The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
石清水かざしの花のさしながらいのる心はくみてしるらむ
iwashimizu
kazashi no hana no
sashinagara
inoru kokoro wa
kumite shiruramu | At Iwashimizu
Adorning blossom
Thrust in our hair
Hearts in prayer
Gathered all together know. |
Daishin
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
きみがよののどけきかげをくみみれば流たえせぬ石清水かな
kimi ga yo no
nodokeki kage o
kumi mireba
nagare taesenu
iwashimizu kana | When, My Lord, your reign’s
Calm light
I gather all together, in my sight is
The endless current
Of Iwashimizu. |
Higo
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
をとこ山みねのさくらにもろ人のかざしの花をたぐへてぞみる
otokoyama
mine no sakura ni
morobito no
kazashi no hana o
taguete zo miru | Upon Man-Mountain’s
Peak, cherries
All the many folk
Adorn with blossom
All aligned, I see. |
Kanemasa
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
春ごとにすみもまさなんいはし水かざしの花のかげさやにみん
haru goto ni
sumi mo masanan
iwashimizu
kazashi no hana no
kage sayanimin | Each and every spring
Ink grows darker at
Iwashimizu, so
The adorning blossoms’
Glow seems all the brighter. |
Tadafusa
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
たつほどのかさねかはらけなかりせばおぼえて淀の渡せましや
tatsu hodo no
kasane kawarake
nakariseba
oboete yodo no
watarisemashi ya | A tall
Pile of wine-cups
Is lacking, so
Recalling them, Yodo
Would I traverse! |
Toshiyori
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
男山かざしの花も春なればをみのころももかはるけふかな
otokoyama
kazashi no hana mo
haru nareba
omi no koromo mo
kawaru kyō kana | When Man-Mountain is
Decked with blossom
In springtime,
Festive garb, too, is
Donned today! |
Nakazane
The Iwashimizu Special Festival (石清水臨時祭)
山水のながれにうかふ松が枝にかざしの藤をかけてこそみれ
yamamizu no
nagare ni ukabu
matsu ga e ni
kazashi no fuji o
kakete koso mire | Upon a mountain stream’s
Swift flow floats
A branch of pine
Adornments of wisteria
Seen dangling there… |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'