Composed for the Palace Poetry Match in Shōryaku 2 [1078].
君が世はつきじとぞおもふかみかぜやみもすそ川のすまむかぎりは
kimi ga yo wa tsukiji to zo omou kamikaze ya mimosusogawa no sumamu kagiri wa My Lord’s reign [i]
Minister of Justice Tsunenobu
Created with Soan . [i] The Mimosuso River (mimosugawa 御裳濯川) is the name given to the Isuzu River (isuzugawa 五十鈴川) as it flows past the Grand Shrine of Ise, which is dedicated to the ancestral deity of the imperial house, Amaterasu ōmikami 天照大神.
朝ごとに山にたちまふ朝霧は紅葉みせじとをしむなりけり
asagoto ni yama ni tachimau asagiri wa momiji miseji to oshimu narikeri With every morning
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秋の夜は人をしづめてつれづれと掻きなす琴の音にぞたてつる
aki no yo wa hito o shizumete tsurezure to kakinasu koto no ne ni zo tatetsuru On an autumn night
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Felicitations 賀
君が代はうれしきたびにきる杖のつもれる数を知る人ぞなき
kimi ga yo wa For my Lord’s reign
Akinaka
Sakaki 榊
ちはやぶる神のしめさす榊葉のさかゆく御代にあふぞうれしき
chihayaburu The mighty
Daishin
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 The tribute for
Tadafusa
An ancient-styled poem to supplement a long poem.
君が世に相坂山の岩清水木隠れたりと思ける哉
kimi ga yo ni
Your Majesty’s reign
Mibu no Tadamine
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'Simply moving and elegant'
