Naniwagata kogizuru fune no harobaro ni wakarekinuredo wasurekanetsu mo

難波潟漕ぎ出る舟のはろはろに
別れ来ぬれど忘れかねつも

Roma-ji: Naniwagata kogizuru fune no harobaro ni wakarekinuredo wasurekanetsu mo
English Translation: Like the boat that rows
out from the shallows of Naniwa,
far and farther still
I have come away from you,
yet I cannot forget
Meaning: Like a boat rowing out from Naniwa Bay, I have come far away from you, yet I cannot forget.
Commentary: Book Twelve Thoughts Arising on Journeys 3171

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Thoughts Arising on Journeys"
Using a boat rowing out from Naniwa Bay and drawing away as an introduction, the poet sings of having parted and come far, yet being unable to forget. The boat leaving the harbor is overlaid with the traveler drawing away from home and beloved.
The poet is unknown. Book Twelve, titled the second part of "Love Poems Exchanged Old and New," gathers love poems by people whose names have not come down to us, arranged by category.

Line one, "Naniwagata," refers to the tidal flats of Naniwa on Osaka Bay.
Line two, "kogizuru fune no," means "the boat rowing out," read "kogizuru" in the kana line, and the lines up to here form an introduction leading from the departing boat to "harobaro ni."
Line three, "harobaro ni," means "far, far away."
Line four, "wakarekinuredo," means "though I have parted and come."
Line five, "wasurekanetsu mo," means "I cannot forget," the same final line as poem 3047 in this book.
Author: Unknown
Source: Manyoshu
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