Suminoe no matsu koto hisa ni narinikeri komu to tanomete toshi no henuramu

住の江のまつこと久になりにけり
来むと頼めて年の経ぬらむ

Roma-ji: Suminoe no matsu koto hisa ni narinikeri komu to tanomete toshi no henuramu
English Translation: Like the pines at Suminoe,
my waiting has grown
long, so very long;
you bade me trust you'd come,
and the years have passed away.
Meaning: Like the ancient pines of Suminoe, my waiting has grown long; you led me to trust that you would come, and the years have slipped away.
Commentary: Love Poems 491

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Composed on the theme of love at famous places"
Like the long-lived pines of Suminoe, the poet's waiting has grown very long; his beloved led him to trust she would come, and the years have slipped away.
The base text adds glosses to lines 3 and 5, and its writing is irregular. According to the notes in the base text, the Ruijū and Teika texts read line 5 as toshi no henureba. Here the base text is followed.

Line 1 names Suminoe, a poetic place in Settsu famed for its pines.
Line 2 plays on matsu, the pines of Suminoe and "waiting": the waiting has grown long.
Line 3 means "it has become," keri exclamatory; the poem pauses here.
Line 4 means "leading me to trust you would come."
Line 5 means "the years must have passed," almost the same last line as the two preceding poems.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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