Itsuka mata itsuki no miya no itsukarete shime no miuchi ni chiri o harawan

いつかまたいつきの宮のいつかれて
標の御内に塵を払はん

Roma-ji: Itsuka mata itsuki no miya no itsukarete shime no miuchi ni chiri o harawan
English Translation: When will it be again
that a priestess is revered
in the Shrine Palace,
and within its sacred ropes
the dust is swept away?
Meaning: When will a priestess once more be revered in the Shrine Palace, and the dust be swept away within its sacred ropes?
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 1226

Headnote: "Years had passed with no Priestess at Ise, and the Shrine Palace, with only its grove of trees to show what it had been, had fallen into ruin with scarcely a wall remaining"
Years had passed with no Ise Priestess in office, and the Shrine Palace had fallen into ruin, only its trees showing what it had been and its walls nearly gone. When will a priestess once again be honored there and the dust be swept away within its sacred ropes? the poet asks.
The repeated sound itsu in itsuka, itsuki, and itsukarete conveys an earnest longing for the priestess's return. After the two preceding poems on the decline of the Kamo Priestess's palace, this one sings of the decline of the Ise Shrine Palace, setting poems on the palaces of both priestesses side by side.

First line, “itsuka mata”: someday again.
Second line, “itsuki no miya no”: the itsuki no miya is the Ise Shrine Palace, echoing itsuka.
Third line, “itsukarete”: being revered and served, again repeating itsu.
Fourth line, “shime no miuchi ni”: within the palace enclosed by sacred ropes.
Fifth line, “chiri o harawan”: n is conjectural, "will the dust be swept away?"
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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