Tsu no kuni no Naniwa watari ni tsukuru naru koya to iwanan yukite mirubeku - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

津の国の難波わたりに作るなる
こやといはなん行きて見るべく

Roma-ji: Tsu no kuni no Naniwa watari ni tsukuru naru koya to iwanan yukite mirubeku
English Translation: In the land of Tsu,
near Naniwa, they say, there's built
a hut, a koya—
would that you would call "Come here,"
so I might go and see you.
Meaning: Near Naniwa in the land of Tsu, they say, a hut is built—if only you would say "come," like its name, so that I might go and see you.
Commentary: Book Fourteen Love Poems IV 885

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
From "koya," the hut said to be built near Naniwa, the poem asks the beloved to say "koya," come, so that it might go and meet. Its highlight is the craft of layering several meanings on one sound: the place-name Koya, a hut, and "come."
Following the preceding poem, it is the third in the sequence beginning "Tsu no kuni no."

First line, "Tsu no kuni no," means "of the land of Tsu," the same opening as the preceding poems, 883 and 884.
Second line, "Naniwa watari ni," means "around Naniwa," taking up "Naniwa" in 883 of this book.
Third line, "tsukuru naru," means "which, they say, is built," with "naru" the attributive of the hearsay auxiliary "nari."
Fourth line, "koya to iwanan," means "I wish you would say 'come,'" with "koya" a pivot word joining the place-name Koya, "koya," a hut, and "koya," come. "Nan" expresses a wish of another. With "maroya" in the next poem, 886, two poems on a hut and a round hut stand side by side.
Final line, "yukite mirubeku," means "so that I might go and see you," inverted with the fourth line to give the reason for the wish.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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