In the same reign, when His Majesty’s Gentlemen were drawing topic by lot and presenting poems, he drew ‘fishing boats’ and composed this.
いはおろすかたこそなけれいせの海のしほせにかかるあまのつり舟
| iFa orosu kata koso nakere ise no umi no siFose ni kakaru ama no turibune | To drop their stones Is there no place at all, At the sea off Ise Caught by the rushing tides are The seafolk’s fishing boats… |
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Left
みかのはらわきてながるるいづみ河いつみきとてか恋しかるらん
| mika no hara wakite nagaruru izumigawa itsu miki tote ka koishikaruran | Across the fields at Mika Runs The river Kizu When was it there we met That I should love you so? |
95[i]
Right
いかりおろすかたこそなけれいせの海のしほひにかかるあまのつり舟
| ikari orosu kata koso nakere ise no umi no shiohi ni kakaru ama no tsuribune | To drop anchor Is there no way at all, so At the sea off Ise Caught by the lowering tide are The seafolk’s fishing boats… |
96[ii]
[i] SKKS XI: 996: Topic unknown.
[ii] This poem is not listed as occurring in any other anthology, or collection.