Yorozuyo no tameshi ni hikan kameyama no susono no hara ni shigeru komatsu o

万代のためしに引かん亀山の
裾野の原に茂る小松を

Roma-ji: Yorozuyo no tameshi ni hikan kameyama no susono no hara ni shigeru komatsu o
English Translation: As a sign of reign
for ten thousand ages, I'll pull
from Kameyama's
plain that spreads along its foot
the young pines growing so thick.
Meaning: As an emblem of a reign of ten thousand ages, I will pull up the young pines that grow so thick on the plain at the foot of Mount Kameyama.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1179

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Congratulations"
As an emblem of a reign of ten thousand ages, I will pull the young pines growing thick on the plain at the foot of Kameyama, the poet says.
Behind it lies the custom of the first Day of the Rat in the new year, when young pines were pulled up to celebrate long life. Kameyama, a hill at Saga in Yamashiro, has a name meaning "tortoise mountain," evoking longevity, and tortoise and pine, both emblems of long life, are joined to celebrate the endurance of the reign.

First line, “yorozuyo no”: of ten thousand ages.
Second line, “tameshi ni hikan”: n is volitional, "I will pull them as an emblem," drawing on the pine-pulling of the Day of the Rat.
Third line, “kameyama no”: of Kameyama in Saga, its name echoing the long-lived tortoise.
Fourth line, “susono no hara ni”: on the plain spreading at the foot of the hill.
Fifth line, “shigeru komatsu o”: the young pines growing thick, the inversion giving what is to be pulled.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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