つらしともいざやいかがはいはし水あふせまだきにたゆる心は
tsurashi to mo iza ya ikaga wa iwashimizu ause madaki ni tayuru kokoro wa | How cruel! Why as Spring waters rushing from the rocks did Our meeting swiftly Did you wish to end? |
Kazusa, in service to the Empress
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In reply
世世ふともたえじとぞ思ふ神がきの岩ねをくぐる水の心は
yo yo futomo taeji to zo omou kamigaki no iwane o kuguru mizu no kokoro wa | Age upon age may pass, yet Never shall we end, I feel, as from The sacred precinct’s Rocky roots flow Waters—that is my heart! |
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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
'Simply moving and elegant'