classic waka stream

山の端に月傾けば漁りする
海人の燈火沖になづさふ
Roma-ji

Yama no ha ni tsuki katabukeba isari suru ama no tomoshibi oki ni nazusau

English Translation
Toward the mountain's rim
as the moon goes sinking down,
the fishermen's lamps,
those of the night's fishing,
drift out upon the offing
Meaning
As the moon sinks toward the rim of the mountains, the lamps of the fishermen at their night fishing drift and sway upon the offing.
Commentary
Book Fifteen Poems of the Envoys to Silla 3623

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Three poems composed on the night of sailing out from Nagato Bay, gazing up at the moonlight"
The poem captures a night scene at sea: as the moon sinks toward the mountain rim and the surroundings darken, the fishing lights appear to drift upon the offing. It delicately catches the passage of time and the changing of the lights, the fishing lamps growing brighter as the moonlight fades. The scene moves from the sea lit by moonlight in the preceding poem to a sea of fishing lights after the moon has set.
According to the headnote, this is one of three poems composed on the night the ship sailed from Nagato Bay, gazing up at the moonlight. Nagato Bay is thought to be the harbor of Kurahashi Island. The author is not named.

First line, "yama no ha ni": "yama no ha" is the mountain's ridgeline, where it meets the sky.
Second line, "tsuki katabukeba": the realis plus "ba," a definite condition: as the moon sinks westward, showing that the night has deepened.
Third line, "isari suru": fishing by night, lighting fires to draw the fish.
Fourth line, "ama no tomoshibi": the fires the fishermen light for fishing, standing out upon the darkened sea.
Fifth line, "oki ni nazusau": "nazusau" means to float and drift on the water, depicting the lights seen swaying on the offing.
Source
Manyoshu
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