松浦舟騒く堀江の水脈早み
楫取る間なく思ほゆるかも
楫取る間なく思ほゆるかも
- Roma-ji
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Matsurabune sawaku Horie no mio hayami kaji toru ma naku omōyuru kamo
- English Translation
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In Horie channel,
bustling with Matsura boats,
the current runs so fast,
no pause to rest the oar,
no pause from thoughts of you
- Meaning
- In the Horie channel, crowded with Matsura boats, the current runs so fast there is no pause from the oar, and no pause from thinking of you.
- Commentary
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Book Twelve Thoughts Arising on Journeys 3173
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Thoughts Arising on Journeys"
Using the scene of the fast current in the Horie channel, crowded with Matsura boats whose rowers cannot rest their oars, as an introduction, the poet sings of thinking of the beloved without pause. The lively harbor scene impresses on us a longing that never rests.
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, "Matsurabune," refers to boats built at Matsura in Hizen.
Line two, "sawaku Horie no," means "of the Horie channel" at Naniwa, "busy with boats." Horie also appears in poem 3024 in this book.
Line three, "mio hayami," means "since the current is fast."
Line four, "kaji toru ma naku," means "with no pause from the oar," and the lines up to here form an introduction leading to "ma naku," without pause.
Line five, "omōyuru kamo," means "how you come to mind."
- Author
- Unknown
- Source
- Manyoshu
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