みくまののなぎのはしだりふる雪は神のかけたるしでにぞ有るらし
mikumano no
nagi no ha shidari
furu yuki wa
kami no kaketaru
shide ni zo arurashi | At the three shrines of Kumano
The bayberry leaves droop down
With fallen snow—
Hung for the gods,
Sacred streamers do they seem to be! |
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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. |
Her reply:
君來ずは死出山にぞほとゝぎすしばし勿來の關をすゑまし
kimi kozu Fa
sidenoyama ni zo
Fototogisu
sibasi nakoso no
seki wo suwemasi |
With you not come, my Lord,
Upon the Mount of Shide will
The cuckoos
A while by Nakoso
Barrier halted be. |
'Simply moving and elegant'
