君がため移して植うる呉竹に
千代も籠もれる心地こそすれ
千代も籠もれる心地こそすれ
- Roma-ji
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Kimi ga tame utsushite uuru kuretake ni chiyo mo komoreru kokochi koso sure
- English Translation
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For your sake, these canes
of black bamboo we transplant—
it seems that in them
a thousand ages are held
within each node and node
- Meaning
- In this black bamboo we transplant for you, it seems as if a thousand ages lie stored within.
- Commentary
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Book Twenty Congratulatory Poems 1382
Headnote: "When the Crown Prince had black bamboo planted before his residence."
The poet says that in the black bamboo transplanted for the prince, a thousand ages seem to be stored. Since the space between bamboo nodes is called "yo," he sees the bamboo planted before the Crown Prince as holding a thousand "yo," ages, and celebrates the prince's long life.
According to the headnote, it was composed when the Crown Prince had black bamboo planted before his residence.
The poet, "Kiyotada," is Fujiwara no Kiyotada. A son of Fujiwara no Kanesuke, he is counted among the Thirty-Six Poetic Immortals.
The first line, "Kimi ga tame," means "for your sake," referring to the Crown Prince. It is the same first line as 1375 and 1378 of this book.
The second line, "utsushite uuru," means "that we transplant."
The third line, "kuretake ni," means "in the black bamboo," a bamboo with many nodes.
The fourth line, "chiyo mo komoreru," means "a thousand ages are held within," the space between nodes, "yo," leading to "chiyo."
The last line, "kokochi koso sure," means "so it seems to me," with "koso" closed by the realis "sure."
- Author
- Fujiwara no Kiyotada
- Source
- Gosen Wakashu
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