Hitokuni wa sumiashi to zo iu sumuyakeku haya kaerimase koishinanu to ni

他国は住み悪しとぞ言ふ速けく
早帰りませ恋ひ死なぬとに

Roma-ji: Hitokuni wa sumiashi to zo iu sumuyakeku haya kaerimase koishinanu to ni
English Translation: A foreign land,
they say, is hard to live in;
swiftly, swiftly,
come back soon, my lord,
before I die of longing
Meaning: They say a foreign land is hard to live in; swiftly, then, come home soon, before I die of longing.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Exchange Poems of Nakatomi no Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome 3748

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Poems exchanged between Nakatomi no Ason Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome"
She sings that, since a foreign land is said to be hard to live in, he should come back swiftly, before she dies of longing. Where the preceding poem gave her own longing as the reason, this one adds concern for Yakamori's life in exile, repeating her plea for his early return. By repeating the same lower phrase as the preceding poem, her urgent wish is emphasized.
The author, Sano no Otogami no Otome, was a lady-in-waiting of low rank known as a nyoju, serving in the palace storehouse office; she is also written Sano no Chigami no Otome.
A left note reads "the above nine poems are by the young woman"; the nine poems from 3745 to 3753 of this book were sent by the young woman in answer to Yakamori's poems. 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, "hitokuni wa": "hitokuni" means another's land, here Echizen, the place of exile.
Second line, "sumiashi to zo iu": "zo" is a binding particle resolved by the attributive "iu": people say it is hard to live in. The poem breaks after the second line.
Third line, "sumuyakeku": swiftly, combined with "haya" in the fourth line to express urgency.
Fourth line, "haya kaerimase": please come back soon, the same as the fourth line of the preceding poem, 3747.
Fifth line, "koishinanu to ni": before I die of longing, the same last line as the preceding poem.
Author: Sano no Otogami no Otome
Source: Manyoshu
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