Yuku hito mo tachi zo wazurau Shikasuga no watari ya tabi no tomari naruramu - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

行く人も立ちぞわづらふしかすがの
渡りや旅のとまりなるらむ

Roma-ji: Yuku hito mo tachi zo wazurau Shikasuga no watari ya tabi no tomari naruramu
English Translation: Those who pass along
find it hard to leave, and so
Shikasuga's
crossing place is it perhaps
where journeys come to a rest
Meaning: Even those passing through find it hard to set off again; is the crossing at Shikasuga, true to its name, where all journeys come to rest?
Commentary: Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 583

Even those traveling on find it hard to leave, the poet says; is the Shikasuga crossing, then, where journeys come to rest? Overlaying the name of the Shikasuga crossing, a famous place in Mikawa, with shikasuga ni, after all, the poem sings of it as a place travelers find hard to leave.
Shika arikeri in the fourth line of the preceding poem, 582, and Shikasuga in the third line of this poem echo each other in sound.

First line, 'yuku hito mo', means those on a journey too.
Second line, 'tachi zo wazurau', means find it hard to set off, the particle zo answered by the attributive wazurau; the poem breaks here.
Third line, 'Shikasuga no', is a pivot joining the name of the Shikasuga crossing in Mikawa and shikasuga ni, after all, left in kana. It repeats the sound of shika arikeri in the preceding poem, 582.
Fourth line, 'watari ya tabi no', means is the crossing the journey's, the particle ya expressing a question answered by ramu in the final line.
Final line, 'tomari naruramu', means its resting place, the attributive of the conjectural ramu answering ya in the fourth line.
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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