Isona tsumite nami kakerarete suginikeru wani no sumikeru ōiso no ne o

磯菜摘みて波かけられて過ぎにける
鰐の住みける大磯の根を

Roma-ji: Isona tsumite nami kakerarete suginikeru wani no sumikeru ōiso no ne o
English Translation: Gathering seaweed,
splashed by the breaking waves,
I have passed it by—
the roots of the great rocky shore
where they say the sharks once dwelt.
Meaning: Gathering seaweed on the shore and splashed by the waves, I passed by the roots of the great rocks where, they say, the sharks lived.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1452

Headnote: none
Gathering seaweed and splashed by the waves, he passed the base of the great rocks where sharks were said to dwell, the poet says.
Wani is an old word for shark, a fearsome sea creature. Passing, drenched by waves, the perilous rocks where sharks were said to live, the poem conveys the tension and adventure of travel along the coast. It stands at the close of Book Seven; where 1042 at its head sang of the moon clear in a garden in the capital and the autumn wind, the book ends on a rough distant shore, showing the breadth of a book that spans the elegance of the capital and journeys to the remote edges of the land.

First line, “isona tsumite”: gathering seaweed on the shore; the line has an extra syllable.
Second line, “nami kakerarete”: splashed by the waves.
Third line, “suginikeru”: nikeru marks completion and past, "I passed by"; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “wani no sumikeru”: wani is an old word for shark; where sharks were said to dwell.
Fifth line, “ōiso no ne o”: the base of the great rocky shore, the inversion naming the place passed.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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