GSS 798
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身よりあまれる人を思かけてつかはしける
He thought of a woman higher ranking than him, and sent this.
Ki no Tomonori
玉もかる あまにはあらねど わたつみの そこゐもしらず 入る心かな
I am not a fisherman who collects jewelled seaweed, but my heart has entered the wide sea whose depths are unknown.
Textual Variants
- 詞書ナシ（承・正）
- 身よりあまれる] 身にあまれる（鳥・標ィ）、身にあまれりける（堀）
- 玉もかる] 玉かづく（安・雲・慶・坊・六帖・家集）かづく = "dive for"
- あまにはあらねど] あまならねども（安・慶・坊・承・正・六帖・家集）
- わたつみの] わたつ海の（貞）、わたつうみの（安・堀・坊・承・正・六帖・家集）、渡津海（旧国）
- そこひもしらず] そこひもしらぬ（鳥*）
- 入る心かな] いれる心を（雲・坊・六帖）
Other Sources
- 古今和歌六帖２５４４・いひじむ. First line たまかづく. Second line あまならねども. Third line わたつうみの. Fifth line いれる心を.
- 友則集３６. Prose preface 我よりもたかき人を思ひかけて. First line たまかづく. Second line あまならねども. Third line わたつうみの. Fifth line おもひつるかな.
- 源氏注・胡蝶
Notes
- 身よりあまれる人
- A higher ranking person (expressed more clearly in the prose preface given in the 友則集).「たかき人なり」（聞書）
- そこひもしらず
- 土佐日記６「さをさせどそこひもしらぬわたつみの深き心をきみに見るかな」This indicates also the depths of the poet's love.
Analysis
The metaphor of the poet as an あま connects with the prose context of the woman being higher ranking. Tomonori, who never attained a high rank, is not one of those あま who would collect 玉藻 ("jewelled" weed, thus the high-ranking woman), but he still finds himself drawn to her, with a love as deep as the unknown sea. Possibly this was sent along with some kind of sea-related object（和歌大系）.
