霞しく波の初花折りかけて
桜鯛釣る沖の海人舟
桜鯛釣る沖の海人舟
- Roma-ji
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Kasumi shiku nami no hatsuhana orikakete sakuradai tsuru oki no amabune
- English Translation
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Where the spring haze lies,
the first blossoms of the waves
break and bend over—
fishing boats far out at sea
angling for the cherry bream.
- Meaning
- Out where the haze lies spread and the first blossoms of the waves break and bend, the fishing boats far offshore are angling for cherry bream.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 1379
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
On the hazy spring sea, where the first blossoms of the waves break white, the fishing boats float offshore angling for cherry bream, the poet says.
To the image of breaking waves as "flowers of the waves" he joins the cherry bream caught in spring, painting a bright spring sea through the links of flower and cherry. Orikakete joins waves breaking over with flowers being broken off.
First line, “kasumi shiku”: the haze spread all over.
Second line, “nami no hatsuhana”: the first flowers of the waves, white breakers likened to early blossoms.
Third line, “orikakete”: joining waves breaking over with breaking off flowers.
Fourth line, “sakuradai tsuru”: angling for cherry-hued bream caught in spring, associated with flowers.
Fifth line, “oki no amabune”: ending on a noun, the fishing boats far out.
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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