Suma no ama no sode fukikaesu shiokaze ni uramite fukuru aki no yo no tsuki

須磨の海人の袖吹き返す潮風に
うらみて更くる秋の夜の月

Roma-ji: Suma no ama no sode fukikaesu shiokaze ni uramite fukuru aki no yo no tsuki
English Translation: At Suma's shore
the salt wind that turns about
the sleeves of fishers—
gazing at the bay in grief,
the autumn moon grows late.
Meaning: In the salt wind that blows back the sleeves of the fishers of Suma, the autumn moon grows late, gazing on the bay as if with reproach.
Commentary: Autumn Poems 281

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Moon by the sea"
At Suma Bay, as the salt wind blows back the fishers' sleeves, the autumn moon grows late, gazing down on the bay as if in reproach. Overlaying the forlorn scene of Suma with a moon that seems to hold resentment, the poet portrays a poignant autumn night by the sea.
The Teika text differs in line 3. Kamo no Mabuchi judged uramite fukuru to be in the manner of later times.

Line 1, "the fishers of Suma," is hypermetric, referring to the fishers of Suma Bay in Settsu, long sung as a lonely, desolate shore.
Line 2 means "blowing back the sleeves."
Line 3 means "in the salt wind from the sea."
Line 4: urami is a pivot word meaning both "gazing at the bay" and "reproaching," with an echo also of sleeves blown back to show their lining (ura).
Line 5 ends on a noun, the same last line as 279. Against the dawn moon over the sea of Ise in the preceding poem, 280, this one sings of the deepening moon at Suma Bay, setting Ise and Suma side by side as seaside moons.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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