Shika no ura ni isari suru ama akekureba urami kogurashi kaji no oto kikoyu

志賀の浦に漁りする海人明け来れば
浦廻漕ぐらし楫の音聞こゆ

Roma-ji: Shika no ura ni isari suru ama akekureba urami kogurashi kaji no oto kikoyu
English Translation: In the bay of Shika
the fishermen at their work,
as the dawn comes on,
seem to row around the bay;
the sound of oars I hear
Meaning: As dawn comes on, the fishermen of Shika Bay seem to be rowing along the curving shore, for I hear the sound of oars.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Poems of the Envoys to Silla 3664

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Nine poems composed while gazing at the moon by the sea"
From the sound of oars heard as dawn breaks, he surmises that the fishermen of Shika Bay are rowing along the curving shore. In the quiet of daybreak after a night spent gazing at the moon, he listens to the sounds of the fishermen's life. The first two lines are the same as in 3653 of this book, composed at the Tsukushi lodge, "Shika no ura ni isari suru ama," so the same fishermen are sung by night and by morning.
According to the headnote, this is one of nine poems composed while gazing at the moon by the sea, thought to have been made during the stay at the Tsukushi lodge. The author of this poem is not named.

First line, "Shika no ura ni": the bay of Shikanoshima in Hakata Bay, a six-syllable hypermetric line.
Second line, "isari suru ama": the fishermen at their fishing, the same as the second line of 3653 of this book.
Third line, "akekureba": as the dawn comes on, a definite condition with the realis plus "ba."
Fourth line, "urami kogurashi": "urami" is the curve of the bay and "rashi" grounded inference: they seem to be rowing along the bay.
Fifth line, "kaji no oto kikoyu": "kaji" are oars; hearing their sound is the ground for the inference in the fourth line.
Source: Manyoshu
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