Fumoto yuku funabito ika ni samukaran Kumayamadake o orosu arashi ni

麓行く舟人いかに寒からん
熊山岳を下ろす嵐に

Roma-ji: Fumoto yuku funabito ika ni samukaran Kumayamadake o orosu arashi ni
English Translation: Past the mountain's foot,
how cold the boatmen must be,
rowing on their way,
in the storm that sweeps down from
the peak of Kumayama.
Meaning: How cold the boatmen must be, rowing past the foot of the mountain, in the storm that sweeps down from Kumayamadake.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 978

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
In the storm sweeping down from Kumayamadake, how cold the boatmen rowing past the mountain's foot must be, the poet says. Kumayamadake is thought to be a mountain in Bizen. He imagines the cold of the boatmen buffeted by the wind down from the peak.

First line, “fumoto yuku”: going past the foot of the mountain.
Second line, “funabito ika ni”: how the boatmen.
Third line, “samukaran”: how cold they must be; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “Kumayamadake o”: the peak of Kumayama, a mountain name.
Fifth line, “orosu arashi ni”: in the storm sweeping down, inverted to follow the third line.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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