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… |
Supernumerary Middle Counsellor Toshitada
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Round Forty-Eight
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.
Seafolk 泉郎
夜とともにもしほたれつつすまのあまの心づからや袖ぬらすらん
yo to tomo ni
moshio taretsutsu
suma no ama no
kokorozukara ya
sode nurasuran | Every night
Wringing brine from seaweed
Do the seafolk at Suma
From their own hearts
Drench their sleeves, I wonder? |
Daishin
Seafolk 泉郎
かのきしにわたりつきぬるあまを舟いかにのりえてうれしかるらん
kano kishi ni
wataritsukinuru
ama o fune
ika ni noriete
ureshikaruran | To yonder shore
Have crossed
The fisher-folk; their boats—
How might I board them, and
Feel the selfsame joy? |
Higo
Seafolk 泉郎
ぬれ衣いまぞはつきにかけてほすかづきしてけりうらのあま人
nuregoromo
ima zo wa tsuki ni
kakete hosu
kazukishitekeri
ura no amabito | Their soaking garb
Now in the moonlight is
Hung to dry;
Diving have been
The fisher-girls upon the beach… |
Kanemasa
Seafolk 泉郎
ふかながら海のこころやいかならんうらみぬあまはなしとこそきけ
fukanagara
umi no kokoro ya
ika naran
uraminu ama wa
nashi to koso kike | It may have depths, but
The heart of the sea is
What sort of thing, I wonder?
An unresentful fisherman
Is nowhere to be found, I hear! |
Tadafusa
Seafolk 泉郎
ひく島のあまのうけ舟波まよりかうてふさすとゆふしでをかく
hikushima no
ama no ukebune
namima yori
kau chō sasu to
yūshide o kaku | At Hikushima
The fisher-folks’ buoy-boats
From between the breakers
Point the way today, like
A painting of a sacred garland. |
Toshiyori
Seafolk 泉郎
おほいそにあさな夕なにかづきするあまも我がごとそでやぬるらん
ōiso ni
asana yūna ni
kazukisuru
ama mo wa ga goto
sode ya nururan | At Ōiso
Every morn and evening, too,
Diving do
The fisher-girls, just as I,
Have soaking sleeves, I wonder? |
Nakazane
Seafolk 泉郎
黒うしがたこぎいづるあまのとも舟は鱸つるにや波まわくらん
kuro’ushi gata
kogi’izuru ama no
tomobune wa
suzuki tsuru ni ya
namima wakuran | From Kuro’ushi Inlet
Row out the fisherfolk,
All in boats together—
I wonder, will they fish for seabass
Forging between the breakers? |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'
