Kotoshi yori Chitose no yama wa koe taezu kimi ga miyo o zo inoru beranaru - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

今年より千歳の山は声絶えず
君が御代をぞ祈るべらなる

Roma-ji: Kotoshi yori Chitose no yama wa koe taezu kimi ga miyo o zo inoru beranaru
English Translation: From this year onward
the Mount of a Thousand Years
will never cease its voice,
but pray for our sovereign's reign
all the ages, so it seems.
Meaning: From this year on, the Mount of a Thousand Years, its voice never ceasing, seems to pray for our sovereign's reign.
Commentary: Book Ten Kagura Songs 609

Headnote: "Fūzoku songs for the Great Thanksgiving Festival of the first year of Tenroku: Mount Chiyo"
The poem says that from this year on, the Mount of a Thousand Years will never cease its voice and seems to pray for the sovereign's reign. Marking the start of the new emperor's reign with "from this year," it depicts the mountain whose name means a thousand years sending up unceasing voices praying for a lasting reign. It opens the sequence of fūzoku songs for the Great Thanksgiving Festival of the first year of Tenroku.
The headnote, "Fūzoku songs for the Great Thanksgiving Festival of the first year of Tenroku," shows that the poem was offered at the Great Thanksgiving Festival held in the first year of Tenroku upon the accession of Emperor En'yū. From here to 617, as in the earlier sequence of the first year of Anna, poems on place names follow, and some of the same names are sung at both festivals.
The author, written as "Yoshinobu," is Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu. He served as chief priest of the Ise Shrine and, as one of the Five Men of the Pear Chamber, took part in compiling the Gosenshū. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets.

First line, "kotoshi yori," means "from this year on," marking the start of the new reign. It shares a phrase of beginning with the first line of 612, "kyō yori wa."
Second line, "Chitose no yama wa," means "the Mount of a Thousand Years," referring to Mount Chiyo in the headnote and investing the name with long life.
Third line, "koe taezu," means "its voice never ceasing," speaking of voices of prayer echoing on the mountain.
Fourth line, "kimi ga miyo o zo," means "our sovereign's reign," with the binding particle "zo" resolved by the attributive form in the final line.
Final line, "inoru beranaru," means "seems to pray," with "beranari" an auxiliary of conjecture.
Author: Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Source: Shui Wakashu
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