classic waka stream

塩竈の浦吹く風に秋たけて
まがきが島に月傾きぬ
Roma-ji

Shiogama no ura fuku kaze ni aki takete magaki ga shima ni tsuki katabukinu

English Translation
At Shiogama
in the wind across the bay
autumn has grown late—
over the isle of Magaki
the moon has begun to sink.
Meaning
In the wind sweeping Shiogama Bay, autumn has passed its height, and over the isle of Magaki the moon has sunk low.
Commentary
Autumn Poems 282

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Moon by the sea"
In the wind sweeping Shiogama Bay in Michinoku, autumn has deepened, and the moon has sunk low near the isle of Magaki. Setting the poem at a famous poetic site of Michinoku, the poet grandly captures the deepening of autumn and the lateness of the night through wind and moon.
Kamo no Mabuchi gave it a double circle. The Teika text gives line 4 as magaki shima ni.

Line 1 names Shiogama Bay, a poetic site in Michinoku.
Line 2 means "in the wind that sweeps the bay."
Line 3 means "autumn has passed its height and deepened," using the same word as taketaru in 280.
Line 4 names Magaki-ga-shima, an isle in Shiogama Bay.
Line 5 is the same last line as 201 and 230, with nu marking completion. Following Ise and Suma, this poem sings of Shiogama in Michinoku, closing the four poems on the moon by the sea with the moon's descent.
Author
Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source
Kinkaishu
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