風荒き磯にかかれる海人人は
繋がぬ舟の心地こそすれ
繋がぬ舟の心地こそすれ
- Roma-ji
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Kaze araki iso ni kakareru amabito wa tsunaganu fune no kokochi koso sure
- English Translation
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On the rocky shore
where the wind blows fierce, the folk
who cling to their trade,
like a boat that is not moored,
so it is that they must feel.
- Meaning
- The fisherfolk who cling to their living on the wind-lashed shore must feel like boats left untied.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 846
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "From among the many poems on impermanence that I composed"
The fisherfolk who cling to their living on the wind-lashed shore must feel like boats left untied, the poet says, laying the frailty of human life over a boat that may be swept away at any moment.
First line, “kaze araki”: where the wind blows fierce.
Second line, “iso ni kakareru”: kakaru is to cling, to depend; clinging to the shore for a living.
Third line, “amabito wa”: the fisherfolk.
Fourth line, “tsunaganu fune no”: of a boat not tied, at the mercy of the waves.
Fifth line, “kokochi koso sure”: koso is answered by the perfective sure; so they must feel.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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