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Kinkai wakashū 570

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]

570


[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)

Kanpyō no ōntoki chūgū uta’awase 9

Round Nine

Left

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
17

Right

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?

18

SZS V: 315

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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