Oto ni kiku Takashi no hama no adanami wa kakeji ya sode no nure mo koso sure - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

音に聞くたかしの浜のあだ波は
かけじや袖の濡れもこそすれ

Roma-ji: Oto ni kiku Takashi no hama no adanami wa kakeji ya sode no nure mo koso sure
English Translation: Famed far and wide,
the fickle waves that rise on
the shore of Takashi—
I'll not let them touch my sleeves,
lest they leave my sleeves soaked through
Meaning: The fickle waves of Takashi Beach, so famous far and wide, I will not let splash my sleeves, lest they be soaked; nor will I take to heart the words of one so famed for fickleness, lest I end in tears.
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 469

The poet will not let the idle waves of famed Takashi Beach touch her sleeves, lest they be soaked. Through the waves of Takashi Beach she turns the suitor aside, meaning that she will not take to heart the words of a man famed for fickleness, lest she later weep into her sleeves.
It is a reply to the preceding poem, 468. Some manuscripts give the headnote 'Reply,' and it is said to answer Fujiwara no Toshitada's poem at the love-letter contest of Kōwa 4 (1102) in the time of Emperor Horikawa. The author is said to have already been in old age at the time, and her wit in deftly parrying a young man's love poem is famous. It is included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.
The author, Kii of Princess Yūshi's Household, was a lady-in-waiting to Princess Yūshi, daughter of Emperor Go-Suzaku. Her mother, Koben, also served the princess, and one of Kii's poems appears in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

First line, 'oto ni kiku', means famed by rumor, hinting at a suitor well known for fickleness.
Second line, 'Takashi no hama no', is a pivot word in which takashi means both high in renown and Takashi Beach, a famous place in Izumi, left in kana.
Third line, 'adanami wa', means the idle waves, standing for a man's fickle heart. It takes up the waves of the preceding poem, 468.
Fourth line, 'kakeji ya sode no', means I will not let them wet my sleeves, the negative volitional ji with the particle ya marking a break. Kake layers splashing the sleeves with taking to heart.
Final line, 'nure mo koso sure', means lest they be soaked, the particles mo and koso expressing worry and closing with sure, the perfective form of su. Wet sleeves hint at weeping after being abandoned.
Author: The Lady Kii of Princess Yushi's Household
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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