Left
おとはやまおとにききつつあふさかのせきのこなたにひとをまつかな
otowayama
oto ni kikitsutsu
ausaka no
seki no konata ni
hito o matsu kana | As wing-beats in the mountains
Do I hear tell:
That on Meeting Hill
Barrier’s inner side
Someone does await me! |
Motokata
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Right
そのはらやふせやにおふるははきぎのありとてゆけどあはぬきみかな
sonohara ya
fuseya ni ouru
hahakigi no
ari tote yukedo
awanu kimi kana | At Sonohara
By the rest-stop grows
A sacred tree, they say;
I catch a glimpse, yet
Cannot meet with you! |
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Coming yet not meeting.
そのはらやふせやに生ふるははきぎのありとてゆけど逢はぬ君かな
sonohara ya
fuseya ni ouru
hahagkigi no
ari tote yukedo
awanu kimi kana | At Sonohara
By the rest-stop grows
A sacred tree, they say;
I travel there, yet
With you I will not meet! |
Anonymous
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
kami no shimesasu
sakakiba no
sakayuku miyo ni
au zo ureshiki | The mighty
Gods’ own
Leaves of the sacred tree
An ever-flourishing reign
Reveal – how pleasant! |
Daishin
Sakaki 榊
神代より色もかはらぬ榊ばはさかえときはににほふなりけり
kamiyo yori
iro mo kawaranu
sakakiba wa
sakae tokiwa ni
niou narikeri | Since the Age of Gods
Unchanged are the hues of
Leaves upon the sacred tree:
Eternal glory
Shining forth! |
Tadafusa
Sakaki 榊
榊葉をかみのみむろとあがむればゆふつけ烏のねぐらなりけり
sakakiba o
kami no mimuro to
agamureba
yūtsukedori no
negura narikeri | Leaves upon the sacred tree, as
The gods’ dwelling place
Are worshipped, so
A cockerel’s
Roost are they! |
Toshiyori
Sakaki 榊
しもおけど色もかはらぬさかきばは君がちとせのかざしなりけり
shimo okedo
iro mo kawaranu
sakakiba wa
kimi ga chitose no
kazashi narikeri | Frost falls, yet
Unchanged are the hues of
Leaves upon the sacred tree:
For my Lord a thousand years of
Decoration will they be! |
Nakazane
'Simply moving and elegant'