Kaze o itami okitsu shiranami takakarashi ama no tsuribune hama ni kaerinu

風をいたみ沖つ白波高からし
海人の釣舟浜に帰りぬ

Roma-ji: Kaze o itami okitsu shiranami takakarashi ama no tsuribune hama ni kaerinu
English Translation: With the wind so fierce,
the white waves out in the offing
must be running high—
the fishermen's fishing boats
have returned to the beach.
Meaning: The wind is so strong that the white waves out at sea must be high—the fishermen's boats have come back to the beach.
Commentary: Book Three Miscellaneous Poems 294

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Four poems by Tsuno no Maro"
This is the third of Tsuno no Maro's four poems. Seeing the fishing boats return early to the beach, he surmises that the wind must be strong and the white waves high out at sea. Imagining the unseen offing from the scene before him, the poem conveys the tension of the shore.
Tsuno no Maro's four poems form a sequence on the shores of Settsu—Takatsu, Mitsu, and Suminoe in Naniwa.
Nothing is known of the poet, Tsuno no Maro.

First line "With the wind so fierce": o ... mi expresses cause.
Second line "the white waves out in the offing": tsu is an old genitive particle.
Third line "must be running high": a contraction of takakaru rashi, a grounded inference; the sentence breaks here.
Fourth line "the fishermen's fishing boats" names the boats.
Fifth line "have returned to the beach": nu is perfective, ending with the scene that grounds the inference.
Author: Tsuno no Maro
Source: Manyoshu
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