Kaze fukeba okitsu shiranami kashikomi to Noko no tomari ni amatayo zo nuru

風吹けば沖つ白波畏みと
能許の亭にあまた夜ぞ寝る

Roma-ji: Kaze fukeba okitsu shiranami kashikomi to Noko no tomari ni amatayo zo nuru
English Translation: When the wind blows
the white waves of the offing
are fearsome to face,
so at the harbor of Noko
many nights I lie asleep
Meaning: Whenever the wind blows, the white waves of the open sea are fearsome, and so night after night I sleep at the harbor of Noko.
Commentary: Book Fifteen Poems of the Envoys to Silla 3673

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Arriving at Karadomari in Shima District, Chikuzen Province, the ship lay at anchor for three days. The light of the night moon shone bright and flowing. Facing this splendor, our traveling hearts were choked with sorrow, and each expressed his feelings in six poems"
Since the white waves of the offing are fearsome whenever the wind blows, he sleeps night after night at the harbor of Noko, unable to set sail. As the headnote says the ship lay at anchor for three days, the poem expresses the stagnation of a journey forced to wait for the wind in a harbor before heading into the open sea. One senses fear of the rough waves of the Genkai Sea that lay ahead on the way to Silla.
According to the headnote, this is one of six poems composed while the ship lay at anchor for three days at Karadomari in Shima District, Chikuzen Province, when the night moon shone bright and the travelers, facing its beauty, were choked with traveling sorrow and each expressed his feelings. Karadomari is thought to be near Miyaura in present-day Nishi Ward, Fukuoka, a harbor before leaving Tsukushi for the open sea. This poem has no left note, and the author is not named.

First line, "kaze fukeba": whenever the wind blows, a condition with the realis plus "ba."
Second line, "okitsu shiranami": the white waves of the offing, the rough waves of the open sea.
Third line, "kashikomi to": "kashikomi" is the stem of the adjective "kashikoshi" with "mi": since they are fearsome; "to" marks the reason.
Fourth line, "Noko no tomari ni": "tomari" is a harbor where ships anchor, here Karadomari facing Nokonoshima.
Fifth line, "amatayo zo nuru": "amata" means many; "zo" is a binding particle resolved by the attributive "nuru" (kakarimusubi).
Source: Manyoshu
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