Suminoe ni ou chō matsu no eda shigemi ha goto ni chiyo no kazu zo komoreru

住の江に生ふてふ松の枝しげみ
葉ごとに千代の数ぞ籠もれる

Roma-ji: Suminoe ni ou chō matsu no eda shigemi ha goto ni chiyo no kazu zo komoreru
English Translation: At Suminoe
the pines are said to grow
so thick with branches
that in every single needle
a thousand ages dwell.
Meaning: The pines said to grow at Suminoe have such thick branches that in every single needle a thousand ages are contained.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 657

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the theme of celebration through the pine"
The pines said to grow at Suminoe have such thick branches that each needle holds a thousand ages, a conceit that counts a thousand ages in each of countless needles to bless boundless long life.
The Ruijū text places it in its section of celebration. The text transmitted by Teika reads line 1 as Sumiyoshi no. One letter of line 2 is hard to read in the source as displayed and is here read ou chō.

Line 1 means "at Suminoe," taking up Sumiyoshi from the two preceding poems.
Line 2 means "the pine said to grow," chō contracted from to iu.
Line 3 means "since its branches are thick," mi expressing cause.
Line 4 means "in each needle, a thousand ages," narrowing the scale to a single needle, set against the life of whole pines in the two preceding poems.
Line 5 means "the count is held," zo concluded by ru.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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