風早の三穂の浦廻を漕ぐ舟の
舟人騒く波立つらしも
舟人騒く波立つらしも
- Roma-ji
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Kazahaya no miho no urami o kogu fune no funabito sawaku nami tatsu rashi mo
- English Translation
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Where the winds blow hard,
on the bay of Miho
the rowing boat's
boatmen are clamoring—
the waves must be rising now
- Meaning
- On the wind-swept bay of Miho, the boatmen rowing there are shouting in alarm—the waves must be rising.
- Commentary
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Book Seven Miscellaneous Poems 1228
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on Journeys"
Hearing the boatmen rowing on Miho Bay clamoring, the poet infers that the waves must be starting to rise. It is a tense landscape poem that senses a change in the sea from the voices of the boatmen.
It is regarded as coming from the Old Collection. Miho Bay is thought to be near Mio in present-day Mihama, Kii, and "kazahaya" may mean a windy place or be a place name. The poet is unknown.
The first line, "Where the winds blow hard," may describe fierce winds or be a place name.
The second line names the bay of Miho in Kii.
The third line, "the rowing boat's," refers to a boat being rowed.
The fourth line, "boatmen are clamoring," pauses the poem.
In the final line, "rashi" expresses inference, grounded in the clamor of the fourth line.
- Source
- Manyoshu
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