Kano e saru fune mate shibashi koto towan oki no shiranami mada tatanu ma ni - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

かのえさる舟待てしばし言問はん
沖の白波まだ立たぬまに

Roma-ji: Kano e saru fune mate shibashi koto towan oki no shiranami mada tatanu ma ni
English Translation: Boat leaving that bay,
wait for a moment, for I
have a thing to ask,
while the white waves out at sea
have not yet risen high.
Meaning: Boat leaving that inlet, wait a moment, I have something to ask you, while the white waves offshore have yet to rise.
Commentary: Book Seven Names of Things 427

Headnote: "Kanoesaru (the elder metal and the monkey)"
The poet calls to the boat leaving that inlet to wait a moment, for he has something to ask, while the white waves offshore have yet to rise. Singing of the wish to hold back a departing boat, the poem hides the name "kanoesaru" given in the headnote in the run of sounds "kano e saru" in the first line. The headnote names the thing hidden in the poem.
The author, written as Sukemi, is Fujiwara no Sukemi. A son of Fujiwara no Hirotsune, he was a mid-Heian poet known as Tōroku. He excelled at poems hiding the names of things, and his personal collection is the Tōrokushū.

First line, "kano e saru," means "leaving that inlet," hiding the name "kanoesaru." Like "kano kawa" in the preceding poem it begins with "kano," and from here poems hiding the names of the cyclical signs continue.
Second line, "fune mate shibashi," means "boat, wait a while," with "mate" an imperative. The poem pauses here.
Third line, "koto towan," means "I will ask something," with "n" an auxiliary of intention. The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "oki no shiranami," means "the white waves offshore."
Final line, "mada tatanu ma ni," means "while they have not yet risen," attaching by inversion to the call in the second line.
Author: Fujiwara no Sukemi
Source: Shui Wakashu
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