Yasewataru minato no kaze ni tsuki fukete shio hiru kata ni chidori naku nari

やせ渡る湊の風に月更けて
潮干るかたに千鳥鳴くなり

Roma-ji: Yasewataru minato no kaze ni tsuki fukete shio hiru kata ni chidori naku nari
English Translation: As the waters thin
in the wind across the harbor
and the moon sinks late,
toward the flats the tide has bared
I hear the plovers crying.
Meaning: In the wind over the harbor where the waters thin to shallows, the moon has sunk late into the night, and toward the flats the ebbing tide has bared I hear the plovers crying.
Commentary: Winter Poems 552

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Plovers"
This is the fifth of five poems on plovers. Wind blows over a harbor where the ebbing tide leaves the water ever shallower, the moon sinks late in the night, and plovers cry out toward the tidal flats the sea has laid bare. The poet hears the plovers' voices in the lonely scene of a harbor late at night.
It ends with the same line as 549, chidori naku nari, treating the same scene of hearing plovers by a shore at low tide at dusk in that poem and late at night in this one.

First line, “yasewataru”: yasewataru is understood to describe the water thinning out and growing shallow everywhere as the tide ebbs.
Second line, “minato no kaze ni”: minato is a harbor, a river mouth or inlet where boats come and go.
Third line, “tsuki fukete”: the moon too late in the night, marking how the night has deepened.
Fourth line, “shio hiru kata ni”: kata is a pivot word, direction and tidal flat, toward the flats laid bare by the tide.
Fifth line, “chidori naku nari”: nari is the auxiliary of inference from sound; it is the same last line as 549.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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