Azuma nite yashinawaretaru hito no ko wa shita tamite koso mono wa iikere - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

東にて養はれたる人の子は
したたみてこそものは言ひけれ

Roma-ji: Azuma nite yashinawaretaru hito no ko wa shita tamite koso mono wa iikere
English Translation: The child of someone
who was brought up and raised
in the eastern lands
speaks, it seems, with a tongue
that is thick with country twang.
Meaning: A child raised in the eastern provinces speaks with a tongue thick with a country accent.
Commentary: Book Seven Names of Things 413

Headnote: "Shitatami (periwinkle)"
The poet says that a child raised in the eastern provinces speaks with a tongue thick with a country accent. Jesting about the eastern accent as heard by people of the capital, the poem hides the name "shitatami" given in the headnote in the run of sounds "shita tamite" in the fourth line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.

First line, "azuma nite," means "in the eastern provinces."
Second line, "yashinawaretaru," means "who was raised," with "re" passive and "taru" perfective.
Third line, "hito no ko wa," means "the child of someone."
Fourth line, "shita tamite koso," means "with an accented tongue," hiding the name "shitatami," emphasized by the particle "koso." After the dishes of the preceding poems, the name of a shellfish is sung of.
Final line, "mono wa iikere," means "speaks," with "koso" resolved by the perfective "kere."
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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