Fushizukeshi yodo no watari o kesa mireba token go mo naku kōri shinikeri - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

ふしづけし淀の渡りを今朝見れば
解けん期もなく氷しにけり

Roma-ji: Fushizukeshi yodo no watari o kesa mireba token go mo naku kōri shinikeri
English Translation: At Yodo's crossing,
where brushwood was sunk for fish,
looking out this morn,
I find it all frozen hard,
with no thought of thawing soon.
Meaning: Looking this morning at the Yodo crossing where brushwood had been sunk to catch fish, I find it frozen over, with no telling when it will thaw.
Commentary: Book Four Winter Poems 234

Headnote: "For a folding screen"
The poet finds this morning that the ferry crossing at Yodo, where brushwood had been sunk to catch fish, is frozen over with no telling when it will thaw. The ice that seals the winter fishing traps captures the deepening cold. According to the headnote, it was written for a folding screen.
Taira no Kanemori, of a Taira line descended from Emperor Kōkō, was a poet of the mid-Heian period. He is known for his performance at the palace poetry contest of the fourth year of Tentoku and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "fushizukeshi," means "where brushwood had been sunk," with "shi" the attributive form of the past auxiliary "ki."
Second line, "yodo no watari o," means "the ferry crossing on the Yodo River" in Yamashiro.
Third line, "kesa mireba," means "when I look this morning."
Fourth line, "token go mo naku," means "with no time of thawing," "go" meaning a time or season.
Final line, "kōri shinikeri," means "it has frozen over," with "ni" perfective and "keri" exclamatory.
Author: Taira no Kanemori
Source: Shui Wakashu
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