ちはやぶる伊豆のお山の玉椿
八百万代も色は変はらじ
八百万代も色は変はらじ
- Roma-ji
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Chihayaburu Izu no oyama no tamatsubaki yaoyorozuyo mo iro wa kawaraji
- English Translation
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Mighty are the gods—
on the mountain of Izu
the jewelled camellias
for eight hundred myriad ages
will never change their colour.
- Meaning
- The lovely camellias on the sacred mountain of Izu will not change their colour even through eight hundred myriad ages.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 641
Headnote: "On making the pilgrimage to the Two Shrines"
Composed on the pilgrimage to the Two Shrines, it celebrates the endless reign of the gods and the world through the evergreen camellia on the sacred mountain of Izu, whose colour will not change through countless ages.
It was included in the imperial anthology Shokugosen Wakashū. The Ruijū text places it in its section of celebration with a slightly different headnote.
Line 1, chihayaburu, is a pillow word for "god," here leading to the sacred mountain of Izu.
Line 2 means "of the mountain of Izu," continuing Mount Sōtō of the three preceding poems.
Line 3, tamatsubaki, is an elegant name for the camellia, a tree of long life used in poems of celebration.
Line 4 means "for eight hundred myriad ages," the same as line 4 of 618 of this book.
Line 5 means "the colour will not change," ji negative conjecture.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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