Suma no ura ni ama no tomoseru isaribi no honoka ni hito o miru yoshi mogana

須磨の浦に海人のともせる漁火の
ほのかに人を見るよしもがな

Roma-ji: Suma no ura ni ama no tomoseru isaribi no honoka ni hito o miru yoshi mogana
English Translation: Like the fishing fires
that the fisherfolk have lit
on the bay of Suma,
if only, faint though it be,
there were some way to see you.
Meaning: Like the fishing fires the fisherfolk light on the bay of Suma, glimpsed faintly, if only I had some way to see you, however faintly.
Commentary: Love Poems 459

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on the theme of love at famous places"
As the fishing fires lit by fisherfolk on the bay of Suma are seen faintly from afar, the poet wishes for some way to see his beloved, if only faintly.
According to the notes in the base text, the Ruijū text also repeats this poem in the section of poems found in another manuscript and in printed editions, probably an editor's error.

Line 1 means "on the bay of Suma," a poetic place in Settsu, with an extra syllable.
Line 2 means "which the fisherfolk have lit."
Line 3 means "like the fishing fires," and the first three lines form a preface leading to "faintly."
Line 4 means "faintly, the one I love," the same conceit as "even faintly" in 436.
Line 5 is the same last line as 436; there it was salt-making fires, here fishing fires.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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