Omou koto iwama ni makishi matsu no tane chiyo to chigiramu ima wa ne saseyo - Senzai Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

思ふこと岩間に蒔きし松の種
千代と契らむ今はねさせよ

Roma-ji: Omou koto iwama ni makishi matsu no tane chiyo to chigiramu ima wa ne saseyo
English Translation: This love of mine is
a pine seed that I have sown
in the clefts of rock:
let us pledge a thousand years,
and now let it take its root
Meaning: My love is a pine seed I have sown among the rocks. Let us vow to last a thousand years, and now, at last, let it put down its roots, let me lie with you.
Commentary: Book Eleven Love Poems I 656

Headnote: "Sent to someone"
Sent to someone. My love, he says, is a pine seed sown among the rocks; let us pledge a thousand years, and now let it take root. Likening his love, which she will not accept, to a pine seed sown in the hard clefts of rock, he swears an unchanging bond through the pine with its thousand-year life, and letting "ne," "root," echo "ne," "to sleep," he urges her to let him share her bed at last.
The author, "Fujiwara no Nagatō," was the son of Fujiwara no Tomoyasu and a brother of the Mother of Michitsuna, author of the Kagerō Diary. He was active in Retired Emperor Kazan's poetry circle and is also known as the poetry teacher of the monk Nōin.

First line, "omou koto": "the love I bear."
Second line, "iwama ni makishi": "shi" is the attributive of the past "ki," "which I sowed among the rocks." The hard rock suggests the stubbornness of her heart.
Third line, "matsu no tane": his love is likened to a pine seed sown among the rocks. The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "chiyo to chigiramu": "mu" is volitional, "let us pledge a thousand years," drawing on the pine's thousand-year life.
Fifth line, "ima wa ne saseyo": "ne" combines "ne," the pine putting down "roots," and "ne," "to sleep." "Saseyo" is the imperative of the causative, "let it take root, let me lie with you."
Author: Fujiwara no Nagato
Source: Senzai Wakashu
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