くらゐ山小高くならむ松にのみ
八百万代と春風ぞ吹く
八百万代と春風ぞ吹く
- Roma-ji
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Kuraiyama kodakaku naramu matsu ni nomi yaoyorozuyo to harukaze zo fuku
- English Translation
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On Mount Kurai
the pines that will grow taller,
on them alone
"eight hundred myriad ages"
the spring wind blows.
- Meaning
- On the pines of Mount Kurai, which will grow ever taller, and on them alone, the spring wind blows, wishing them eight hundred myriad ages.
- Commentary
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Miscellaneous Poems 659
Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "On the theme of celebration through the pine"
On the pines of Mount Kurai, which will grow ever taller, the spring wind blows wishing them countless ages. The place name Kurai echoes kurai, "rank," and the pine bears a wish for ever higher rank.
The Ruijū text places it in its section of celebration.
Line 1 names Mount Kurai in Hida, kurai meaning both the place and "rank."
Line 2 means "will grow taller," mu conjectural, overlaying rising rank.
Line 3 means "on the pines alone."
Line 4 means "for eight hundred myriad ages," echoing line 4 of 618 and 641.
Line 5 means "the spring wind blows," zo concluded by fuku; it pairs with "the pine wind blows" in the preceding poem, the two last lines answering each other.
- Author
- Minamoto no Sanetomo
- Source
- Kinkaishu
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