Ujigawa no hayase ochimau ryōbune no kazuki ni chigau koi no muramake

宇治川の早瀬落ち舞ふ漁舟の
かづきにちがふ鯉のむらまけ

Roma-ji: Ujigawa no hayase ochimau ryōbune no kazuki ni chigau koi no muramake
English Translation: In the Uji's rapids,
the fishing boats come tumbling,
dancing down the stream—
dodging past the plunging spears,
the carp swim on in their schools.
Meaning: Down the rapids of the Uji River the fishing boats come tumbling, and the schools of carp slip past the spears thrust down from them.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1391

Headnote: "Seeing a boat going down the Uji River, striking carp coming downstream with a thing called a kanatsuki"
Seeing a boat going down the Uji River, spearing carp with a tool called a kanatsuki, Saigyō composed this. From fishing boats tumbling down the rapids the spears are thrust, and the schools of carp slip past them.
It depicts a lively scene: boats rushing down the rapids, fishermen spearing from above, and carp dodging past. Muramake in the last line is hard to construe and is taken here as a school of carp. Poems on river fishing follow.

First line, “Ujigawa no”: of the Uji River in Yamashiro.
Second line, “hayase ochimau”: tumbling and dancing down the rapids.
Third line, “ryōbune no”: of the fishing boats.
Fourth line, “kazuki ni chigau”: taken as "slipping past the thrust of the spears."
Fifth line, “koi no muramake”: hard to construe, taken as a school of carp.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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