Composed when he was celebrating Tanabata on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month.
雲閒よりほしあひのそらを見わたせばしづ心なきあまの河なみ
kumoma yori hoshiai no sora wo miwataseba shizukokoronaki ama no kawa nami |
In the space between the clouds On meeting stars within the sky I turn my gaze: So restless Are the waves on Heaven’s River. |
Chief Priest [Ōnakatomi no] Sukechika