GSS 800
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Text
あだに見え侍けるおとこに
To a man who had shown his lack of seriousness
よみ人しらず
Poet unknown
こりずまの 浦の白浪 立いでゝ よるほどもなく かへる許か
The white waves of Suma bay stand and come in, and hardly having shown up they immediately retreat.
Textual Variants
- あだに見え] あだめきて（安・堀・雲・慶）、あだにのみ（坊）
- 見え侍りける] 見えける（中*）
- おとこ] 人（堀）
- たちいでて] たちいでば（雲）、うちいでて（安）
- かへるばかりか] かへるばかりに（堀*）、かへるばかりぞ（坊）、かはるばかりぞ（鳥・標ィ）
Other Sources
- 五大歌枕（すまの浦） 歌枕名寄（すま・浦）
Notes
- こりずまのうら
- This is a play on the location 須磨の浦 as well as 懲りず.
Analysis
The basic imagery of the poem is fairly clear -- the coming and retreating waves are used as a metaphor for the man coming and going, and not staying very long. Exactly what the poem is meant to convey to the man is harder to say, however. We should probably assume a context where the poet visits the woman and then just goes home (possibly multiple times).「あだなる人の、立よると見しほどもなく帰りて、又来がたきを恨む心也」（八代集抄）Kifune's interpretation is that the woman sends the man home because she sees through his cheating, but he keeps coming back. Kudo adds that the man isn't really putting in much effort.
This poem is linked to the previous ones through the marine imagery and associated words. Katagiri suggests reading this as a response to the previous two poems.
