禊する瀬見の小川の清き瀬に君が齢を猶祈るかな
| misogisuru semi no wogaFa no kiyoki se ni kimi ga yoFaFi wo naFo inoru kana |
In cleansing Semi Stream’s Pure rapids For my Lord’s long life I will ever pray! |
Minamoto no Shitagō
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Eigyō hōshi-shū 58
稲荷の屋水の玉かき打ち叩き我が祈事を神も答へよ
| inari no ya midu no tama kaki utitataki wa ga negigoto wo kami mo kotaFeyo |
In a rice-seedling hut Jewels of water scatter, Striking everywhere; Let my prayer be Answered by the Gods! |
Eigyō
恵慶
Shitagō-shū 174
祈事を聞かず洗ふる神だにも今日は夏越と人は知らなむ
| negigoto wo kikazu araFuru kami dani mo keFu Fa nagosi to Fito Fa siranamu |
Prayers Unheeding, and bathing Are the gods themselves; That this day is the summer purification Do all folk know! |
Minamoto no Shitagō
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Sanboku kikashū IX: 1452
葉かへせぬ歎の杜は冬来れど常にもかもな常しなへなり
| Fa kaesenu nageki no mori Fa Fuyu kuredo tune ni mo kamo na tokosinaFe nari |
The leaves never turn In Nageki’s sacred groves, where Winter comes, yet It is always that They are ever unchanging. |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
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Rokujō shūri no daibu-shū 297
時鳥歎の杜に飽かずして君が待つをば過ぎにけるかな
| Fototogisu nageki no mori ni akazusite kimi ga matu woba suginikeru kana |
Of the cuckoos’ Sad cries in Nageki’s sacred groves You could never get enough While your wait Continued on! |
Fujiwara no Akisue
藤原顕季
Motosuke-shū 89
生ひ立ちて枯れぬと聞きし木の下の歎の杜といかでなりけむ
| oFitatite karenu to kikisi ko no moto no nageki no mori to ikade narikemu |
They grow tall and Never wither, I heard, so Below the trees, where Grief grows in Nageki’s sacred groves, What will happen there? |
Kiyowara no Motosuke
清原元輔
Sankashū II: 615
Composed for the chief priest at the same shrine, on praying to the deities for love.
天下る神の印のありなしをつれなき人の行方にてみん
| ama kudaru kami no shirushi no arinashi o tsurenaki hito no yukue nite min |
Descending from heaven Deities, a sign Provide me and That heartless girl’s Location reveal! |
Saigyō
西行
Sankashū II: 578
Love on visiting after hearing a name
逢はざらんことをは知で帚木の伏屋と聞きて尋ねきにけり
| awazaran koto o ba shirade hahakigi no fuseya to kikite tazunekinikeri |
That we would not meet, All unknowing; Of your mirage-tree Resting place did I hear, and Come to call… |
Saigyō
西行
Saigū no nyōgo-shū 15
秋の日のあやしきほどの黄昏に荻吹く風の音ぞ聞ゆる
| aki no Fi no ayasiki Fodo no tasogare ni wogi Fuku kaze no oto zo kikoyuru |
Autumn days Are most eerie At dusk, when The sound of wind blowing o’er the silver-grass Is all I hear… |
Shigeyuki-shū 313
憂しと思ふ心に今朝は来つれども黄昏時はむなしからまし
| usi to omoFu kokoro ni kesa Fa kituredomo tasogaredoki Fa munasikaramasi |
Feeling hopeless, To my heart has this morning Come, yet The hour of dusk is What I wish were brief… |
Minamoto no Shigeyuki
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