Warawadomo kusa wa na kari so yahotade o Hozumi no aso ga wakikusa o kare

童ども草はな刈りそ八穂蓼を
穂積の朝臣が腋草を刈れ

Roma-ji: Warawadomo kusa wa na kari so yahotade o Hozumi no aso ga wakikusa o kare
English Translation: Listen, you children,
leave the grasses be, I say;
like the many-plumed smartweed,
it's Hozumi the courtier's
armpit-grass you ought to mow!
Meaning: Children, don't cut the grass! Instead, go mow the armpit grass of Hozumi the courtier, sprouting like smartweed with many plumes!
Commentary: Book Sixteen Poems with Tales of Origin and Miscellaneous Poems 3842

Headnote: "Some say: a mocking poem by Heguri no Asomi; one poem."
Telling the children to stop cutting grass and mow Hozumi's armpit hair instead, the poet mocks his rival's hairiness. Using a scene of grass-cutting, he laughs at armpit hair thick as smartweed plumes.
The next poem, 3843, is Hozumi's retort about Heguri's red nose, so the two make an exchange of mockery, matching the earlier pair between Ikeda and Ōmiwa no Okimori.
Heguri no Asomi is a man of the Heguri clan with the title Asomi; some identify him with Heguri no Hironari, but there is no settled view.

First line, "warawadomo," means "you children," calling to children cutting grass.
Second line, "kusa wa na kari so," means "do not cut the grass," and the poem pauses here. Na... so marks a prohibition.
Third line, "yahotade o," means "like smartweed of many plumes." Through the word ho, "plume," it acts like a pillow word for Hozumi.
Fourth line, "Hozumi no aso ga," means "of courtier Hozumi."
Final line, "wakikusa o kare," means "mow the armpit grass." Calling armpit hair "grass" echoes kusa in the second line, and the imperative raises a laugh.
Author: Heguri no Asomi
Source: Manyoshu
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