Ametsuchi to tomo ni hisashiku sumawamu to omoite arishi ie no niwa wa mo

天地とともに久しく住まはむと
思ひてありし家の庭はも

Roma-ji: Ametsuchi to tomo ni hisashiku sumawamu to omoite arishi ie no niwa wa mo
English Translation: With heaven and earth
to endure for evermore,
here I meant to dwell,
so I thought, and now this house,
oh, this garden of the house
Meaning: Oh, the garden of this house, where I had thought to live on forever, enduring as heaven and earth endure.
Commentary: Book Four Love Poems 578

Headnote: "A poem of sorrow at parting by Ōtomo no Sukune Miyori"
A poem of grief at parting, it laments leaving the garden of a house where the poet had meant to live on forever, as long as heaven and earth. Some think it was composed on leaving Tabito's residence after his death, and it has the air of an elegy.
The author, Ōtomo no Miyori, was an official thought to be a son of Ōtomo no Miyuki.

First line, "With heaven and earth," names heaven and earth as the emblem of what endures forever.
Second line, "to endure for evermore," means together, for a long time.
Third line, "here I meant to dwell," uses sumau, "to go on living," and the volitional mu: I would dwell here.
Fourth line, "so I thought, and now this house," means as I had thought, shi being the attributive of past ki.
Fifth line, "oh, this garden of the house," ends in the exclamatory wa mo: ah, the garden. It closes with deep feeling for what is lost.
Author: Ōtomo no Miyori
Source: Manyoshu
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