Shika no ama no shio yaku keburi kaze o itami tachi wa noborazu yama ni tanabiku

志賀の海人の塩焼く煙風をいたみ
立ちは上らず山にたなびく

Roma-ji: Shika no ama no shio yaku keburi kaze o itami tachi wa noborazu yama ni tanabiku
English Translation: The Shika fishers
burning seaweed for their salt—
the smoke, in the gale,
does not rise up straight and tall,
but trails across the hills
Meaning: The smoke from the Shika fishermen's salt fires, beaten by the fierce wind, does not rise straight up but trails along the hills.
Commentary: Book Seven Miscellaneous Poems 1246

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on Journeys"
The smoke from the Shika fishermen's salt-making fires, beaten by a strong wind, does not rise straight up but drifts toward the hills. It is a landscape poem that captures both the work of the seaside people and the force of the wind through the behavior of the smoke.
Continuing the fishermen of Shika from the preceding poem, it treats their salt-making as a scene, whereas that poem used their fishing boats as a figure for love. The left note "The poems above come from the Old Collection" is attached to this poem, and the poems up to here are regarded as coming from that collection. The poet is unknown.

The first line repeats the first line of the preceding poem, showing the two are a pair; it has an extra syllable.
The second line refers to the smoke rising as seawater is boiled down for salt.
The third line, "in the gale," is a "-mi" form: "because the wind is fierce."
The fourth line, "does not rise up straight and tall," describes the smoke bent by the wind.
The final line, "but trails across the hills," completes the scene.
Source: Manyoshu
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