Tazu no iru Nagara no hama no hamamatsu no matsu to wa nashi ni chiyo o koso fure

田鶴のゐる長良の浜の浜松の
まつとはなしに千代をこそ経れ

Roma-ji: Tazu no iru Nagara no hama no hamamatsu no matsu to wa nashi ni chiyo o koso fure
English Translation: Where the cranes dwell,
on the shore of Nagara
the beach pines stand,
waiting, though they wait for naught,
through a thousand ages.
Meaning: The pines on the shore of Nagara, where the cranes dwell, have lived through a thousand ages, though they wait for nothing at all.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 654

Headnote: "On the theme of celebration through the pine"
On celebration through the pine, the poet says the pines of Nagara shore, where cranes dwell, have passed a thousand ages though they wait for nothing, laying the long life of the pine over the lasting reign. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a sign of praise.
The Ruijū text places it among the "poems found in other and printed texts." One letter of line 5 is hard to read in the source as displayed and is here read chiyo o koso fure.

Line 1 is the same as the opening of the preceding poem.
Line 2 names the same shore as Nagara in the preceding poem, written differently.
Line 3 means "of the beach pines," and the first three lines form a preface to matsu in line 4, changing "sea breeze" of the preceding poem to "beach pines."
Line 4 means "without waiting," matsu meaning both "pine" and "wait."
Line 5 means "they pass a thousand ages," koso concluded by fure; it pairs with "ten thousand ages" of the preceding poem.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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