Futagami no yama ni komoreru hototogisu ima mo nakanu ka kimi ni kikasemu

二上の山に隠れる霍公鳥
今も鳴かぬか君に聞かせむ

Roma-ji: Futagami no yama ni komoreru hototogisu ima mo nakanu ka kimi ni kikasemu
English Translation: Hidden in the hills
of Futagami Mountain,
hototogisu,
will you not sing even now?
I would have my lord hear you.
Meaning: O cuckoo hiding on Mount Futagami, won't you sing even now? I want my lord to hear you.
Commentary: Book Eighteen 4067

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Four poems from a banquet at the residence of the secretary Kume no Ason Hironawa on the first day of the fourth month."
The poet calls to the cuckoo hiding on Mount Futagami, asking it to sing now so that her lord may hear. Following Yakamochi's longing for the cuckoo in the preceding poem, she shows, as a woman attending the banquet, her wish to grant the desire of the chief guest.
Haniji was a wandering entertainer (ukareme) of Etchū, a woman who attended banquets and composed poems. Haniji appears to be a clan name, and her personal name has not come down to us.

First line, "Futagami no": Mount Futagami lies north of the provincial office of Etchū, in present-day Takaoka, Toyama. It is a representative mountain of Etchū, sung by Yakamochi in his long poems.
Second line, "yama ni komoreru": the cuckoo still hides in the mountains and has not come down to the villages.
Third line, "hototogisu": like the third line of the preceding poem, it calls to the cuckoo.
Fourth line, "ima mo nakanu ka": "nu ka," a negative question, expresses the wish "won't you sing?" The poem pauses after the fourth line.
Last line, "kimi ni kikasemu": "kimi" seems to refer to Yakamochi. "Mu" is an auxiliary of intention, "I would have you hear." Where Hironawa's 4050 lamented being unable to let the guest hear, this poem expresses the wish to let her lord hear.
Author: Haniji, a wandering entertainer
Source: Manyoshu
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