Waga koi wa Kako no watari no tsunadenawa tayutau kokoro yamu toki mo nashi

わが恋は加古の渡りの綱手縄
たゆたふ心やむ時もなし

Roma-ji: Waga koi wa Kako no watari no tsunadenawa tayutau kokoro yamu toki mo nashi
English Translation: This love of mine
is like the towrope swaying
at Kako's crossing;
my heart that sways and wavers
never comes to rest.
Meaning: My love is like the towrope swaying at the Kako crossing; my wavering heart never comes to rest.
Commentary: Love Poems 485

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on the theme of love at famous places"
As the towrope that pulls the boats at the Kako crossing never stops swaying, the poet's loving heart wavers without rest. It takes up tayutau from the preceding poem.

Line 1 means "this love of mine."
Line 2 means "of the crossing at Kako" in Harima.
Line 3 names the towrope pulling boats from the bank, whose swaying leads to tayutau.
Line 4 means "a wavering heart," the same word as line 4 of the preceding poem.
Line 5 means "there is no time it ceases."
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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