Take no iro mo kimi ga midori ni somerarete ikuyo to mo naku hisashikaru beshi

竹の色も君が緑に染められて
いくよともなく久しかるべし

Roma-ji: Take no iro mo kimi ga midori ni somerarete ikuyo to mo naku hisashikaru beshi
English Translation: Bamboo's color, too,
dyed in the evergreen hue
of my lord's long life,
through ages beyond all count,
surely shall endure for long.
Meaning: Even the color of the bamboo, dyed in the evergreen of our lord, will surely last for countless ages.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1182

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Congratulations"
The bamboo's color too, dyed in the unchanging green of the lord, will surely last for ages beyond counting, the poet says.
Bamboo is also evergreen, an auspicious plant ranked with the pine. Ikuyo pivots on "how many ages" and yo, the space between bamboo nodes, speaking of permanence through bamboo imagery. The yo of a bamboo pillar also appeared in 1147 of this book.

First line, “take no iro mo”: the green of the bamboo too; the line has an extra syllable.
Second line, “kimi ga midori ni”: in the lord's unchanging green, his long life likened to evergreen.
Third line, “somerarete”: being dyed.
Fourth line, “ikuyo to mo naku”: ikuyo pivots on "how many ages" and yo, the bamboo's internode.
Fifth line, “hisashikaru beshi”: beshi is conjectural, "it will surely endure."
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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