Amagirai hikata fuku rashi mizukuki no oka no minato ni nami tachiwataru

天霧らひひかた吹くらし水茎の
岡の港に波立ちわたる

Roma-ji: Amagirai hikata fuku rashi mizukuki no oka no minato ni nami tachiwataru
English Translation: The sky clouds over,
the sun-side wind must be blowing;
at Oka's harbor,
where water-stem reeds grow,
the waves rise far and wide
Meaning: The sky has clouded over—the wind from the sun's quarter must be blowing, for waves are rising all across Oka harbor.
Commentary: Book Seven Miscellaneous Poems 1231

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on Journeys"
The sky clouds over, the "hikata" wind seems to be blowing, and waves are rising all across Oka harbor. It is a landscape poem capturing changes in sky and sea that foretell rough weather.
It is regarded as coming from the Old Collection. Oka harbor is thought to be at the mouth of the Onga River in Chikuzen, in the same province as the cape of Kane in the preceding poem. The poet is unknown.

The first line, "The sky clouds over," means the whole sky is overcast.
In the second line, "hikata" is said to be a wind from the southeast or southwest: "it must be blowing." The poem pauses here.
The third line uses "mizukuki no" as a pillow word for "Oka."
The fourth line names Oka harbor in Chikuzen.
The final line, "the waves rise far and wide," follows the same pattern as "the clouds spread far and wide," the last line of poem 1088 in this book.
Source: Manyoshu
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