Chinu no umi no hamahe no komatsu ne fukamete are koi wataru hito no ko yue ni

茅渟の海の浜辺の小松根深めて
我れ恋ひわたる人の子ゆゑに

Roma-ji: Chinu no umi no hamahe no komatsu ne fukamete are koi wataru hito no ko yue ni
English Translation: By the sea of Chinu,
like the young pines on the shore
with roots running deep,
so deep I go on loving,
all for another's daughter
Meaning: Like the young pines on the shore of the Sea of Chinu, rooting deep, so deeply do I go on loving, all for the sake of someone else's daughter.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems Ancient and Modern I 2486

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Expressing Feelings through Things"
As the young pines on the shore of the Sea of Chinu put down deep roots, so the speaker goes on loving with deep feeling, a single-minded love for someone hard to reach. "Hito no ko" refers to a daughter cherished by her parents in another household, hinting that this love cannot go as one wishes.
This is one of the poems "Expressing Feelings through Things," part of the series set upon pines. Following the "matsugae" of the preceding poem it speaks of young pines on the shore, and the next poem, 2487, likewise speaks of "the young pines of Mount Nara," so that pines by the sea and pines on the mountain stand side by side.
The left note records, as a poem from a certain book, a variant whose second line onward reads "shiohi no komatsu nemokoro ni koi ya wataramu." Here the main text is followed.
The author is unknown; according to the left note, the poem comes from the Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection. That collection is thought to contain both Hitomaro's own poems and poems by others that he recorded. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a court poet active in the reigns of Empress Jito and Emperor Monmu, and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "Chinu no umi no": the sea off the coast of Izumi Province, the southern part of present-day Osaka Bay. It is a hypermetric line of six syllables.
Second line, "hamahe no komatsu": "the young pines on the shore." The first two lines form a preface, leading from the roots of the young pines into the following "ne fukamete."
Third line, "ne fukamete": "rooting deep," with the double meaning of deepening one's heart. It overlays the depth of the pines' roots with the depth of love.
Fourth line, "are koi wataru": "I go on loving." "Wataru" expresses continuing over time, and the poem pauses here.
Fifth line, "hito no ko yue ni": "though she is another's daughter." "Yue ni" means "because of" or "though," and through the inversion it reveals at the end that the beloved is one beyond the speaker's reach.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro Collection
Source: Manyoshu
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