Matsukaze no oto ni midaruru koto no ne o hikeba ne no hi no kokochi koso sure - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

松風の音に乱るる琴の音を
ひけば子の日の心地こそすれ

Roma-ji: Matsukaze no oto ni midaruru koto no ne o hikeba ne no hi no kokochi koso sure
English Translation: The koto's sound
mingled with the sighing wind
that blows through the pines,
as I play it, makes me feel
as on the Day of the Rat.
Meaning: As I play the koto whose notes mingle with the sound of the wind in the pines, I feel as though I were pulling up young pines on the Day of the Rat.
Commentary: Book Eight Miscellaneous Poems I 452

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "When the Ise Priestess held a Kōshin vigil at the Nonomiya, composed on the topic "Wind in the Pines Enters the Night Koto""
The poet says that playing the koto whose notes mingle with the wind in the pines makes her feel as if at the New Year outing of pulling young pines on the Day of the Rat. On the same topic as the preceding poem, 451, it joins "hiku," to play the koto, with "hiku," to pull young pines, and from the pairing of pine wind and koto it calls to mind the pulling of young pines on the first Day of the Rat. Where the preceding poem sang of the oneness of pine wind and koto, this one widens the thought through the pine to a rite celebrating long life.
The author, the Consort Who Had Been Ise Priestess, is Princess Kishi. A daughter of Prince Shigeakira, son of Emperor Daigo, she served as Ise Priestess, then became a consort of Emperor Murakami and bore Princess Noriko. She is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "matsukaze no," means "of the wind in the pines," taking up "mine no matsukaze" in the second line of the preceding poem.
Second line, "oto ni midaruru," means "mingling with the sound," describing the sounds of wind and koto intertwined.
Third line, "koto no ne o," means "the sound of the koto," using the same words as the first line of the preceding poem.
Fourth line, "hikeba ne no hi no," means "as I play, of the Day of the Rat." "Hike" is a pivot word joining playing the koto and pulling young pines on the Day of the Rat.
Final line, "kokochi koso sure," means "is how I feel," resolving "koso" with the perfective form "sure."
Author: Princess Kishi
Source: Shui Wakashu
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