Naniwagata uramu beki ma mo omooezu izuko o mitsu no ama to ka wa naru - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

難波潟うらむべき間も思ほえず
いづこをみつのあまとかはなる

Roma-ji: Naniwagata uramu beki ma mo omooezu izuko o mitsu no ama to ka wa naru
English Translation: By Naniwa's flats,
no gap that called for grievance
can I call to mind;
where did you see such bitterness
to become a nun at Mitsu?
Meaning: I cannot recall any rift between us that would give you cause to resent me. What bitterness did you see that you should become a nun at Mitsu?
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems II 974

Headnote: "Reply"
This is said to be the man's reply to the previous poem, 973. He does not think there was any rift between them that would give her cause for resentment, and asks what bitter thing she saw that she should become a nun.
Like the previous poem, it uses the pivot words mitsu and ama and answers with words associated with Naniwa.
The author is recorded as anonymous, and the name has not come down to us.

The first line, "by Naniwa's flats," takes up "Naniwa's shore" from the previous poem and leads into ura in the second line.
The second line, "no gap that called for grievance," contains the pivot word urami, "bay" (ura) and "resent." Ma refers to a gap between the two of them.
The third line, "can I call to mind," ends the upper verse; the poem breaks here.
The fourth line, "where did you see," contains the pivot word mitsu, "I have seen" and the place name Mitsu, taking up the fourth line of the previous poem.
The last line, "to become a nun," contains the pivot word ama, "nun" and "fisherfolk." Ka wa is rhetorical, answered by the attributive naru.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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