Asabiraki irie kogu naru kaji no oto no tsubaratsubara ni wagie shi omohoyu

朝開き入江漕ぐなる楫の音の
つばらつばらに我家し思ほゆ

Roma-ji: Asabiraki irie kogu naru kaji no oto no tsubaratsubara ni wagie shi omohoyu
English Translation: Setting out at dawn,
rowing in the inlet's calm,
the sound of the oars—
so deeply, so deeply now
my thoughts turn to home.
Meaning: Like the sound of oars rowing through the inlet as the boats set out at dawn, deeply, deeply I find myself thinking of home.
Commentary: Book Eighteen 4065

Headnote: "A poem written on a pillar of the station house in Imizu District."
The poet says that, like the sound of oars in the inlet as boats set out at dawn, he finds himself thinking deeply of home. The poem was written on a pillar of the post station in Imizu District, left behind by a traveler who stopped there and longed for home.
The author is unknown. The left note reads, "The poem above is by Yamanoue no Omi. His name is not known. Some say he was the son of Okura no Daibu, but his true name is not yet clear." He is said to have been a son of Yamanoue no Okura, but this is uncertain.

First line, "asabiraki": setting out from harbor early in the morning, picturing a traveler's dawn.
Second line, "irie kogu naru": "naru," the attributive of the auxiliary "nari" of inference from sound, means "seems to be rowing," capturing sounds heard at the station house.
Third line, "kaji no oto no": the lines so far form a preface; the sound of the oars leads by its resonance to "tsubaratsubara ni" in the fourth line.
Fourth line, "tsubaratsubara ni": "deeply, intently," the doubled word expressing the depth of feeling.
Last line, "wagie shi omohoyu": "shi" is emphatic and "omohoyu" means "comes to mind of itself." Like "Nara no wagie o" in Yakamochi's 4048, it sings of thinking of home while away.
Source: Manyoshu
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