Waga koma wa hayaku yukanan asahiko ga yae sasu oka no tamazasa no ue ni - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

我が駒は早く行かなん朝日子が
八重さす岡の玉笹の上に

Roma-ji: Waga koma wa hayaku yukanan asahiko ga yae sasu oka no tamazasa no ue ni
English Translation: Let my steed hurry,
may he quickly gallop on,
to where the morning sun
shines in many-layered light
over the jeweled bamboo grass.
Meaning: May my horse go quickly on, to the hill where the morning sun shines layer upon layer, over the lovely bamboo grass.
Commentary: Book Ten Kagura Songs 584

The poem urges the poet's horse to go quickly to the lovely bamboo grass on the hill where the morning sun shines layer upon layer. It conveys the bright spirit of hurrying a horse toward a hillside of bamboo grass gleaming in the morning sun, together with a radiant scene. It is also a song that suggests the night of kagura giving way to dawn.
This book is devoted to kagura songs, and from its opening poem to 586 come songs sung at the court kagura, with neither author nor headnote recorded.

First line, "waga koma wa," means "my horse."
Second line, "hayaku yukanan," means "may it go quickly," with "nan" a final particle expressing a wish directed at another. The poem breaks after this second line, and the lower verse gives the destination in inverted order.
Third line, "asahiko ga," means "the morning sun," with "ko" added as a term of affection.
Fourth line, "yae sasu oka no," means "of the hill where it shines layer upon layer."
Final line, "tamazasa no ue ni," means "over the lovely bamboo grass," with "tama" a word of praise. It is a hypermetric line of eight syllables.
Source: Shui Wakashu
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