Okitsu nami takashi no hama no hamamatsu no na ni koso kimi o machiwataritsure - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

沖つ波たかしの浜の浜松の
名にこそ君を待ちわたりつれ

Roma-ji: Okitsu nami takashi no hama no hamamatsu no na ni koso kimi o machiwataritsure
English Translation: Waves offshore
run high at Takashi's beach,
whose shoreline pines
bear the name of "waiting"—
so I have waited long for you.
Meaning: Just as the pines on the beach of Takashi, where the offshore waves run high, bear the name of waiting, so have I been waiting all this time for you.
Commentary: Book Seventeen Miscellaneous Poems I 915

Headnote: "Reply"
Tsurayuki's reply to the preceding poem by Fujiwara no Tadafusa. True to the name of the pines, matsu, "to wait," on the beach of Takashi, he answers that it is he who has been waiting all along, conveying his joy at the visit.
The author, "Tsurayuki," is Ki no Tsurayuki, son of Ki no Mochiyuki, the leading compiler of the Kokin Wakashū and author of its kana preface. He is one of the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals.

First line "okitsu nami" means the waves offshore, leading to "high." It answers the okitsu of the preceding poem's "shore of Okitsu."
Second line "takashi no hama no": takashi is a pivot word joining "high" of the waves and Takashi, a place in Izumi.
Third line "hamamatsu no" is the pine on the beach of Takashi, whose name matsu leads to "wait."
Fourth line "na ni koso kimi o": koso forms a kakari-musubi with tsure in the last line, meaning true to the pine's name.
Fifth line "machiwataritsure" closes with the perfective form of tsu: I have waited all along. Against the preceding poem's "because I came seeking," it answers from the side of the one waiting, pairing the waiting and the visiting.
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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