Ugoki naki iwao no hate mo kimi zo min otome no sode no nade tsukusu made - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

動きなき巌の果ても君ぞ見ん
乙女の袖の撫で尽くすまで

Roma-ji: Ugoki naki iwao no hate mo kimi zo min otome no sode no nade tsukusu made
English Translation: Even the very end
of the rock that never moves
you shall live to see,
until the sleeves of maidens
have brushed it all away.
Meaning: You shall live to see even the end of the immovable rock, until the sleeves of the heavenly maidens have brushed it all away.
Commentary: Book Five Celebration Poems 300

Headnote: "For a celebration folding screen"
The poet says that the honoree will live to see even the end of the immovable rock, when the sleeves of the heavenly maidens have at last worn it away. Using the same parable of the kalpa as the preceding poem, he celebrates a life lasting to that very end and closes the book of celebration poems. According to the headnote, it was written for a celebration folding screen.
The author, written as Motosuke, is Kiyohara no Motosuke. A grandson of Kiyohara no Fukayabu, he took part in compiling the Gosenshū and in reading the Man'yōshū as one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber. He was the father of Sei Shōnagon and is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "ugoki naki," means "that never moves."
Second line, "iwao no hate mo," means "even the end of the great rock." "The beginning of ten thousand ages" in 263 at the head of the book and "the end of the great rock" in this poem at its close answer each other as beginning and end, wrapping the whole book of celebration poems in blessings of long continuance.
Third line, "kimi zo min," means "you shall see," with "zo" resolved by the attributive of the conjectural auxiliary "n." The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "otome no sode no," means "the sleeves of the heavenly maidens," taking up "the feathered robe of heaven" in the preceding poem.
Final line, "nade tsukusu made," means "until they have brushed it away," giving afterward by inversion the far end of time that will be witnessed. Against "not worn away though brushed" in the preceding poem, this one pairs with it by seeing even to the time when it is brushed away.
Author: Kiyohara no Motosuke
Source: Shui Wakashu
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