Kodai hiku ami no ukenawa yorikumeri uki shiwaza aru shiosaki no ura

小鯛引く網の浮縄縒り組めり
うきしわざある塩崎の浦

Roma-ji: Kodai hiku ami no ukenawa yorikumeri uki shiwaza aru shiosaki no ura
English Translation: For hauling sea bream
they twist and braid together
the floating ropes of nets—
Shiosaki Bay, where folk
ply a sad trade on the floats.
Meaning: They twist and braid the floating ropes of the nets for hauling sea bream—Shiosaki Bay, where people ply this sad trade of floats.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1378

Headnote: "Topic unknown"
They twist and braid the float-ropes of the nets for hauling small sea bream at Shiosaki Bay, where people ply a sad trade, the poet says.
Depicting fishermen preparing the float-ropes, it pivots uki on the "floats" of the net and "sad," pitying the fishing that leads to the sin of taking life. As in the preceding poems, thoughts on fishing and sin come through.

First line, “kodai hiku”: hauling small sea bream with nets.
Second line, “ami no ukenawa”: the float-ropes of the nets.
Third line, “yorikumeri”: they are twisting and braiding them; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “uki shiwaza aru”: uki pivots on net "floats" and "sad."
Fifth line, “shiosaki no ura”: a place name, ending on a noun.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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