Sumiyoshi no nami mo kokoro o yosekereba mube zo migiwa ni tachimasarikeru - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

住吉の波も心を寄せければ
むべぞ汀に立ちまさりける

Roma-ji: Sumiyoshi no nami mo kokoro o yosekereba mube zo migiwa ni tachimasarikeru
English Translation: Since the Sumiyoshi
waves too have set their hearts
in our favor,
no wonder at the water's edge
they have risen all the higher
Meaning: Since the waves of Sumiyoshi have set their hearts on our side, no wonder they rose all the higher at the water's edge and carried us to victory.
Commentary: Book Twenty Shinto Poems 1257

Headnote: "Composed as the head of the Left when, after the poetry contest held by the Regent and Minister of the Left in the eighth year of Chōgen, the members of the Left went to Sumiyoshi in thanks and composed poems"
In 1035, after the poetry contest held by the Regent and Minister of the Left Fujiwara no Yorimichi, the members of the winning Left went to the Sumiyoshi Shrine in thanks and composed poems, and he wrote this as head of the Left. Since the waves of Sumiyoshi set their hearts on us, no wonder they rose higher at the water's edge, he says. The god of Sumiyoshi was revered as a god of poetry, and in waves surging high against the shore he sees the god favoring the Left and granting it victory, voicing both joy and gratitude.
The author, "Major Counselor Tsunesuke," is Fujiwara no Tsunesuke. A son of the Middle Counselor Fujiwara no Takaie and grandson of the Middle Regent Fujiwara no Michitaka, he rose to provisional major counselor.
Poems connected with the Sumiyoshi Shrine begin here in this book, and poems on Sumiyoshi run from 1261 through 1265.

First line, "Sumiyoshi no": the area of the Sumiyoshi Shrine in Settsu, with its god of poetry in the background. It is the same phrase as "Sumiyoshi no" in the first line of 1265 in this book.
Second line, "nami mo kokoro o": the waves breaking on the Sumiyoshi shore carry the heart of the god.
Third line, "yosekereba": "yosu" is an associated word of waves, overlaying the setting of one's heart on someone with waves surging in.
Fourth line, "mube zo migiwa ni": "mube" means "no wonder," and "zo," an emphatic binding particle, closes with the attributive "keru" in the fifth line.
Fifth line, "tachimasarikeru": "tachimasaru" is waves rising higher, overlaid with the Left's victory. "Keru," the attributive of the exclamatory "keri," closes the binding.
Author: Fujiwara no Tsunesuke
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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