Fune hatete kashi furitatete iori semu nagoe no hamabe sugikatenu kamo

舟泊ててかし振り立てて廬りせむ
名児江の浜辺過ぎかてぬかも

Roma-ji: Fune hatete kashi furitatete iori semu nagoe no hamabe sugikatenu kamo
English Translation: Mooring our boat here,
driving stakes into the sand,
let us build a hut—
on the shore of Nago Bay,
we cannot pass it by
Meaning: Let us moor the boat, drive in the mooring stakes, and put up a hut for the night—the beach of Nago Bay is too lovely to pass by.
Commentary: Book Seven Miscellaneous Poems 1190

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on Journeys"
The beach of Nago Bay is so beautiful that the poet decides to moor the boat, set up stakes and build a hut to stay the night. His reluctance to pass by the lovely beach becomes a resolve to lodge there.
It is one of the poems composed on journeys; Nago Bay is thought to be the inlet at Nago beach in Suminoe. The last line, "we cannot pass it by," is, like "I find I cannot go" in poem 1127 in this book, a closing expressing reluctance to leave. The poet is unknown.

The first line, "Mooring our boat here," means bringing the boat to rest.
In the second line, "kashi" means a stake set in the water to moor a boat: "driving the stakes in." The line has an extra syllable.
The third line, "let us build a hut," uses the volitional "mu," and the poem pauses here.
The fourth line names the beach of the inlet at Nago in Suminoe.
The final line, "we cannot pass it by," echoes the last line of poem 1127.
Source: Manyoshu
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