Mimosuso no kishi no iwane ni yo o komete katametatetaru miyabashira kana

御裳濯の岸の岩根に世をこめて
固め立てたる宮柱かな

Roma-ji: Mimosuso no kishi no iwane ni yo o komete katametatetaru miyabashira kana
English Translation: On Mimosuso's
banks, upon the bedrock deep,
all the ages held,
firmly fixed and raised up high—
the pillars of the shrine!
Meaning: On the bedrock along the banks of the Mimosuso, the shrine's pillars stand firmly set, bearing within them all the ages to come.
Commentary: One Hundred Poems 1532

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Ten Poems on the Gods: Two Poems on Mimosuso"
The second of the two poems on Mimosuso, closing the ten poems on the gods. It praises the pillars of the Ise shrine, set firm in the bedrock of the Mimosuso's banks and charged with the hope of ages to come.
In pillars set firm in the bedrock, it celebrates the eternal shrine of the god and the peace of the world. Sharing mimosuso no kishi with the preceding poem, it answers the moon lighting the heavens there with pillars set in the earth, pairing heaven and earth, light and pillar.

First line, “mimosuso no”: of the Mimosuso River of Ise, as in the fifth line of the preceding poem.
Second line, “kishi no iwane ni”: iwane is great bedrock as though rooted in the earth, "on the bedrock of the bank."
Third line, “yo o komete”: holding within them the long ages.
Fourth line, “katametatetaru”: firmly set and raised.
Fifth line, “miyabashira kana”: miyabashira are the pillars of the sanctuary; kana marks exclamation.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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