Hakoneji o waga koekureba Izu no umi ya oki no kojima ni nami no yoru miyu

箱根路をわが越え来れば伊豆の海や
沖の小島に波の寄る見ゆ

Roma-ji: Hakoneji o waga koekureba Izu no umi ya oki no kojima ni nami no yoru miyu
English Translation: Along Hakone road
as I came across the pass,
the Sea of Izu—
on a small isle far offshore
I see the waves breaking.
Meaning: As I came over the Hakone road, there lay the Sea of Izu, and I could see the waves breaking on a small island out in the offing.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 591

Headnote: "Coming out of the Hakone mountains, I saw a small island with waves breaking; I asked my attendant whether he knew the name of this bay, and when he replied that it was called the Sea of Izu"
Coming over the Hakone pass as the view opened out, the poet saw the Sea of Izu spread below and waves breaking on a small island offshore. The headnote, with its question to the attendant and his answer, conveys his wonder at a grand scene seen for the first time. It is thought to have been composed on the pilgrimage to the Two Shrines and is one of Sanetomo's best-known poems.
It was included in the imperial anthology Shokugosen Wakashū. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with praise, saying people have always marvelled at how he could compose so, and that though it rests on the Man'yōshū poem of coming out from Ōsaka to see the waves of the Ōmi sea like white mulberry blossoms, it surpasses that poem.

Line 1 means "along the Hakone road."
Line 2 means "as I came across," ba a definite condition. Against the mountain road the poet could not cross in 583 of this book, this poem sings of the view after crossing.
Line 3 means "the Sea of Izu!" ya exclamatory; it takes in the attendant's answer from the headnote.
Line 4 means "on the small island offshore," thought to be Hatsushima.
Line 5 means "I see the waves breaking," stating the far white waves just as they appear.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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