Haraka tsuru ōwatasaki no ukenawa ni kokoro kaketsutsu sugin to zo omou

腹赤釣る大わた崎の浮け縄に
心かけつつ過ぎんとぞ思ふ

Roma-ji: Haraka tsuru ōwatasaki no ukenawa ni kokoro kaketsutsu sugin to zo omou
English Translation: The floating lines strung
at Ōwata Cape where they
fish the haraka—
I'll pass by, I think, with care,
lest my heart catch on their ropes.
Meaning: I mean to pass by with care, minding the floating lines strung at Ōwata Cape to catch haraka fish.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1450

Headnote: "In Tsukushi, the lines for fishing the fish called haraka are lowered on the first day of the tenth month and raised in the twelfth, when the catch is sent up to the capital. The lines are stretched far out, and when a passing boat strikes them, the fishermen make accusations and speak as if they were great officials, which is troublesome. I composed on this"
In Tsukushi, lines for haraka fish, sent up to the capital, are set in the tenth month and raised in the twelfth; stretched far out, they trouble passing boats, whose crews are accosted by fishermen speaking with official airs. He will pass by Ōwata Cape minding its floating lines, the poet says.
Haraka, a kind of trout, was presented to the court. With irony toward those who use the tribute fishery as authority to harass passing boats, kokoro kake joins "taking care" with "catching" on a line.

First line, “haraka tsuru”: fishing for haraka.
Second line, “ōwatasaki no”: apparently a place name in Tsukushi.
Third line, “ukenawa ni”: on the floating lines.
Fourth line, “kokoro kaketsutsu”: taking care, echoing "catching" on the lines.
Fifth line, “sugin to zo omou”: zo is answered by the attributive omou, "I mean to pass by."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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