Tane tsukuru tsuboi no mizu no hiku sue ni ebuna atsumaru ochiai no wada

種漬くる坪井の水の引く末に
江鮒集まる落ち合ひのわだ

Roma-ji: Tane tsukuru tsuboi no mizu no hiku sue ni ebuna atsumaru ochiai no wada
English Translation: Where water's drawn off
from the well for soaking seed
before the planting,
carp gather at the end,
in the pool where streams converge.
Meaning: At the end of the channel drawn from the well where seed rice is soaked, the crucian carp gather in the pool where the streams meet.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1393

Headnote: none
At the end of the channel drawn from the well where seed rice is soaked, crucian carp gather in the pool where the streams meet, the poet says.
It depicts the village work of soaking seed rice for spring seedbeds and the schools of carp gathering in its channels, a peaceful rural scene linking field water and fish.

First line, “tane tsukuru”: soaking the seed rice.
Second line, “tsuboi no mizu no”: of the tsuboi, a well holding water for soaking seed.
Third line, “hiku sue ni”: at the end of the drawn channel.
Fourth line, “ebuna atsumaru”: crucian carp of the inlet gather.
Fifth line, “ochiai no wada”: the pool where streams meet, ending on a noun.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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