Naniwagata tsuki no hikari ni ura saete nami no omote ni kōri o zo shiku

難波潟月の光に浦冴えて
波の面に氷をぞ敷く

Roma-ji: Naniwagata tsuki no hikari ni ura saete nami no omote ni kōri o zo shiku
English Translation: At Naniwa Bay,
in the light shed by the moon
the cove grows cold and clear,
and across the waves it spreads
a sheet of ice as it shines.
Meaning: At Naniwa Bay the whole cove grows cold and clear in the moonlight, and it seems as though a sheet of ice has been spread across the waves.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 326

Headnote: "Bright moon by the sea"
The topic is the bright moon over the sea. At Naniwa Bay in Settsu, the whole cove grows cold and clear in the bright moonlight, and the surface of the waves shines white as though spread with ice. The sea lit by the moon is likened to ice.
Likening moonlight to ice echoes 323, where a waterless pond became ice; here the broad sea becomes a sheet of ice in the moonlight. The poems on the moon at famous places move on from Kiyomi Bay and Akashi to Naniwa Bay.

First line, “Naniwagata”: a famous place, the inlets of Settsu around present-day Osaka Bay.
Second line, “tsuki no hikari ni”: by the light of the moon.
Third line, “ura saete”: saeru means to be cold and clear, or for light to be pure, the whole cove growing cold and clear in the moonlight.
Fourth line, “nami no omote ni”: on the surface of the waves.
Fifth line, “kōri o zo shiku”: zo is answered by the attributive shiku, closing by likening the moonlight to ice spread over the waves.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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