Oto ni nomi kikiwataritsuru Sumiyoshi no matsu no chitose o kyō mitsuru kana - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

音にのみ聞き渡りつる住吉の
松の千歳を今日見つるかな

Roma-ji: Oto ni nomi kikiwataritsuru Sumiyoshi no matsu no chitose o kyō mitsuru kana
English Translation: Only by report
have I heard of it so long—
the pines of Sumiyoshi,
their thousand years of age,
today I have seen at last.
Meaning: The thousand-year pines of Sumiyoshi, which I had long known only by report, today at last I have seen with my own eyes.
Commentary: Book Eight Miscellaneous Poems I 456

Headnote: "When the provincial governor held a special festival at Sumiyoshi, composed as a dancer, holding an earthen wine cup"
The poet says that today he has at last seen the thousand-year pines of Sumiyoshi, which he had only heard of by report. The headnote shows he composed it, cup in hand, while serving as a dancer when the provincial governor held a special festival at the Sumiyoshi Shrine. He conveys his emotion at seeing the famous pines of Sumiyoshi in a form fitting a festival honoring the god, by celebrating the pines' long life. Taking up the aged pines of the preceding poem, 455, it sings of pines that keep a thousand years.
The author, written as Tsurayuki, is Ki no Tsurayuki. The leading compiler of the Kokinshū, he wrote its kana preface and the Tosa Diary. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "oto ni nomi," means "only by report." Poem 490 in this book likewise says "oto ni nomi kiku" and closes with "kyō mitsuru kana," so the two poems share the same structure.
Second line, "kikiwataritsuru," means "that I had long heard of," with "tsuru" the attributive form of the perfective auxiliary "tsu."
Third line, "Sumiyoshi no," means "of Sumiyoshi" in Settsu, whose pines are a famous poetic place. Sumiyoshi also appears in 462 of this book.
Fourth line, "matsu no chitose o," means "the thousand years of the pines," celebrating the pines' long life.
Final line, "kyō mitsuru kana," means "today I have seen," with "kana" an exclamatory particle. Answering "oto ni nomi" in the first line, it marks the turn from hearing to seeing.
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Shui Wakashu
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