大葉山霞たなびきさ夜更けて
我が舟泊てむ泊り知らずも
我が舟泊てむ泊り知らずも
- Roma-ji
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Ōbayama kasumi tanabiki sayo fukete waga fune hatemu tomari shirazu mo
- English Translation
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On Mount Ōba
the haze lies trailing through the air,
and the night grows late;
I would bring my boat to rest,
but I know not where to moor.
- Meaning
- Haze trails over Mount Ōba and the night has grown late. I want to moor my boat, but I do not know where to anchor.
- Commentary
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Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems 1732
Headnote: "Two poems by the Go Master"
Though haze trails over Mount Ōba and the night grows late, the speaker cannot find a place to moor. The hazy mountain and deepening night heighten the anxiety of the voyage.
This is the first of two poems by the Go Master. An almost identical poem appears in Book Seven as 1224, and the lower verse is the same as that of 1719 in this book. The location of Mount Ōba is uncertain; some place it near Lake Biwa.
The author, the Go Master, is otherwise unknown. Goshi means one skilled at the game of go, and the person's name is not recorded.
The first line, "on Mount Ōba," names a mountain whose location is unknown.
The second line, "the haze lies trailing through the air," describes haze stretched across the peak.
The third line, "and the night grows late," uses the prefix sa.
The fourth line, "I would bring my boat to rest," is the same as that of 1719.
The final line, "but I know not where to moor," also matches 1719. Here the double darkness of haze and late night gives the reason for not knowing where to anchor.
- Author
- the Go Master
- Source
- Manyoshu
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