The Names of the Buddhas
かひなくて月日はふれど年くれて仏の御名を聞くぞうれしき
| kainakute tsukihi wa furedo toshi kurete hotoke no mina o kiku zo ureshiki | Pointlessly The days and months go by, yet At year’s twilight The Buddhas’ names I hear with joy! |
Daishin
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Eikyū hyakushu 412
The Names of the Buddhas
人わたす三世の仏のなをきけばむかしのつみもいまや消ゆらん
| hito watasu miyo no hotoke no na o kikeba mukashi no tsumi mo ima ya kiyuran | All folk The three worlds’ Buddhas’ Names hear, and Even sins from days long gone Have now vanished all away. |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
Eikyū hyakushu 411
The Names of the Buddhas
小夜ふけて今ぞ法のしいでぬらんくものうへ人なのりすらしも
| sayo fukete ima zo nori no shi idenuran kumo no uebito nanori surashi mo | The brief night breaks, and Now, the recitation Does seem to emerge; Folk from above the clouds Presenting their own names… |
Minamoto no Kanemasa
源兼昌
Eikyū hyakushu 408
The Names of the Buddhas
としのうちにつもれるつみもきえぬらんみよの仏の御なをとなへて
| toshi no uchi ni tsumoreru tsumi mo kienuramu miyo no hotoke no mina o tonaete | Within the year Our accumulated sins, too, Seem to disappear At the three worlds’ Buddhas’ Names recitation! |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実
Miwako naishin’ō no ie no uta’awase 10
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年のうちにつもれる罪を残さじと三世の仏の名をぞ唱ふる
| toshi no uchi ni tsumoreru tsumi o nokosaji to miyo no hotoke no na o zo tonauru |
Within this year I have accumulated sins, that I would not have linger at The three worlds’ Buddhas’ Names recitation! |
Seji 宣旨
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君が代を三世の仏に年を経て返す返すも祈るべき哉
| kimi ga yo o miyo no hotoke ni toshi o hete kaesugaesu mo inorubeki kana |
That Your Highness reign The three worlds’ Buddhas’ Years shall pass through Again and yet again Shall be my only prayer! |
Hyōe 兵衛
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Miwako naishin’ō no ie no uta’awase 9
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あらはるる三世の仏の名を聞くにつもれる罪は霜と消えなむ
| arawaruru miyo no hotoke no na o kiku ni tsumoreru tsumi wa shimo to kienamu |
The manifest Three worlds’ Buddhas’ Names I hear, and My accumulated sins seem to Vanish with the frost. |
Misaku 美作
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Right.
頼みみる三世の仏の名を聞けばつもれる罪もあらじとぞ思ふ
| tanomi miru miyo no hotoke no na o kikeba tsumoreru tsumi mo araji to zo omou |
Hearing our pleas The three worlds’ Buddhas’ Names I hear, and Even my accumulated sins Seem to be gone, I feel. |
Shikibu 式部
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