名児の海の朝明のなごり今日もかも
磯の浦廻に乱れてあるらむ
磯の浦廻に乱れてあるらむ
- Roma-ji
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Nago no umi no asake no nagori kyō mo kamo iso no uramini midarete aru ramu
- English Translation
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On the sea of Nago
the waves left by the dawn wind—
today again
along the rocky bay's curve
are they tossing in disarray?
- Meaning
- The lingering waves of dawn on the sea of Nago—are they tumbling in disarray again today along the curve of the rocky bay?
- Commentary
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Book Seven Miscellaneous Poems 1155
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed in Settsu"
The poet wonders whether the lingering waves of dawn on the sea of Nago are again tumbling along the rocky bay today. Having left the place, he longs for the seaside scene he had grown used to.
It is one of a series of poems on the beach at Nago, and its structure closely resembles poem 1168 in this book, "Today again, are the jewel-weeds offshore tossing on the eightfold white waves?" sharing its third and final lines. The poet is unknown.
The first line, "On the sea of Nago," has an extra syllable.
In the second line, "nagori" means the waves that remain after the wind has dropped.
The third line, "today again," uses the questioning "kamo," answered by "ramu" in the final line; the same words open poem 1168.
The fourth line, "along the rocky bay's curve," names the inlet among the rocks.
The final line, "are they tossing in disarray?" is the same as the last line of poem 1168.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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