Composed on seeing an aged pine on the rocky shore while on the road to a place called Misaki.[i]
いその松いくひささにか成りぬらんいたく木高き風のおとかな
| iso no matsu ikuhisasa ni ka narinuran itaku kodakaki kaze no oto kana | The pine tree on the rocky shore Has for how many eternities Endured? The tree, so very high, as is The sound of the wind! |
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[i] Misaki 三崎 lies on the Miura Peninsula 三浦半島 on the far eastern side of Sagami Bay. Sanetomo is known to have visited Misaki in the Third Month, Kenryaku 2 [April 1212] and this poem was probably composed then.