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みなといづるあまのを舟のいかりなはくるしき物とこひをしりぬる
| minato iduru ama no wobune no ikarinaFa kurusiki mono to koFi o sirinuru | Leaving port, A fisher’s tiny boat Its anchor rope So painful it is To know passion’s yearning. |
Anonymous
Lodging on a journey.
みなと風いたくな吹きそしながどりゐなの水うみに船とむるまで
| minato kaze itaku na fuki so shinagatori ina no mizu’umi ni fune tomuru made | O, harbour breeze Blow not so strongly! Until At waterbird-filled Ina Lake The ferry has made port…[i] |
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[i] See: 大海尓 荒莫吹 四長鳥 居名之湖尓 舟泊左右手 ōki umi ni/ arashi na fuki so / shinagatori / ina no minato ni / fune hatsuru made ‘Across the sea so wide, / Blow not so, o storm wind! Until / At waterbird-filled / Ina port / My boat has come to rest…’ (Man’yōshū VII: 1189)
Composed on the conception of hearing a stag while moored at night.
うきねするゐなのみなとにきこゆなりしかのねおろすみねの松かぜ
| ukinesuru wina no minato ni kikoyunari sika no ne orosu mine no matukaze | In fitful sleep At Ina Harbour Do I hear A stag’s bell descending From the peaks upon the pinewinds. |
Lord Fujiwara no Takanobu

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川ぎりのふもとをこめて立ちぬれば空にぞ秋の山はみえける
| kawagiri no fumoto o komete tachinureba sora ni zo aki no yama wa miekeru | The river mists Around the foothills Have risen, so ‘Tis in the skies that autumn On the mountains is revealed. |
Fukayabu
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年毎の紅葉ばながす立田川みなとや秋のとまりなるらん
| toshigoto no momijiba nagasu tatsutagawa minato ya aki no tomari naruran | Every single year Scarlet leaves wash down The Tatsuta River; Is it at the mouth that autumn Might find its port? |
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Composed in the conception of hearing stags while staying overnight at a port.
湊川夜ふねこぎいづる追風に鹿の声さへ瀬戸わたるなり
| minatogaFa yobune kogi’iduru oFikaze ni sika no kowe saFe seto watarunari |
At Minato River The night boats row out Carried on the wind Do even the stags’ cries Carry across the straits? |
Dōin (1090-1182)
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