Toma no ya ni nami tachiyoranu keshiki nite amari sumiuki hodo wa mieniki

苫の屋になみたち寄らぬ気色にて
あまり住み憂き程は見えにき

Roma-ji: Toma no ya ni nami tachiyoranu keshiki nite amari sumiuki hodo wa mieniki
English Translation: To the rush-thatched hut
no wave came near, no tear fell,
and from all I saw,
far too hard a place to dwell
in, it seemed, for a fisherwoman.
Meaning: With no wave ever coming near the rush-thatched hut, I could see that it was far too forlorn a place for a fisherwoman to live.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 745

Headnote: "Reply"
This is Saigyō's reply. There was no sign of any wave drawing near the rush-thatched hut, and he could see how far too desolate it was for a fisherwoman, that is, a nun, to dwell in. Taking up hut, wave and ama from the preceding poem, he conveys what he felt on seeing the ruined dwelling.

First line, “toma no ya ni”: taking up tomaya in the preceding poem.
Second line, “nami tachiyoranu”: nami joins waves and namida, tears, the waves not coming near carrying a loneliness that even tears do not reach.
Third line, “keshiki nite”: being the look of it.
Fourth line, “amari sumiuki”: amari joins too much with ama, the fisherwoman of the preceding poem.
Fifth line, “hodo wa mieniki”: I could see how far it went; niki marks completion in the past.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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