Sugikinishi hodo o ba sutetsu kotoshi yori chiyo no kazu tsumu Sumiyoshi no matsu - Shika Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

過ぎ来にしほどをば捨てつ今年より
千代の数積む住吉の松

Roma-ji: Sugikinishi hodo o ba sutetsu kotoshi yori chiyo no kazu tsumu Sumiyoshi no matsu
English Translation: The years gone by
I have cast away, and from this year
I begin again,
counting a thousand ages up,
the pine of Sumiyoshi
Meaning: All the years gone by have been cast away uncounted; from this year on, the pine of Sumiyoshi begins anew to heap up the count of a thousand ages.
Commentary: Book Five Celebration Poems 163

The pine of Sumiyoshi, emblem of long life, throws away every year it has lived and starts counting a thousand ages afresh from this year. The poem celebrates the honoree's life as one that will now pile up yet another thousand years.
The boldness of declaring the past "cast away" feels fresh, and it carries the bright air of a new beginning that suits a milestone celebration such as a longevity feast.

First line, "The years gone by," layers the perfective nu with the past ki to point to years already passed.
Second line, "I have cast away," strengthens the object with o ba and closes firmly with the perfective tsu, making a break after the second line.
Third line, "from this year," marks a starting point with yori, dividing past from future at the present year.
Fourth line, "counting a thousand ages up," means heaping up a thousand years. The word chiyo takes up the preceding poem, 162, and its "swaddling clothes through a thousand ages."
Fifth line, "the pine of Sumiyoshi," ends on a noun, placing the emblem of celebration last. Poem 170 in this book ends with the same words, and 171, which closes the book, again sings of Sumiyoshi and its pines.
Author: Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Source: Shika Wakashu
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