月の澄む北野の宮の小松原
幾世を経てか神さびにけむ
幾世を経てか神さびにけむ
- Roma-ji
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Tsuki no sumu Kitano no miya no komatsubara ikuyo o hete ka kamisabinikemu
- English Translation
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Where the moon is clear
at the shrine of Kitano,
the field of young pines—
through how many ages passed
has it grown so hallowed?
- Meaning
- How many ages must have passed for the field of young pines at Kitano shrine, where the moon shines clear, to grow so venerable and divine?
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 628
Headnote: "The moon at the shrine"
The poet wonders how many ages passed for the field of young pines at Kitano Tenmangū, under the clear moon, to grow so venerable. It depicts the solemnity of the shrine's pines in the moonlight.
The Ruijū text places it in its section on the gods.
Line 1 means "where the moon is clear."
Line 2 means "of Kitano shrine," Kitano Tenmangū in Yamashiro.
Line 3 means "a field of young pines," continuing the shrine pines of the preceding poem.
Line 4 means "through how many ages?" ka concluded by kemu in line 5.
Line 5 means "has it grown so hallowed?" kemu past conjecture; like "grown old" in the preceding poem, the pines' age brings long years to mind.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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