Asabiraki kogidete kureba Muko no ura no shiohi no kata ni tazu ga koe su mo

朝開き漕ぎ出て来れば武庫の浦の
潮干の潟に鶴が声すも

Roma-ji: Asabiraki kogidete kureba Muko no ura no shiohi no kata ni tazu ga koe su mo
English Translation: Setting out at dawn
as we come rowing away,
in Muko Bay
on the flats of the ebbing tide
the cranes are crying out
Meaning: As we row out from the harbor at dawn, from the tidal flats of Muko Bay where the tide has ebbed comes the crying of cranes.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Poems of the Envoys to Silla 3595

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "The envoys sent to Silla grieve at parting and exchange poems, express their sorrowful feelings on the sea route, and recite old poems suited to the places they pass"
A descriptive poem: leaving the harbor at dawn and nearing Muko Bay, he hears cranes crying on the tidal flats. The start of the voyage, now truly at sea, is caught in the cranes' voices echoing over the morning flats. Muko Bay is also the place the wife wove into 3578 at the head of the book, so the arrangement has the travelers actually pass, aboard ship, the place named in the parting poem.
A left note reads "the above eight poems were composed after boarding the ship and entering the sea route"; the eight poems from 3594 to 3601 were made once the ship had put out to sea. The author is not named.

First line, "asabiraki": a word for sailing out of a harbor in the morning, carrying the freshness of departure.
Second line, "kogidete kureba": "kureba" is the realis plus "ba," a definite condition: as we come rowing out.
Third line, "Muko no ura no": the travelers actually pass, aboard ship, Muko Bay, which was sung in 3578 at the head of the book.
Fourth line, "shiohi no kata ni": the tidal flats revealed as the tide goes out, where cranes forage.
Fifth line, "tazu ga koe su mo": "tazu" is the poetic word for crane; "mo" is an exclamatory final particle, voicing his feeling at hearing their cries.
Source: Manyoshu
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