雪積もる和歌の松原ふりにけり
幾世経ぬらむ玉津島守
幾世経ぬらむ玉津島守
- Roma-ji
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Yuki tsumoru Waka no matsubara furinikeri ikuyo henuramu Tamatsushima mori
- English Translation
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Where the snow lies deep
the pine grove of Waka
has fallen and grown old;
through how many ages passed,
O guardian of Tamatsushima?
- Meaning
- Snow has fallen on the pine grove of Waka, and it has grown old; through how many ages have you passed, guardian of Tamatsushima?
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 629
Headnote: "Snow among the pines"
The pine grove of Waka Bay lies under snow and has grown old, and the poet asks the guardian of Tamatsushima how many ages it has watched over. Singing of Tamatsushima, where the god of poetry is enshrined, he also thinks of the long tradition of the way of poetry.
The Ruijū text places it among the "poems found in other and printed texts." Kamo no Mabuchi called it a laughable error to write this bay as "waka," poetry, and connect it with verse.
Line 1 means "where snow lies."
Line 2 means "the pine grove of Waka," in Kii; it shares this line with the next poem, 630, the two singing of Tamatsushima together.
Line 3: furi means both snow "falling" and the grove "growing old," with a break after the line.
Line 4 means "how many ages has it passed?" the same question as in the preceding poem.
Line 5 means "guardian of Tamatsushima," ending on a noun as an address; the island enshrines the god held to protect poetry.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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