Classical Japanese Database

Text #111.

by #19. Saigyô (西行法師)

Season:

N/A  

Subject:

Fishermen  

Commentary:

This seems to me almost like Bashô's later style in its lightness.

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Japanese:

蜑人の
いそしくかへる
ひじきものは
こにし蛤
がうなしたゞみ

Romanization:

Amabito no
isoshiku kaeru
hijiki mono wa
konishi hamaguri
gôna shitadami

Translation #112:

Fishermen home from
their day's work:
on a bed of seaweed,
little top shells, clams,
hermit crabs, periwinkles