Kuroki mote kimi ga tsukureru yado nareba yorozuyo fu tomo furizu mo arinamu

黒木もて君が造れる宿なれば
万代経とも古りずもありなむ

Roma-ji: Kuroki mote kimi ga tsukureru yado nareba yorozuyo fu tomo furizu mo arinamu
English Translation: Built of unbarked wood,
this is the house my lord made,
and so it shall be,
though ten thousand ages pass,
a dwelling never old.
Meaning: Since this is the house my lord has built of unbarked logs, it will never grow old, though ten thousand ages pass.
Commentary: Miscellaneous Poems 674

Headnote: "Among poems for the year of the Great Thanksgiving Festival"
Composed in the year of the Great Thanksgiving Festival, it says that since the festival hall was built by the emperor of unbarked logs, it will not grow old though ten thousand ages pass, blessing the rite of enthronement. Kamo no Mabuchi marked it with a sign of praise.
The Ruijū text places it in its section of celebration under the title "A poem for the year of the Great Thanksgiving." The base text writes line 5 with the character for "to be." It draws on the Man'yōshū poem by the Retired Sovereign about a hall of unbarked logs lasting ten thousand ages.

Line 1 means "with unbarked logs," the customary material for the festival hall.
Line 2 means "that my lord has built."
Line 3 means "since it is the house."
Line 4 means "though ten thousand ages pass."
Line 5 means "it will not grow old." The next poem, 675, also sings of the log hall that "does not age," the two forming a pair.
Author: Minamoto no Sanetomo
Source: Kinkaishu
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