Asagasumi kaiya ga shita no naku kawazu shinoitsutsu ari to tsugemu ko mogamo

朝霞鹿火屋が下の鳴くかはづ
偲ひつつありと告げむ子もがも

Roma-ji: Asagasumi kaiya ga shita no naku kawazu shinoitsutsu ari to tsugemu ko mogamo
English Translation: In the morning haze,
from below the smudge-fire hut,
a singing frog's voice—
if only someone would tell her
how I long for her always.
Meaning: Like the frog singing beneath the smudge-fire hut in the morning haze, I long for her always—if only someone would go and tell her so.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Poems with Tales of Origin and Miscellaneous Poems 3818

Headnote: none; the left note reads: "Whenever Prince Kawamura played the koto at a banquet, he would first recite these two poems, and he made this his custom."
The singer wishes for someone to tell his beloved that he keeps longing for her in secret, like the frog singing beneath the smudge-fire hut. The frog, heard but never seen, mirrors a love that cannot be voiced openly.
According to the left note, whenever Prince Kawamura played the koto at a banquet, he would first recite this poem and the next as his custom. They are thought to be poems he loved to recite rather than his own compositions.
Prince Kawamura is a royal about whom little is known; some identify him with the Prince Kawamura granted Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade, in the Hōki era.
Book Ten, 2265, has "In the morning haze, from below the smudge-fire hut, a singing frog—if only I heard her voice, would I yearn so?", a related poem with almost the same upper half.

First line, "asagasumi," means "morning haze," set before the smudge-fire hut to frame the scene.
Second line, "kaiya ga shita no," means "beneath the smudge-fire hut." Kaiya was a hut where fires were lit to drive off boar and deer.
Third line, "naku kawazu," means "like the singing frog." The first three lines form a preface leading to shinoitsutsu in the fourth line.
Fourth line, "shinoitsutsu ari to," means "that I keep longing." Hypermetric at eight syllables, it suggests the length of his unbroken yearning.
Final line, "tsugemu ko mogamo," means "if only someone would tell her." Mogamo expresses a wish, and this hidden lament contrasts with the bright love of the preceding poem, 3817.
Author: Prince Kawamura (recited)
Source: Manyoshu
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