Asabiraki kogi dete ware wa yura no saki tsuri suru ama o mite kaerikomu

朝開き漕ぎ出て我れは由良の崎
釣りする海人を見て帰り来む

Roma-ji: Asabiraki kogi dete ware wa yura no saki tsuri suru ama o mite kaerikomu
English Translation: At break of morning
I row out and set forth to sea
to Yura's headland;
the fisherfolk who cast their lines—
I would see them and come back.
Meaning: Rowing out at break of day, I will go to the cape of Yura, watch the fisherfolk casting their lines, and then come back.
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems 1670

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Thirteen poems from the time when the Retired Sovereign and the Late Sovereign made a progress to the province of Kii in the tenth month, winter, of the first year of Taihō, kanoto-ushi"
Eager for a morning voyage, the speaker plans to watch the fisherfolk at the cape of Yura and then return. The poem shares its lower verse with the preceding one, shifting the scene from Minabe to Yura.
This is the fourth of the thirteen poems from the progress to Kii in the first year of Taihō (701). The cape of Yura lies in present-day Yura, Hidaka District, Wakayama, near Shirasaki.

The first line, "at break of morning," refers to rowing out of harbor at dawn and conveys the brightness of setting out.
The second line, "I row out and set forth to sea," shows the speaker's eagerness to go by boat himself.
The third line, "to Yura's headland," names the destination. It is the same place name as in the first line of the next poem, 1671, linking the two poems.
The fourth line, "the fisherfolk who cast their lines," is the same as that of the preceding poem, 1669.
The final line, "I would see them and come back," is also shared with the preceding poem. Setting two poems with the same lower verse side by side doubles the pleasure of the royal journey.
Source: Manyoshu
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