あだ人のあだにある身のあだ事をけふみな月のはらへすてつといふ
adabito no
ada ni aru mi no
adagoto o
kyō minazuki no
harae sutetsu to iu | A faithless woman her
Faithless life of
Faithless words
Today, with the Waterless Month’s
Purification has abandoned, they say! |
Sixth Month purification.
わがくにのやまとしまねの神たちをけふのみそぎに手向けつるかな
wa ga kuni no
yamato shimane no
kamitachi o
kyō no misogi ni
tamuketsuru kana | My land,
The land of Yamato’s
Gods:
Through purification today
Have I worshipped them! |
みそぎするかやのちのわにひくしでのまつはれつきて夏をとどめん
misogisuru
kaya no chi no wa ni
hiku shide no
matsuwaretsukite
natsu o todomen | Purification with
A ring of woven silver-grass
Draped with streamers
Wrapped around
I would halt the summer. |
君がため今日の禊に泉川万代すめと祈りつるかへ
kimi ga tame
kyō no misogi ni
izumigawa
yorozuyo sume to
inoritsuru ga e |
For you, my Lady, is
Today’s purification,
At the River Izumi;
“May you live ten thousand years!”
Is the prayer we made! |
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