classic waka stream

雪積もる年のしるしにいとどしく
千歳の松の花咲くぞ見る
Roma-ji

Yuki tsumoru toshi no shirushi ni itodoshiku chitose no matsu no hana saku zo miru

English Translation
As a sign this year
will be rich, with snow piled high,
all the more I see
on the pine of a thousand years
the blossoms come to bloom
Meaning
As a sign of a bountiful year, the snow piles up, and all the more I see the thousand-year pine bursting into flower.
Commentary
Book Five Celebration Poems 329

Snow piling up is a sign of a bountiful year, and the snow on the thousand-year pine looks all the more like blossoms, the poem says. Layering the belief that snow foretells a good harvest with the traditional figure of snow as flowers, it celebrates the reign through the blossoms of a thousand-year pine.
The pine was said to bloom once in a hundred years, ten times in a thousand, and its flowers were a sign of long life and good fortune.
From poem 329 through poem 332 in this book come poems, centered on snow and pines, celebrating a reign without end.

First line, 'yuki tsumoru', means snow piling up, snow being a sign of a bountiful year.
Second line, 'toshi no shirushi ni', means as a sign of a rich year, toshi also meaning the harvest of grain.
Third line, 'itodoshiku', means all the more.
Fourth line, 'chitose no matsu no', means of the pine that lives a thousand years.
Final line, 'hana saku zo miru', means I see it bloom, zo binding with the attributive miru, likening the snow on the pine to blossoms. The next poem, 330, also sings of 'the pine in bloom'.
Source
Kinyo Wakashu
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