渡津海の浜の真砂を数えつつ
君がちとせのあり数にせむ
君がちとせのあり数にせむ
- Roma-ji
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Watatsuumi no hama no masago o kazoetsutsu
kimi ga chitose no arikazu ni semu - English Translation
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counting one by one
the grains of sand upon the shore
of the wide sea’s edge—
let them be the numbered years
of your long enduring life
- Meaning
- Counting the grains of sand along the seashore, let them be the measure of your long enduring years.
- Commentary
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Book Seven Felicitations
This poem celebrates the recipient with an exaggerated image, likening the countless grains of sand upon the shore to the number of years of their long life.
- Author
- Unknown Poet
- Source
- Kokin Wakashu
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