青海原風波靡き行くさ来さ
つつむことなく船は速けむ
つつむことなく船は速けむ
- Roma-ji
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Aounabara kazenami nabiki yukusa kusa tsutsumu koto naku fune wa hayakemu
- English Translation
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On the blue sea plain
wind and waves will bend and calm;
going and coming back
with no mishap on the way
swift, I'm sure, your ship will sail
- Meaning
- On the blue sea, the wind and waves will lie calm, and both going and returning your ship will sail swiftly without mishap.
- Commentary
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Book Twenty Miscellaneous Poems 4514
Headnote: "On the tenth day of the second month, a banquet at the residence of the Inner Minister to send off Ono no Tamori and others, envoys to Bohai; one poem."
On the blue sea, wind and waves will lie calm, and going and returning your ship will sail swiftly without mishap: a prayer for the safe voyage of the embassy to Bohai. According to the headnote, it comes from a banquet at the residence of the Inner Minister Fujiwara no Nakamaro on the tenth of the second month of Tenpyō Hōji 2 to see off Ono no Tamori and others, envoys to Bohai. The left note says it is by Ōtomo no Yakamochi, Middle Controller of the Right, but was not yet recited. Like Yakamochi's earlier poem asking the waves not to rise as the guards set sail, it prays for the safety of those going by sea.
The author, Ōtomo no Yakamochi, son of Ōtomo no Tabito, was at this time Middle Controller of the Right.
The first line, "aounabara," hypermetric, means "the vast blue sea."
The second line, "kazenami nabiki," "wind and waves lying calm," blesses the voyage in advance.
The third line, "yukusa kusa," "going and coming," shows the round trip.
The fourth line, "tsutsumu koto naku," means "without hindrance."
The closing line, "fune wa hayakemu," with the conjectural mu: the ship will surely sail swiftly, a blessing in advance.
- Author
- Otomo no Yakamochi
- Source
- Manyoshu
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