Tako no ura no soko sae niou fujinami o kazashite yukan minu hito no tame - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

たこの浦の底さへにほふ藤波を
かざして行かん見ぬ人のため

Roma-ji: Tako no ura no soko sae niou fujinami o kazashite yukan minu hito no tame
English Translation: The wisteria waves
of Tako Bay that glow bright
even in the depths,
I will wear them in my hair,
for those who have not seen them.
Meaning: I will put in my hair the wisteria of Tako Bay, whose color glows even in the depths of the water, and take it home for those who have not seen it.
Commentary: Book Two Summer Poems 88

Headnote: "Upon seeing the wisteria at Tako Bay"
The poet resolves to wear in his hair the wisteria of Tako Bay, whose color glows even in the depths of the water, and carry it back for those who have not seen it. Rather than keeping the beautiful scene to himself, he wishes to share it with those back home, a feeling expressed with simple directness. According to the headnote, the poem was composed upon seeing the wisteria at Tako Bay.
The author, written as Kakinomoto no Hitomaro with a variant character, is Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. A court poet of the Asuka period, he is revered as the sage of poetry and the foremost poet of the Man'yōshū, and he is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.
In Book Nineteen of the Man'yōshū, this poem appears as the work of Kura no Nawamaro, one of the poems composed in the second year of Tenpyō Shōhō on an excursion to Fuse Lake in Etchū Province, gazing at the wisteria of Tako Bay. In the Shūishū it is included as a poem by Hitomaro.

First line, "Tako no ura no," names a bay famous for its wisteria; in the Man'yōshū it is Tako Bay in Etchū Province.
Second line, "soko sae niou," means "glowing even in the depths." "Niou" refers to color shining beautifully, and "sae" is an additive particle. Like "soko ni utsureba" in the preceding poem, it sings of wisteria reflected in the depths, so that the two poems form a pair.
Third line, "fujinami o," likens wisteria clusters to waves and is also associated with "ura" (bay). This poem closes the wisteria sequence that began with 83.
Fourth line, "kazashite yukan," means "I will go wearing them in my hair," with "n" as an auxiliary of intention. The poem pauses here, in inverted order with the final line.
Final line, "minu hito no tame," means "for those who have not seen them," giving after the fact, by inversion, the reason for the fourth line. Whereas the preceding poem regretted wisteria broken by the waves, this poem contrasts by having the poet pick the flowers himself to share with others.
Author: Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Source: Shui Wakashu
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