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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)