yukusue mo kagiri wa shirazu sumiyoshi no matsu ni ikuyo no toshi ka henuran
Even the future’s Limits are unknown for Sumiyoshi’s Pines—how many ages and Years might they pass through?[i]
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[i] See: Topic unknown. 我見てもひさしく成りぬ住の江の岸の姫松いくよへぬらむ ware mite mo / hisashiku narinu / suminoe no / kishi no himematsu / ikuyo henuramu ‘Even to my sight / Eternal are / Suminoe’s / Princess pines upon the shore: / How many ages have they passed through?’ Anonymous (Kokinshū XVII: 905)
