Isona tsuman ima oisomuru wakafunori mirume gibasa hijiki kokorobuto

磯菜摘まん今生ひ初むる若布海苔
海松布ぎばさひじき心太

Roma-ji: Isona tsuman ima oisomuru wakafunori mirume gibasa hijiki kokorobuto
English Translation: Let's gather seaweed:
fresh funori just now sprung,
young and newly grown,
mirume, gibasa, hijiki,
and the weed for kokorobuto.
Meaning: Let us gather shore greens: young funori just sprouting, mirume, gibasa, hijiki, and the weed for tokoroten.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1381

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Topic unknown"
Let us gather shore greens, the poet says: young funori just sprouting, mirume, gibasa, hijiki, and kokorobuto.
Where the preceding poem listed shellfish, this one lines up the names of seaweeds, the two forming a pair. Through a string of concrete names it depicts the shore life of gathering seaweeds that sprout in spring.

First line, “isona tsuman”: n is volitional, "let us gather shore greens"; the line has an extra syllable.
Second line, “ima oisomuru”: just now beginning to grow.
Third line, “wakafunori”: taken as young funori seaweed.
Fourth line, “mirume gibasa”: mirume seaweed and gibasa, a kind of gulfweed.
Fifth line, “hijiki kokorobuto”: hijiki and kokorobuto, the agar weed for tokoroten, ending the list on nouns.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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