Preparing Tribute 貢調
いやしきや民のいとなく道もせにつきせず運ぶみつぎ物かな
iyashiki ya
tami no itonaku
michi mo se ni
tsukisezu hakobu
mitsukimono kana | How humble are
The folk busily
On every single road
Ceaselessly transporting
Their tributes! |
Daishin
Preparing Tribute 貢調
皇の民やすらけくをさむればひまなくはこぶ御調物かな
sumeragi no
tami yasurakeku
osamureba
himanaku hakobu
mitsukimono kana | His Majesty’s
Folk tranquilly
Prepare so,
Never-resting they transport
Their tributes! |
Higo
Preparing Tribute 貢調
笛竹のつかひはいつかこちくらんあなまちどほの道のあひだや
fue take no
tsukai wa itsuka
kochi kuran
ana machidō no
michi no aida ya | Blowing on his bamboo flute
When will the messenger
Arrive here?
O, the wait feels as long
As the roads he travels on! |
Kanemasa
Preparing Tribute 貢調
御調物きみが御代にはよしの川よし心みよたえやしけると
mitsukimono
kimi ga miyo ni wa
yoshinogawa
yoshi kokoromiyo
tae ya shikeru to | The tribute for
My Lord’s reign is as
The River Yoshino!
So, just try
To bring it to an end! |
Tadafusa
Preparing Tribute 貢調
御調物にひくはまゆのいとをもてくる手もたゆくそなへつるかな
mitsukimono
nihikuwamayu no
ito o mote
kuru te mo tayuku
sonaetsuru kana | The tribute from
New cocoons
Turned to silken thread:
The gifting hands so tiredly
Do offer it! |
Toshiyori
Preparing Tribute 貢調
長殿の常陸の蔵ひらきあけよけふ御調物をさめみつべ
nagatono no
hitachi no kura
hiraki’akeyo
kyō mitsukimono
osamemitsubeku | The long-halled
Storehouses of Hitachi
Throw open wide!
For today the tribute
Must be paid in full! |
Nakazane
Preparing Tribute 貢調
あさづまやはたさす駒に声たててせたのながはしひきわたすなり
asazuma ya
hata sasu koma ni
koe tatete
seta no nagahashi
hikiwatasunari | In Asazuma
To the flag-flying colts
I will call out, and
Across the lengthy bridge at Seta
Will I draw them! |
Akinaka
'Simply moving and elegant'