Okitsushima kumoi no kishi o yukikaeri fumi kayowasamu maharoshi mogana - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

沖つ島雲居の岸を行き返り
文通はさむまはろしもがな

Roma-ji: Okitsushima kumoi no kishi o yukikaeri fumi kayowasamu maharoshi mogana
English Translation: To that offshore isle,
to its shore beyond the clouds,
going back and forth,
I wish there were a sorcerer
to carry letters between us.
Meaning: I wish there were a sorcerer who could travel back and forth to the shore of that offshore isle beyond the clouds and carry our letters between us.
Commentary: Book Eight Miscellaneous Poems I 487

Headnote: "When the wife of Ono no Akimichi, Governor of Tsushima, went down to the province, composed and sent by Hizen, wife of Lord Tomomasa"
The poet wishes for a sorcerer who could travel back and forth to the shore of the offshore isle beyond the clouds and carry letters between them. The headnote shows that Hizen, wife of Lord Tomomasa, composed and sent it when the wife of Ono no Akimichi, Governor of Tsushima, went down to the province of Tsushima. Grieving to part from a friend leaving for distant Tsushima, she wishes for a messenger like the sorcerer of the Song of Everlasting Sorrow who sought Yang Guifei's soul on an immortals' mountain in the sea, so that their letters might continue. It also resonates with the screen poem on the Song of Everlasting Sorrow in 482 of this book.
The author, Hizen, was according to the headnote the wife of Lord Tomomasa, but the details of her life are unclear.
The final line of the main text reads "maharoshi mogana," which does not match "mahoroshi mogana" in the line giving the reading. The main text is followed here, but "maharoshi" is thought to be a miscopying of "maboroshi," and the translation and commentary follow the meaning of "maboroshi," a sorcerer.

First line, "okitsushima," means "the offshore isle," here Tsushima.
Second line, "kumoi no kishi o," means "to the shore beyond the clouds." As in 437 and 470 of this book, "kumoi" names a place far removed.
Third line, "yukikaeri," means "going back and forth."
Fourth line, "fumi kayowasamu," means "who would carry letters between us," with "mu" an auxiliary of indirect expression.
Final line, "maharoshi mogana," means "if only there were a sorcerer," with "mogana" a final particle of wishing. It draws on the sorcerer who sought Yang Guifei's soul in the Song of Everlasting Sorrow.
Author: Hizen
Source: Shui Wakashu
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