Mokaribune ima zo nagisa ni kiyosu naru migiwa no tazu no koe sawagu nari - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

藻刈舟今ぞ渚に来寄すなる
汀の鶴の声騒ぐなり

Roma-ji: Mokaribune ima zo nagisa ni kiyosu naru migiwa no tazu no koe sawagu nari
English Translation: The seaweed-cutting boats
are drawing to the shore now,
so it seems to me—
for at the water's edge the cranes
raise their voices in a clamor.
Meaning: It seems the seaweed-cutting boats are now drawing up to the shore, for the cranes at the water's edge are crying in a clamor.
Commentary: Book Eight Miscellaneous Poems I 465

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
The poet says that because the cranes at the water's edge are crying noisily, the seaweed-cutting boats must now be drawing up to the shore. From the clamor of the cranes he infers the movement of unseen boats, portraying the seaside scene through sound. Taking up the crane's cry in 459 of this book and following the waves of Akashi Bay in the preceding poem, 464, it sings of boats drawing in to the shore.

First line, "mokaribune," means "the seaweed-cutting boats." A boat gathering seaweed also appears in 489 of this book.
Second line, "ima zo nagisa ni," means "now to the shore," with "zo" an emphatic particle.
Third line, "kiyosu naru," means "seem to be drawing in," with "naru" the attributive form of "nari," which infers from sound, resolving "zo." The poem breaks here.
Fourth line, "migiwa no tazu no," means "of the cranes at the water's edge."
Final line, "koe sawagu nari," means "their cries are clamorous, I hear," with "nari" inferring from what is heard. As if inverted, the lower verse gives the grounds for the inference in the upper verse.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Shui Wakashu
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