Yomosugara ura kogu fune wa ato mo nashi tsuki zo nokoreru Shiga no Karasaki - Shin Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

夜もすがら浦漕ぐ舟は跡もなし
月ぞ残れる志賀の唐崎

Roma-ji: Yomosugara ura kogu fune wa ato mo nashi tsuki zo nokoreru Shiga no Karasaki
English Translation: All the long night through,
of the boats that plied the bay
there is not a trace—
only the moon lingers on
at Karasaki of Shiga.
Meaning: Of the boats that rowed about the bay all night long there is no trace left—only the moon remains at Karasaki of Shiga.
Commentary: Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Poems I 1507

Headnote: "On the topic 'The Moon Bright over the Lake,' at a poetry contest of the Bureau of Poetry."
This is the ninth poem of the sequence on the moon. The boats that rowed the bay all night have left no trace, and at dawn only the moon remains at Karasaki of Shiga. According to the headnote, it was composed at a poetry contest of the Bureau of Poetry on the topic "The Moon Bright over the Lake."
The author, "Gishūmon'in no Tango," was a lady-in-waiting and poet who served Gishūmon'in.
Gishūmon'in was Kujō Kanezane's daughter Ninshi, who became empress of Emperor Go-Toba. Karasaki of Shiga is a famous place in Ōmi on the western shore of Lake Biwa, known for the Karasaki pine. "The Moon Bright over the Lake" is a topic on the moon shining brightly over a lake.

The first line, "yomosugara," means "all night long." It shows boats coming and going through the night.
The second line, "ura kogu fune wa," refers to the boats rowing back and forth across the bay of the lake.
The third line, "ato mo nashi," says that not even the track of the boats remains, and the poem breaks after the third line. A precedent for the transience of a departing boat that leaves no trace is the priest Manzei's poem in the Shūi Wakashū: "Yo no naka o / nani ni tatoen / asaborake / kogiyuku fune no / ato no shiranami" ("To what shall I liken this world? To the white wake of a boat rowing away at dawn").
The fourth line, "tsuki zo nokoreru," closes the kakari-musubi of the particle "zo" with the attributive form "nokoreru." It shows the contrast of the moon alone remaining on a lake where the boats' traces have vanished.
The last line, "Shiga no Karasaki," ends on a noun. It names the same place as "Shiga no Karasaki," the second line of 1469 in this book, here depicted not as a spring prospect but as a dawn scene of the moon over the lake.
Author: Gishumon-in no Tango
Source: Shin Kokin Wakashu
Prev Poem: Waka no ura ni ie no kaze koso nakeredomo nami fuku iro wa tsuki ni miekeri
Next Poem: Yama no ha ni omoi mo iraji yo no naka wa totemo kakutemo ariake no tsuki