Nanasoji ni michinuru shio no hamahisagi hisashiku yo ni mo umorenuru kana - Kinyo Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

七十にみちぬる潮の浜久木
久しく世にも埋もれぬるかな

Roma-ji: Nanasoji ni michinuru shio no hamahisagi hisashiku yo ni mo umorenuru kana
English Translation: At seventy years
full as the rising tide that
buries beach hisagi,
for so long a time in the world
I too have lain buried away
Meaning: Now that I have reached the full tide of seventy years, I have lain buried in the world for a long time, like the hisagi trees on the beach covered by the rising tide.
Commentary: Book Ten Miscellaneous Poems II 665

At seventy, the poet says, he has lain buried in the world for a long time, like the hisagi trees on the shore covered by the rising tide. The compiler of this anthology laments his own misfortune in reaching old age without rising to high office.
This is the closing poem of Book Ten, Miscellaneous Poems II, and the poem that brings the whole anthology to a close. The opening poem of this book, 604, is by Fujiwara no Mototoshi, ranked alongside the poet, calling on the plum to tell of the past, so the book opens seeking the past and closes lamenting years long buried. It also stands in contrast to the unburied name of 620 in this book, and in 602 near the close of Book Nine the poet likewise laments being hidden behind clouds.
The author, Toshiyori, is Minamoto no Toshiyori, a son of the Major Counselor Minamoto no Tsunenobu, who became Head of the Carpentry Office. He was the compiler of this anthology, and his personal collection is the Sanboku Kika Shū. One of his poems appears in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

First line, 'nanasoji ni', means at seventy years.
Second line, 'michinuru shio no', means of the tide that has risen full, joining michiru, years reaching seventy, with michiru, the tide coming in. The perfective nu appears in its attributive form.
Third line, 'hamahisagi', means the hisagi trees of the beach; with the second line it forms a preface leading by repeated sound to hisashiku in the fourth line. The hisagi buried by the tide is overlaid with the poet buried in the world.
Fourth line, 'hisashiku yo ni mo', means for a long time in the world, taking up hisagi from the third line.
Final line, 'umorenuru kana', means how I have lain buried, the attributive of the perfective nu followed by kana. It contrasts with uzumorenu na in the fourth line of 620 in this book. Tide, beach and buried are associated words.
Author: Minamoto no Toshiyori
Source: Kinyo Wakashu
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