難波潟潮路はるかに見渡せば
霞に浮かぶ沖の釣舟
霞に浮かぶ沖の釣舟
- Roma-ji
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Naniwagata shioji haruka ni miwataseba kasumi ni ukabu oki no tsuribune
- English Translation
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Across Naniwa bay,
looking far along the paths
where the tides flow out,
I see, floating in the haze,
the fishing boats offshore
- Meaning
- Gazing far across the sea lanes of Naniwa Bay, I see fishing boats in the offing floating in the spring haze.
- Commentary
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Book Sixteen Miscellaneous Poems I 1049
Headnote: "Composed on the theme "Viewing""
This poem was composed on the theme "viewing." Looking far along the sea lanes of Naniwa Bay, I see fishing boats floating in the haze offshore, he says. Gazing far over the sea of Naniwa veiled in spring haze, the boats in the offing seem to float in the haze, depicting a calm and misty spring seascape.
The author, "Priest En'gen," was a monk of the late Heian period whose biography is not known in detail.
It shares the third line, "miwataseba," with the preceding poem, 1048; where the preceding poem sings of fishing boats mistaken for the sky, this one sings of fishing boats floating in haze. It also shares "haze" with the next poem, 1050, so that views of the spring sea continue.
First line, "Naniwagata": the inlet of Naniwa in Settsu Province, a famous place.
Second line, "shioji haruka ni": "shioji" means the sea lanes where the tide flows, "far along the sea lanes."
Third line, "miwataseba": "when I look out." It is the same line as the third lines of the preceding poem, 1048, and of 1047 of this book.
Fourth line, "kasumi ni ukabu": "floating in the spring haze." It answers "harugasumi" in the first line of the next poem, 1050.
Fifth line, "oki no tsuribune": ending in a noun, it answers "ama no tsuribune" in the fifth line of the preceding poem.
- Author
- Engen
- Source
- Senzai Wakashu
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