Ametsuchi no sokoi no ura ni a ga gotoku kimi ni kouramu hito wa sane araji

天地の底ひのうらに我がごとく
君に恋ふらむ人はさねあらじ

Roma-ji: Ametsuchi no sokoi no ura ni a ga gotoku kimi ni kouramu hito wa sane araji
English Translation: Within the farthest depths
of heaven and of earth,
no one, I am sure,
loves you, my lord,
as I am loving you
Meaning: Search to the farthest bounds of heaven and earth, and you will surely find no one who loves you as I do.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Exchange Poems of Nakatomi no Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome 3750

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Poems exchanged between Nakatomi no Ason Yakamori and Sano no Otogami no Otome"
She sings that, searching to the ends of heaven and earth, there would be no one who loves him as she does. By invoking the vast expanse of the ends of heaven and earth, she presents the depth of her love as beyond compare. Whereas Yakamori's 3740 entrusted reunion to "the gods of heaven and earth," this poem, opening with the same "ametsuchi no," measures the depth of her love against heaven and earth.
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, "ametsuchi no": of heaven and earth, the same opening as Yakamori's 3740.
Second line, "sokoi no ura ni": "sokoi" is the farthest limit and "ura" within: within the farthest bounds of heaven and earth.
Third line, "a ga gotoku": as I do.
Fourth line, "kimi ni kouramu": "ramu" is present conjecture: who would be longing for you.
Fifth line, "hito wa sane araji": "sane" with a negative means never, and "ji" is negative conjecture: there will surely be no such person, the poem ends.
Author: Sano no Otogami no Otome
Source: Manyoshu
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