Todokooru toki mo araji na Ōmi naru Omono no hama no ama no hitsugi wa - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

滞る時もあらじな近江なる
おものの浜の海人のひつぎは

Roma-ji: Todokooru toki mo araji na Ōmi naru Omono no hama no ama no hitsugi wa
English Translation: Never will there be
a time when it falters, surely,
in Ōmi's land,
the daily offering of the
fisherfolk of Omono shore!
Meaning: Surely there will never be a time when it falters, the daily tribute of food from the fisherfolk of Omono shore in Ōmi.
Commentary: Book Ten Kagura Songs 608

Headnote: "Fūzoku songs for the Great Thanksgiving Festival of the first year of Anna: Omono shore"
The poem says that the daily food offerings of the fisherfolk of Omono shore in Ōmi will never falter. Pivoting the place name Omono on "omono," the emperor's meals, it celebrates a rich and peaceful reign in the image of fisherfolk presenting tribute without fail each day. It closes the sequence of fūzoku songs for the festival of the first year of Anna.
The headnote, "Fūzoku songs for the Great Thanksgiving Festival of the first year of Anna," shows that the poem was offered at the Great Thanksgiving Festival held in the first year of Anna upon the accession of Emperor Reizei. At this festival, poems working in the place names of the provinces chosen as Yuki and Suki were offered, and from here to 608 poems follow whose topics are the names of mountains and shores in those provinces.
The author, written as "Kanemori," is Taira no Kanemori. A son of Prince Atsuyuki, of the line of Emperor Kōkō, he left the imperial family and took the name Taira. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets and is known for his poem "shinoburedo" in the Hyakunin Isshu, with which he competed against Mibu no Tadami at the Tentoku Palace Poetry Contest.

First line, "todokooru," means "to falter," speaking of the tribute ceasing.
Second line, "toki mo araji na," means "there will be no time, surely," with "ji" an auxiliary of negative conjecture and "na" an exclamatory final particle. The poem breaks after this second line, and the lower verse gives the subject in inverted order.
Third line, "Ōmi naru," means "in Ōmi Province," the same line as the first line of 610, "Ōmi naru."
Fourth line, "Omono no hama no," is a pivot word: "Omono" means the place name given as the topic and "omono," the emperor's meals.
Final line, "ama no hitsugi wa," means "the daily tribute of the fisherfolk."
Author: Taira no Kanemori
Source: Shui Wakashu
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