Horie koe tōki sato made okurikeru kimi ga kokoro wa wasurayumashiji

堀江越え遠き里まで送り来る
君が心は忘らゆましじ

Roma-ji: Horie koe tōki sato made okurikeru kimi ga kokoro wa wasurayumashiji
English Translation: Over the Horie
to a village far away
you came seeing me off;
such kindness of your heart,
I could never once forget
Meaning: You crossed the Horie and came all the way to a distant village to see me off; that kindness of yours I can never forget.
Commentary: Book Twenty Miscellaneous Poems 4482

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the fourth day of the third month, a banquet at the residence of Ōhara no Imaki, senior secretary of the Ministry of Military Affairs; one poem."
You crossed the Horie to a distant village to see me off; your kindness I can never forget: the poem thanks a friend for seeing him off. The left note says it was composed by Fujiwara no Toriyumi, Assistant Governor of Harima, grieving at parting as he left for his post, and that the host, Ōhara no Imaki, recited it. Imaki presented at his own banquet a farewell poem he had heard before.
The author, Fujiwara no Toriyumi, a member of the Fujiwara clan, went to his post as Assistant Governor of Harima. He is said to have later called himself Fujiwara no Masaki.

The first line, "Horie koe," "crossing the Horie," shows the distance of the send-off.
The second line, "tōki sato made," means "to a distant village."
The third line, "okurikeru," "who saw me off," shows the friend's kindness.
The fourth line, "kimi ga kokoro wa," means "your heart."
The closing line, "wasurayumashiji," uses mashiji, negative conjecture: I will surely never forget it.
Author: Fujiwara no Toriyumi
Source: Manyoshu
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