Tsuru no sumu Matsugasaki ni wa narabetaru chiyo no tameshi o misuru narikeri - Shui Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

鶴の住む松が崎には並べたる
千代のためしを見するなりけり

Roma-ji: Tsuru no sumu Matsugasaki ni wa narabetaru chiyo no tameshi o misuru narikeri
English Translation: At Matsugasaki,
where the cranes have made their home,
side by side they stand,
showing us an example
of a thousand ages' span.
Meaning: At Matsugasaki, where cranes dwell, crane and pine stand side by side, showing us an example of a thousand ages.
Commentary: Book Ten Kagura Songs 617

Headnote: "Fūzoku songs for the Great Thanksgiving Festival of the first year of Tenroku: Matsugasaki"
The poem says that at Matsugasaki, where cranes dwell, crane and pine set side by side show an example of a thousand ages. It praises the scene of Matsugasaki, which shows together the crane and the pine, each said to live a thousand years, as a token of the reign's endurance. Poem 607, for the festival of the first year of Anna, also takes Matsugasaki as its topic and sings of cranes and pines, and the same pairing closes the Tenroku sequence of fūzoku songs.
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 "Kanemori," is Taira no Kanemori. A son of Prince Atsuyuki, of the line of Emperor Kōkō, he left the imperial family and took the name Taira. He is counted among the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets and is known for his poem "shinoburedo" in the Hyakunin Isshu, with which he competed against Mibu no Tadami at the Tentoku Palace Poetry Contest.

First line, "tsuru no sumu," means "where cranes dwell," sharing the crane with the fourth line of 607, "tazu sae asobu."
Second line, "Matsugasaki ni wa," means "at Matsugasaki," the place name given as the topic. It is the same line as the second line of 607, "Matsugasaki ni wa."
Third line, "narabetaru," means "set side by side," speaking of crane and pine placed together.
Fourth line, "chiyo no tameshi o," means "an example of a thousand ages."
Final line, "misuru narikeri," means "is showing, I see," with "nari" assertive and "keri" expressing a sigh of realization.
Author: Taira no Kanemori
Source: Shui Wakashu
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