains sixty-three poems exchanged between Nakatomi no Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome. According to the book's table of contents, when Yakamori took as his wife the young woman, a lady-in-waiting of the palace storehouse office, he was exiled to Echizen Province by imperial decree. The place of exile is thought to be Ajimano in Echizen, near present-day Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture.

First line, "kashikomi to": "kashikomi" is the stem of "kashikoshi" with "mi": since it was awesome; "to" marks the reason.
Second line, "norazu arishi o": "noru" means to speak aloud, to reveal a name, and "o" is adversative: though I had not spoken it.
Third line, "mikoshiji no": "mi" is a prefix, and "koshiji" the road to the province of Koshi.
Fourth line, "tamuke ni tachite": "tamuke" is the place, such as a mountain pass, where offerings are made to the god of the road to pray for a safe journey, here the border pass.
Fifth line, "imo ga na noritsu": "tsu" is perfective: I have spoken my wife's name, ending in contrast with "norazu" in the second line.
Author: Nakatomi no Yakamori
Source: Manyoshu
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