Fuku kaze ni makasuru fune ya aki no yo no tsuki no ue yori kyō wa koguran - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

吹く風にまかする舟や秋の夜の
月の上より今日は漕ぐらん

Roma-ji: Fuku kaze ni makasuru fune ya aki no yo no tsuki no ue yori kyō wa koguran
English Translation: The boat that entrusts
itself to the blowing wind—
over the moon
of this autumn night, I wonder,
is it rowing on today
Meaning: Is the boat that trusts itself to the blowing wind rowing today over the moon of this autumn night?
Commentary: Book Seven Autumn Poems III 437

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet wonders whether the boat, left to the blowing wind, is rowing tonight over the autumn moon reflected on the water. Taking the reflected moon for the real one, it captures, as in a vision, a boat rowing over it.
321 in Book Six, Ono no Yoshiki's "aki no ike no tsuki no ue ni kogu fune nareba," also sings of a boat rowing over the reflected moon. Following the bright autumn moon of 434 of this book, it is another poem on the moon.
The poet is listed as "anonymous," and the composer's name has not come down to us. The text gives the poet as "yomibito mo," which is treated here as "anonymous."

The first line, "Fuku kaze ni," means "to the blowing wind."
The second line, "makasuru fune ya," means "the boat that trusts itself," with "ya" an interrogative particle.
The third line, "aki no yo no," means "of the autumn night."
In the fourth line, "yori" marks a route: "passing over the moon reflected on the water."
In the last line, "ran" is an auxiliary of present conjecture forming a kakarimusubi pattern with "ya" in the second line: "is it rowing today?"
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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