Arare furi kashima no saki o nami takami sugite ya yukamu kōshiki mono o

霰降り鹿島の崎を波高み
過ぎてや行かむ恋しきものを

Roma-ji: Arare furi kashima no saki o nami takami sugite ya yukamu kōshiki mono o
English Translation: Hail falls clattering—
Kashima's cape, since the waves
are running high,
must I then go sailing past,
though I long to see it so?
Meaning: Must I sail right past the cape of Kashima, "where the hail clatters," because the waves run high—though I long so much to see it?
Commentary: Book Seven Miscellaneous Poems 1174

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on Journeys"
The poet longs to stop at the cape of Kashima but fears he must pass it by because the waves are high. The poem shows both yearning for a famous place in the distant east and regret at being unable to see it properly.
It is one of the poems composed on journeys; Kashima is in Hitachi, where the Kashima Shrine stands. Poems naming places in the eastern provinces follow. The poet is unknown.

The first line uses "arare furi," hail falling noisily, as a pillow word for "Kashima."
The second line names the cape of Kashima in Hitachi.
The third line, "since the waves are running high," is a "-mi" form of cause.
The fourth line, "must I then go sailing past," is a kakari-musubi construction in which "ya" is answered by the attributive "mu," and the poem pauses here.
The final line, "though I long to see it so," is a concessive exclamation added by inversion.
Source: Manyoshu
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