Mutsu no ku no okuyukashiku zo omōyuru tsubo no ishibumi soto no hamakaze

陸奥のおくゆかしくぞ思ほゆる
壺の碑外の浜風

Roma-ji: Mutsu no ku no okuyukashiku zo omōyuru tsubo no ishibumi soto no hamakaze
English Translation: Michinoku's depths,
how I long to know them well,
how my heart is drawn:
the Stone Monument of Tsubo,
the shore wind of Soto.
Meaning: How I long to know the far reaches of Michinoku: the Stone Monument of Tsubo and the wind on the shore of Soto.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1011

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
How I long to know the far reaches of Michinoku: the Stone Monument of Tsubo and the wind on the shore of Soto, the poet says. Both were famed poetic places thought to lie at the farthest edge of Mutsu, and he expresses the longing of one who had traveled there for regions further still.

First line, “Mutsu no ku no”: of the province of Mutsu.
Second line, “okuyukashiku zo”: oku is a pivot word joining the depths of Mutsu and okuyukashi, longing to know; zo is answered by yuru in the third line.
Third line, “omōyuru”: so it seems to me; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “tsubo no ishibumi”: the Stone Monument of Tsubo, a famed place in Mutsu.
Fifth line, “soto no hamakaze”: Soto no Hama, the shore at the northern edge of Mutsu; ending on a noun.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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