ちよいと渡してもらふ早春のさざなみa quick lift across the ferry — early-spring ripples

渡し舟に、ちょいと乗せてもらって川を渡る。舟べりには早春のさざなみが立つ。「ちよいと」の気軽さに、渡し守との言葉少ないやりとりまで見えるようだ。春はまず水の上から来る。He gets a quick lift on the ferry and crosses the river. Along the gunwale rise the ripples of early spring. In the offhand ease of "a quick lift" you can almost see the few words traded with the ferryman. Spring comes first, it seems, over the water.