Tsu no kuni no maroya wa hito o Akutagawa kimi koso tsuraki seze wa mieshika - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

津の国のまろやは人をあくたがは
君こそつらきせぜは見えしか

Roma-ji: Tsu no kuni no maroya wa hito o Akutagawa kimi koso tsuraki seze wa mieshika
English Translation: In the land of Tsu,
could I in my hut of reeds
tire of you, like Akuta?
It was you whose cruel shoals
were the ones that came to view
Meaning: Here in the land of Tsu, could I in my humble hut ever tire of you, like the Akuta River? It was you, rather, whose cruel shoals came into view.
Commentary: Book Eight Love Poems II 495

Stringing together famous places in Settsu, the poet retorts that it was not she who tired of the other, but the other who showed cruelty. Punning on maroya, a reed hut, and maro, I, and on Akutagawa, the Akuta River, and aku, to tire of, the poem reproaches the other's heartlessness through the shoals of the river. Interpretations of some words differ.

First line, 'Tsu no kuni no', means of the land of Tsu, that is, Settsu, leading into the place names that follow.
Second line, 'maroya wa hito o', seems to be a pivot word in which maroya means both a humble reed hut and maro, I, left in kana.
Third line, 'Akutagawa', is a pivot word in which akuta means both to tire of and the Akuta River, a famous place in Settsu, left in kana.
Fourth line, 'kimi koso tsuraki', means it is you who are cruel, the particle koso answered by shika in the final line.
Final line, 'seze wa mieshika', means the shoals came into view, seze layering river shoals and times. It closes with shika, the perfective form of the past ki, in answer to koso in the fourth line.
Author: Unknown Poet
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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