Naniwagata ura yori ochi ni naku tazu no yoso ni kikitsutsu koi ya wataramu

難波潟浦よりをちに鳴く鶴の
よそに聞きつつ恋や渡らむ

Roma-ji: Naniwagata ura yori ochi ni naku tazu no yoso ni kikitsutsu koi ya wataramu
English Translation: Like the cranes that cry
far off beyond the bay
of Naniwa's shore,
hearing only from afar,
shall I go on longing?
Meaning: Like hearing the cranes cry far beyond the bay of Naniwa, shall I go on longing, hearing of you only from afar?
Commentary: Love Poems 457

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on the theme of love at famous places"
As one hears faintly the cranes crying far beyond the bay at Naniwa, the poet wonders whether he will go on loving while only hearing of his beloved from afar.
This poem was included in the Shokugosen Wakashū. According to the notes in the base text, that anthology reads line 3 as tatsu nami no, "of the rising waves."

Line 1 names Naniwa Bay, a poetic place in Settsu.
Line 2 means "farther off than the bay."
Line 3 means "of the cranes that cry," continuing waterbirds after the plovers of the preceding poem.
Line 4 means "hearing from afar," tsutsu expressing repetition and continuation.
Line 5 is the same last line as the preceding poems.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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