Shinoburedo kai mo nagisa no ama obune nami wa kakete mo ima wa uramiji - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

忍ぶれどかひもなぎさの海人小舟
波はかけても今はうらみじ

Roma-ji: Shinoburedo kai mo nagisa no ama obune nami wa kakete mo ima wa uramiji
English Translation: Though I bear it all,
it's no use, like an oarless
fisher's little boat
at the shore; though waves wash over,
I will not resent you now
Meaning: Though I endure in silence, it is no use, like a fisher's little boat at the water's edge; though the waves break over me, I will resent you no longer.
Commentary: Book Seven Love Poems I 409

Hiding his love brings the poet nothing, yet though his sleeve is soaked with tears like a fisher's little boat struck by waves at the shore, he will resent no more. With kai meaning both use and oar, nagisa both 'there is no' and the shore, and urami both gazing on the bay and resentment, the poem lays the resignation of hidden love over a seaside scene.
Some manuscripts give the headnote 'Composed on hidden love.'

First line, 'shinoburedo', means though I bear it, using the concessive do.
Second line, 'kai mo nagisa no', is a pivot word in which kai means both kai, use, and kai, an oar, and nagisa means both naki, there is none, and nagisa, the water's edge, all left in kana. 'Itsu to nagisa no' in poem 361 in this book uses the same pivot word nagisa.
Third line, 'ama obune', is a fisher's small boat, related to kai, oar, in the second line.
Fourth line, 'nami wa kakete mo', means though the waves break over it, layering tears falling on the sleeve.
Final line, 'ima wa uramiji', is a pivot word in which urami means both urami, gazing on the bay, and urami, resentment, left in kana, with the negative volitional ji. 'Uramite mo nao' in poem 395 in this book uses the same pivot word.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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