Haru no no ni tokoro motomu to iu naru wa futari nu bakari mitetari ya kimi - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

春の野にところ求むと言ふなるは
二人寝ばかり見てたりや君

Roma-ji: Haru no no ni tokoro motomu to iu naru wa futari nu bakari mitetari ya kimi
English Translation: In the fields of spring,
you are seeking "tokoro,"
so I hear you say;
a place for two to sleep in,
tell me, have you found one yet?
Meaning: You say you are looking for "tokoro" in the spring fields; tell me, have you found a place big enough for two to sleep?
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Spring Poems 1032

Headnote: "When he was going somewhere in spring and saw women in traveling dress in the fields, he asked them what they were doing, and they answered that they were digging tokoro"
The poet teases the women, saying that they claim to be looking for "tokoro" in the spring fields: have they found a place big enough for two to sleep? The headnote shows that when he was out in spring and saw women in traveling dress in the fields, he asked what they were doing, and they answered that they were digging "tokoro." Pivoting on "tokoro," a kind of wild yam and "a place," he playfully turns the women's answer into a search for a lovers' bed. Together with the women's reply in the next poem, 1033, it forms an exchange.
The author, Priest Gachō, is a monk of whom little is known.

First line, "haru no no ni," means "in the spring fields," sharing the same line with the first line of the next poem, 1033, "haru no no ni."
Second line, "tokoro motomu to," means "seeking tokoro," with "tokoro" a pivot word on a kind of "wild yam" and "a place."
Third line, "iu naru wa," means "so you say," with "naru" an auxiliary of hearsay.
Fourth line, "futari nu bakari," means "enough for two to sleep," turning the "place" of the second line into a lovers' bed.
Final line, "mitetari ya kimi," means "have you found one, you," with "ya" expressing a question.
Author: The Monk Gachō
Source: Shui Wakashu
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