Iwa koyuru araisonami ni tatsu chidori kokoro narade ya urazutau ran - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

岩越ゆる荒磯波に立つ千鳥
心ならでや浦伝ふらん

Roma-ji: Iwa koyuru araisonami ni tatsu chidori kokoro narade ya urazutau ran
English Translation: Driven up in flight
by the rough waves of the rocky shore
that break over the stones,
the plovers move from bay to bay,
not of their own will, I wonder?
Meaning: The plovers that rise from the rough waves breaking over the rocks of the shore, do they move from bay to bay against their will?
Commentary: Book Six Winter Poems 426

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on plovers"
Composed on the topic of plovers. The plovers that rise before the rough waves breaking over the rocks of the shore, the poet asks, do they move from bay to bay not of their own will? In plovers driven by the waves and unable to settle, he sees the frailty of a life that cannot go as it wishes.
The author, "Dōin Hōshi," is Fujiwara no Atsuyori, son of Fujiwara no Kiyotaka, who took holy orders late in life. He was known for his deep devotion to poetry, and a poem of his is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
The five poems from 424 to 428 are poems on plovers. Plovers, crying along winter rivers and shores, were counted among the sights of winter.
The fourth line of the main text reads "kokoro narade ya," which does not match "kokoro narazu ya" in the line of readings. Here the main text is followed.

First line, "iwa koyuru": the waves "breaking over the rocks," showing how rough the sea is.
Second line, "araisonami ni": "araiso" is a wild, rocky shore, and these are the waves that break on it.
Third line, "tatsu chidori": "tatsu" is to take flight, plovers rising as the waves drive them up.
Fourth line, "kokoro narade ya": "kokoro narade" means "not of their own will," and the interrogative "ya" closes with the attributive "ran" in the last line.
Fifth line, "urazutau ran": "urazutau" is to move along from bay to bay, with "ran" as the present conjecture.
Author: Dōin
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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