Ashibe ni wa tazugane nakite minatokaze samuku fukuramu Tsuo no saki wa mo

葦辺には鶴がね鳴きて港風
寒く吹くらむ津乎の崎はも

Roma-ji: Ashibe ni wa tazugane nakite minatokaze samuku fukuramu Tsuo no saki wa mo
English Translation: Among the reed beds
the cranes must be crying out,
and the harbor wind
must be blowing cold as well—
ah, the headland of Tsuo!
Meaning: By the reeds the cranes must be crying, and the harbor wind must be blowing cold—ah, the cape of Tsuo!
Commentary: Book Three Miscellaneous Poems 352

Headnote: "A poem by Prince Wakayue"
The poet thinks from afar of the cape of Tsuo that he once visited. Cranes crying by the reeds and a cold wind blowing through the harbor—he imagines the absent scene and yearns for the place. The sighing wa mo at the end carries his longing for a distant land. The location of the cape of Tsuo is unknown, though some place it on the shore of Lake Biwa in Ōmi.
The poet, Prince Wakayue, was a royal of the Nara period, but little is known of him.

First line "Among the reed beds" means the waterside where reeds grow.
Second line "the cranes must be crying out": tazugane means the cry of cranes, or cranes themselves.
Third line "and the harbor wind" names the wind blowing through the harbor.
Fourth line "must be blowing cold as well": ramu is present conjecture.
Fifth line "ah, the headland of Tsuo": wa mo is a sigh of longing for a distant place.
Author: Prince Wakayue
Source: Manyoshu
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