classic waka stream

今日よりは岩倉山に万代を
動きなくのみ積まむとぞ思ふ
Roma-ji

Kyō yori wa Iwakurayama ni yorozuyo o ugoki naku nomi tsumamu to zo omou

English Translation
From this day onward,
upon Iwakura's peak,
ten thousand ages,
unshakable, firm and sure,
I will pile up, so I think.
Meaning
From today on, upon Mount Iwakura, I mean to pile up ten thousand ages, firm and unshakable.
Commentary
Book Ten Kagura Songs 612

Headnote: "Fūzoku songs for the Great Thanksgiving Festival of the first year of Tenroku: Mount Iwakura"
The poem says that from today on the poet means to pile up ten thousand ages, unshakably, on Mount Iwakura. Laying the steadfast reign over the firmness of the rock in the place name Iwakura, it prays from the first day of the new reign for its everlasting prosperity. Poem 600, for the festival of the first year of Anna, also takes Mount Iwakura as its topic with the same words, "ugoki naki" and "tsume," and this poem carries that device straight on.
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, "kyō yori wa," means "from today on," treating the day of the festival as the start of the new reign. It answers the first line of 609, "kotoshi yori."
Second line, "Iwakurayama ni," means "upon Mount Iwakura," the same line as the second line of 600, "Iwakurayama ni."
Third line, "yorozuyo o," means "ten thousand ages."
Fourth line, "ugoki naku nomi," means "ever unshakably," taking up the first line of 600, "ugoki naki."
Final line, "tsumamu to zo omou," means "I mean to pile them up," with the binding particle "zo" resolved by the attributive "omou." It answers the final line of 600, "chiyo o koso tsume."
Author
Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Source
Shui Wakashu
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