After the main shrine at Kumano was burnt down, within the space of a year His Majesty was able to visit for the ceremony for the moving of the God to temporary buildings.
契あればうれしきかゝるおりにあひぬわするな神もゆくすゑの空
| chigiri areba ureshiki kakaru ori ni ainu wasuru na kami mo yukusue no sora |
It must be fate for me Such a joyous Time to see; Never will I forget it–may the Gods, too, Not forget us in times to come. |
The Senior Retired Emperor (Gotoba)
後鳥羽
On the junior shrine, among poems presented to Hiyoshi Shrine.
やはらぐるかげぞふもとにくもりなきもとの光はみねにすめども
| yawaraguru kage zo fumoto ni kumori naki moto no hikari wa mine ni sumedomo |
The gentle Light from the foothills Is unceasing; The glow from below–the source of all– Is clear upon the peak–makes His dwelling there. |
Former Abbot Jien
慈円
For a picture of Oshio Mountain, on a screen in the Saisho Hall of the Four Heavenly Kings.
をしほ山神のしるしを松の葉にちぎりしいろはかへる物かは
| oshio yama kami no shirushi o matsu no ha ni chigirishi iro wa kaeru mono ka wa |
Oshio Mountain, The God’s blessing Awaits; yet the pine needles’– On which He made his vow–hue Is not like to ever change… |
Former Abbot Jien
慈円
In the conception of the gods, when composing in a hundred poem sequence at the house of the Lay Priest and Former Regent and Grand Minister.
かすが野のをどろのみちのむもれ水すゑだに神のしるしあらはせ
| kasuga no no odoro no michi no mumore mizu sue dani kami no shirushi arawase |
Lost under Kasuga Fields’ Overgrown trails are Hidden waters–as am I, yet To my posterity at least may the Gods Give blessing. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成
On the moon, when various people composed for the Kamo Shrine Poetry Competition.
石川や瀬見の小川の清ければ月も流れを尋ねてぞすむ
| ishikawa no semi no ogawa no kiyokereba tsuki mo nagare o tazunete zo sumu |
In Ishikawa The rivulet at Semi Is so clear, The moon, too, the flow Seeks out, and dwells therein. |
Kamo no Chōmei
鴨長明
Composed for a picture of the Rinji Festival at the Kamo Shrine on a folding screen prepared for the entrance of a Junior Consort to the palace in the 6th year of Bunji (1190).
月さゆるみたらし河にかげみえてこほりにすれる山あゐの袖
| tsuki sayuru mitarashigawa ni kage miete kori ni sureru yama’ai no sode |
Clear, the moon, Upon the Mitarashi River Shines, seeming as A design of ice upon Indigo sleeves. |
Master of the Dowager Empress’ Household Office Toshinari
藤原俊成