Aoniyoshi nara no yama naru yobukodori itaku na naki so kimi mo konaku ni

あをによし奈良の山なる呼子鳥
いたくな鳴きそ君も来なくに

Roma-ji: Aoniyoshi nara no yama naru yobukodori itaku na naki so kimi mo konaku ni
English Translation: Rich in green-blue earth,
on the hills of Nara dwelling,
O you calling bird,
do not cry so very much—
for my love does not come here.
Meaning: Calling bird on the hills of Nara, don't cry out so—my love will not come, however you call.
Commentary: Spring Poems 105

Headnote: "The yobukodori, the calling bird"
The poet speaks to the yobukodori, a bird whose call sounds like someone calling, telling it not to cry so, since however much it calls, the beloved will not come. Overlaying the bird's cry with the pain of waiting for someone who does not come, it is a frank Man'yō-style poem. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a circle.
One character in the last line of the base text is hard to read, so the common reading kimi mo konaku ni has been adopted.

Line 1, aoniyoshi, is a pillow word for Nara.
Line 2: naru expresses existence, "dwelling on the hills of Nara."
Line 3: yobukodori is a bird that seems to call to people, thought to be the cuckoo.
Line 4 uses the prohibitive na…so, and the poem pauses here; it is the same form as in 29 and 36.
Line 5: nakuni, the ku-nominalization of the negative with ni, expresses a concessive sigh. Like "you did not come" in 28, it voices the heart of one who waits in vain.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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