翻刻
水鶏鳴と人のいへはや佐屋泊 芭蕉
《割書：芭蕉翁は伊賀の国の産にして氏は松尾を継て風雅を季吟老人｜に伝はり一生不住の狂客也東南西北の風に移り逍遥する事三十余》
《割書：年元禄八の年皐月の初《割書：予》師の行脚を此佐屋の宿に送り山田｜何某の亭に五日をとゝめて水鶏の一巻を残す其縁にひかれて此里》
《割書：の俳師竹の茂り麻の育に似たり夫か中に寄潮宇林麾をとれは等｜亀志宜助力を加へ吟山施主となつて墳を築き碑を建て銘を乞》
《割書：銘曰｜ 師や誦尽すたはれ哥を 情に転し姿にうつす》
《割書： 師やあまさかる枕ことはを 今玉味噌の木曽路に変す｜ 師や憍慢邪智にまよへるを 教へて正風自在となす》
《割書： 師や実に居て虚に遊へるを 歎して世に風雅の聖とす｜ 享保二十乙卯年五月十二日建焉 月空居士露川》
《割書：佐野某が蔵せる翁の真蹟（しんせき）の此句の前書に元禄仲夏佐屋に一宿し侍りてあるじの需に｜よるもの也と見え泊船集には露川が等佐屋まで道送りしてともにかり寐すとしるせり》
《割書：草枕》
月もるや 水鶏なく夜の膳の上 素檗
佐屋川《割書：同所の西なる｜大河なり》是木曽川の下流にして水源は信州の筑摩
郡 奈良井（ならゐ）駅の鳥居 嶺（とうげ）の奥より出飛騨美濃両国の
川々のこりなく落合或は分流（ぶんりう）し伊勢の桑名の城下に至
て海に入る凡そ六十里の長流にて川巾甚広く水のおびたゝ
現代語訳
水鶏鳴くと人のいえばや佐屋泊 芭蕉
《割書：芭蕉翁は伊賀国の生まれで、氏は松尾を継いで風雅を季吟老人に学び、一生不住の狂客なり。東南西北の風に移り、逍遙すること三十余年。元禄八年皐月の初め、師の行脚をこの佐屋の宿に送り、山田何某の亭に五日とどまって水鶏の一巻を残す。その縁に引かれてこの里の俳師、竹の茂り麻の育つに似たり。その中に寄潮・宇林、麾をとれば等亀・志宜、助力を加え、吟山施主となって墳を築き碑を建て銘を乞う。
銘に曰く
師や誦み尽くしたはれ歌を 情に転じ姿に移す
師や遥か遠き枕詞を 今玉味噌の木曽路に変ず
師や驕慢邪智に迷へるを 教えて正風自在となす
師や実に居て虚に遊べるを 歎じて世に風雅の聖とす
享保二十乙卯年五月十二日建つ 月空居士露川》
《割書：佐野某が蔵する翁の真筆のこの句の前書きに「元禄仲夏佐屋に一宿し侍りて、主人の求めによるものなり」と見え、泊船集には露川が等、佐屋まで道送りしてともに仮寝すと記せり》
《割書：草枕》
月漏るや 水鶏鳴く夜の膳の上 素檗
佐屋川《割書：同所の西なる大河なり》これは木曽川の下流にして、水源は信州の筑摩郡奈良井駅の鳥居峠の奥より出で、飛騨・美濃両国の川々残らず落ち合い、或いは分流し、伊勢の桑名の城下に至って海に入る。およそ六十里の長流にて川幅甚だ広く、水量おびただしく
英語訳
A rail cries out, people say, at Saya lodging Bashō
《Side note: Master Bashō was born in Iga Province, took the family name Matsuo, learned elegance from the elder Kigin, and was a wandering eccentric who never settled in one place throughout his life. He traveled with the winds in all directions for over thirty years. In early May of Genroku 8 (1695), when seeing off his master's pilgrimage at this Saya lodging, he stayed five days at the residence of one Yamada and left behind a scroll about water rails. Drawn by this connection, the haikai poets of this village flourished like growing bamboo and hemp. Among them, Kicho and Urin took leadership, while Tōki and Shigi provided assistance. Ginzan became the patron, built a mound, erected a monument, and requested an inscription.
The inscription reads:
The master who recited and exhausted all the classical poems, transforming them with emotion and expressing them in form
The master who took distant pillow words and now transforms them into the Kiso road of precious miso
The master who taught those lost in arrogance and false wisdom, making them masters of the true style
The master who dwelt in reality while playing in emptiness, whom we lament as a sage of elegance in this world
Erected on the 12th day of the 5th month of Kyōhō 20, Year of the Metal Rabbit (1735) Gekkū Koji Rosen》
《Side note: In the preface to this poem in Master Bashō's authentic manuscript owned by one Sano, it says "Composed at the host's request when I stayed one night at Saya in mid-summer of Genroku," and the Hakusen-shū records that Rosen and others escorted him to Saya and slept there together》
《Side note: Grass pillow》
The moon leaks through, water rails cry in the night above the dinner tray Sobaku
Saya River《Side note: A large river to the west of the same place》This is the lower reaches of the Kiso River, whose source emerges from deep in Torii Pass at Narai Station in Chikuma District of Shinano Province. All the rivers of Hida and Mino provinces without exception converge here, sometimes branching, reaching the castle town of Kuwana in Ise and flowing into the sea. It is a long waterway of approximately sixty ri with an extremely wide riverbed and an enormous volume of water.