Shiranami wa tachisawagu tomo korizuma no ura no mirume wa karan to zo omou - Shin Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

白波は立ち騒ぐともこりずまの
浦のみるめは刈らんとぞ思ふ

Roma-ji: Shiranami wa tachisawagu tomo korizuma no ura no mirume wa karan to zo omou
English Translation: Though the white-capped waves
rise and clamor, undeterred
on the shore of Suma,
the sea-pine weed of meeting
I still mean to gather in
Meaning: Though white waves rise and clamor like gossip, undeterred I mean to gather the seaweed of meeting on the shore of Suma.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Love Poems V 1434

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown."
This is the second poem of the sequence on bays and waves. Though gossip rises like clamoring white waves, the speaker, undeterred, means to meet the beloved, as one gathers seaweed on the shore of Suma. The headnote gives no topic, and the circumstances of composition are not recorded.
The author, "Anonymous," indicates a poet whose name has not come down.
Suma is a poetic site in Settsu Province, present-day Suma Ward, Kobe. It was sung as a seaside bay together with images such as salt burning and sea-pine weed.

The first line, "shiranami wa," takes up the "waves" of the preceding poem. White waves rising are overlaid with gossip rising.
The second line, "tachisawagu tomo," means "even if they rise and clamor," "tomo" being a concessive supposition.
In the third line, "korizuma no," "korizuma" is a pivot word joining "korizu" (undeterred) and the place name Suma.
In the fourth line, "ura no mirume wa," "mirume" is a pivot word joining "mirume," a seaweed, and "mirume," a chance to meet.
The last line, "karan to zo omou," closes the kakari-musubi of "zo" with the attributive "omou." "Gathering" seaweed is overlaid with gaining a chance to meet. Where the man of the preceding poem went back resentful, this one means to meet undeterred by rumors, placing the one who leaves beside the one who seeks.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shin Kokin Wakashu
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