Modern commentators believe that Kenshō is misquoting a poem from Izumi Shikibu’s personal collection here:
よさの海のあまのあまたにまつかたにおりやとりけむ浪の花なみ
yosa no umi
ama no amata ni
matsukata ni
ori ya torikemu
nami no hananami
By the see at Yosa
To the crowds of diver girls
Ever
Should I go and pluck them
From the blossoming breakers?