Migiwa chikaku hikiyoseraruru ōami ni ikuse no mono no inochi komoreri

汀近く引き寄せらるる大網に
幾瀬のものの命こもれり

Roma-ji: Migiwa chikaku hikiyoseraruru ōami ni ikuse no mono no inochi komoreri
English Translation: Near the water's edge,
within the great net drawn in
closer to the shore,
the lives of creatures from
so many shallows are held.
Meaning: Within the great net being drawn in near the shore are held the lives of creatures from so many river shallows.
Commentary: One Hundred Poems 1519

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Ten Poems on Impermanence"
The seventh of the ten poems on impermanence. Within the great net hauled in near the shore are held the lives of fish that dwelt in many shallows.
In fish caught and drawn ashore, it sees the transience of lives drawn toward death. Continuing the fish of the preceding poem, it widens the scale from a single fish in a drying pond to the many lives held in a great net.

First line, “migiwa chikaku”: near the water's edge; the line has an extra syllable.
Second line, “hikiyoseraruru”: ruru is passive, "being drawn in."
Third line, “ōami ni”: within the great net.
Fourth line, “ikuse no mono no”: of creatures from many shallows.
Fifth line, “inochi komoreri”: ri marks continuing state, "the lives held within."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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