Yukusue mo kagiri wa shirazu Sumiyoshi no matsu ni ikuyo no toshi ka henuramu

行く末も限りは知らず住吉の
松に幾世の年か経ぬらむ

Roma-ji: Yukusue mo kagiri wa shirazu Sumiyoshi no matsu ni ikuyo no toshi ka henuramu
English Translation: For the time to come
I know no limit to them,
and these pines
of Sumiyoshi, how many years,
how many ages have they passed?
Meaning: Their future has no limit that I know, and how many years, how many ages, must the pines of Sumiyoshi already have passed?
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 656

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the theme of celebration through the pine"
The pines of Sumiyoshi have a future whose end no one knows, and the poet wonders how many years they have already passed, singing of their long life in both future and past to bless the lasting reign. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a sign of praise.
It was included in the imperial anthology Shokugosen Wakashū. The Ruijū text places it in its section of celebration.

Line 1 means "the future too."
Line 2 means "I know no end," with a break after the line.
Line 3 is the same as line 3 of the preceding poem.
Line 4 means "how many ages for the pines," where the preceding poem spoke of the future, this one spans both past and future.
Line 5 means "have they passed the years?" ka concluded by ramu.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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