Yo no naka o itoite ama no sumu kata mo ukime nomi koso miewatarikere - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

世の中を厭ひてあまの住む方も
うきめのみこそ見えわたりけれ

Roma-ji: Yo no naka o itoite ama no sumu kata mo ukime nomi koso miewatarikere
English Translation: Even where the nun,
the fisher, dwells, weary
of the world below,
nothing but floating weed, sorrow,
spreads out as far as eyes can see
Meaning: Even where one dwells as a nun, like the fisherfolk by the sea, weary of the world, nothing meets the eye but floating seaweed—nothing but sorrow, far and wide.
Commentary: Book Eighteen Miscellaneous Poems IV 1290

Headnote: "Topic unknown."
The poet says that even where a nun lives, having fled the world, only sorrow spreads before her eyes. Joining "ama," nun, with "ama," fisherfolk, and "ukime," sorrow, with "ukime," floating seaweed, she laments that even after leaving the world her life is full of pain.
The poet is given as "Komachi's elder sister," said to be the elder sister of Ono no Komachi, but her name is not known.

The first line, "Yo no naka o," means "the world."
The second line, "itoite ama no," is a pivot word on "ama," both a nun who left the world in weariness and fisherfolk living by the sea.
The third line, "sumu kata mo," means "even where they dwell."
The fourth line, "ukime nomi koso," is a pivot word on "ukime," both sorrow and floating seaweed, the latter an associated word with fisherfolk; "koso" is an emphatic binding particle. Poem 1239 of Book Seventeen likewise ends with "yo no ukime kana."
The last line, "miewatarikere," means "spreads far and wide before the eyes," closing the "koso" with the realis "kere."
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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