Harimagata nada no mioki ni kogiidete atari omowanu tsuki o nagamen

播磨潟灘のみ沖に漕ぎ出でて
あたり思はぬ月を眺めん

Roma-ji: Harimagata nada no mioki ni kogiidete atari omowanu tsuki o nagamen
English Translation: Out on Harima's shore,
past the open waters' rough,
rowing far from land,
I will gaze upon the moon
with nothing round to hinder.
Meaning: I will row out beyond the rough open waters off the shore of Harima and gaze upon the moon there, with nothing around to block my view.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 311

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "The moon"
This poem continues the topic of the moon. The poet will row out onto the open sea off the coast of Harima and gaze his fill at the moon over the wide waters, where nothing, neither mountain rim nor branches, gets in the way. The dislike of whatever hides the moon has grown into a wish to set out upon the sea.
Following the poems resenting clouds, this one seeks to see the moon free of every hindrance, the mountain rim as well as clouds. It also links with the next poem, which resents the mountain rim behind which the moon sets.

First line, “Harimagata”: the shores of Harima Province, the sea off the south of present-day Hyōgo.
Second line, “nada no mioki ni”: nada is a rough stretch of open sea, and mi is a prefix, out on the open waters.
Third line, “kogiidete”: rowing out to sea.
Fourth line, “atari omowanu”: not minding anything round about, meaning that at sea one may watch the moon without heed of mountains or clouds.
Fifth line, “tsuki o nagamen”: n is the volitional mu, I will gaze at the moon.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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