Ōhara ya Oshio no yama no komatsubara haya kodakakare chiyo no kage mimu - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

大原や小塩の山の小松原
はや木高かれ千代の影見む

Roma-ji: Ōhara ya Oshio no yama no komatsubara haya kodakakare chiyo no kage mimu
English Translation: Ōhara, and there
on Oshio's mountainside
the field of young pines—
quickly grow and tower high,
that I may see your thousand-year shade
Meaning: O field of young pines on Mount Oshio in Ōhara—grow tall quickly, so that I may see your shade spread for a thousand years.
Commentary: Book Twenty Congratulatory Poems 1373

Headnote: "When the son and daughter of the Minister of the Left's house had their coming-of-age ceremonies."
The poet calls on the young pines of Mount Oshio in Ōhara to grow tall quickly, so he may see their shade of a thousand years. Likening the children who have just come of age to young pines, he wishes them to grow up swiftly and to see the family flourish for a thousand years.
According to the headnote, it was composed when the son and daughter of the house of the Minister of the Left came of age. At the foot of Mount Oshio stands the Ōharano Shrine, tutelary shrine of the Fujiwara clan, a fitting place to name in celebrating the growth of Fujiwara children.
The poet, "Tsurayuki," is Ki no Tsurayuki. A son of Ki no Mochiyuki, he was the chief compiler of the Kokinshu and wrote its Japanese preface. He is also known as the author of the Tosa Diary, and the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu includes his poem "Hito wa isa kokoro mo shirazu furusato wa."

The first line, "Ōhara ya," means "O Ōhara" in Yamashiro, with "ya" an exclamatory particle.
The second line, "Oshio no yama no," means "of Mount Oshio" in Ōharano, the land of the Fujiwara clan god.
The third line, "komatsubara," is a field of young pines, a figure for the children who have come of age. The next poem also sings of pines, and pine poems follow one another.
The fourth line, "haya kodakakare," means "grow tall quickly," in the imperative. The poem pauses here.
The last line, "chiyo no kage mimu," means "I will see the shade of a thousand years," with "mu" intention, likening the family's flourishing to the shade of the grown trees.
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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