Futagami no otemo konomo ni ami sashite aga matsu taka o ime ni tsugetsu mo

二上のをてもこのもに網さして
我が待つ鷹を夢に告げつも

Roma-ji: Futagami no otemo konomo ni ami sashite aga matsu taka o ime ni tsugetsu mo
English Translation: On Futagami,
on this side and on that,
I have spread my nets
for the hawk I wait for—
and of it a dream has told
Meaning: On this side and that of Mount Futagami I have spread my nets, waiting for my hawk—and now a dream has brought me word of it.
Commentary: Book Seventeen 4013

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "A poem, with tanka, composed in joy after dreaming, as I longed for my hawk that had flown away"—envoy
He has spread nets on every side of Mount Futagami waiting for the hawk, and a dream has brought word of it—a poem rejoicing in the dream's prophecy. This is an envoy to the chōka Yakamochi composed on the twenty-sixth day of the ninth month of 747, longing for a hawk that had flown away and rejoicing at a prophecy received in a dream. According to the left note, a goshawk caught at Furue Village in Imizu District was beautiful in form and excelled at taking pheasants, but the falconer Yamada no Fubito Kimimaro mistimed its training, and during a hunt it rode the wind high into the clouds and would not return to the lure. So nets were spread and offerings made to the gods; then in a dream a maiden appeared and told him not to grieve, for the hawk would be recovered before long. Waking in joy, he composed poems to dispel his regret. It tells of the joy the maiden's message brought to one longing for the hawk's return.
The poet, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, was the son of the Major Counselor Ōtomo no Tabito. Appointed Governor of Etchū in 746, he spent five years there, later serving as Junior Counselor and Governor of Inaba before rising to Middle Counselor. He is thought to have played a central role in compiling the Man'yōshū.
The left note records how the hawk escaped and the dream's prophecy, ending, "Governor Ōtomo no Sukune Yakamochi (composed on the twenty-sixth day of the ninth month)."

First line, "Futagami no": Mount Futagami, rising north of the Etchū office; the chōka says the hawk flew off over this mountain.
Second line, "otemo konomo ni": "on the far face and the near," on every side of the mountain.
Third line, "ami sashite": "spreading bird nets." In 3917 and 3918, composed while living alone in the old capital, he also wished to keep the hototogisu with nets, so the wish to hold a bird is entrusted to nets.
Fourth line, "aga matsu taka o": "the hawk whose return I await."
Fifth line, "ime ni tsugetsu mo": "a dream has told me," mo being exclamatory, referring to the maiden's message in the dream described in the left note.
Author: Otomo no Yakamochi
Source: Manyoshu
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