波高き芦屋の沖を隠れ舟の
ことなくて世を過ぎんとぞ思ふ
ことなくて世を過ぎんとぞ思ふ
- Roma-ji
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Nami takaki ashiya no oki o kakurebune no koto nakute yo o sugin to zo omou
- English Translation
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Where the waves run high
off the coast of Ashiya,
like a sheltered boat,
without mishap through this world
I would wish to pass my days.
- Meaning
- Like a boat slipping under shelter past the high waves off Ashiya, I wish to pass through this world without mishap.
- Commentary
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One Hundred Poems 1551
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Ten Miscellaneous Poems"
The ninth of the ten miscellaneous poems. As a boat passes safely in shelter through the high waves off Ashiya, he wishes to go through the world without mishap.
Ashiya is a coastal place in Settsu. The boat crossing rough seas safely as if in hiding is overlaid with the wish to live quietly, avoiding the world's storms. The upper lines serve as a preface leading to koto nakute. It also contrasts with 1544, the boats that rowed apart not knowing where the others went.
First line, “nami takaki”: where the waves are high.
Second line, “ashiya no oki o”: off Ashiya, a coastal place in Settsu.
Third line, “kakurebune no”: a boat going in shelter; the line has an extra syllable. The first three lines lead into koto nakute through the boat passing safely.
Fourth line, “koto nakute yo o”: without mishap, this world.
Fifth line, “sugin to zo omou”: zo concludes with the attributive omou, strengthening "I mean to pass through."
- Author
- Saigyō
- Source
- Sankashu
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