The Names of the Buddhas

Round Nine

Left
あらはるる三世の仏の名を聞くにつもれる罪は霜と消えなむ

arawaruru miyo no hotoke no na o kiku ni tsumoreru tsumi wa shimo to kienamu

The manifest Three worlds’ Buddhas’ Names I hear, and My accumulated sins seem to Vanish with the frost.

Misaku 美作
17

Right
頼みみる三世の仏の名を聞けばつもれる罪もあらじとぞ思ふ

tanomi miru miyo no hotoke no na o kikeba tsumoreru tsumi mo araji to zo omou

Hearing our pleas The three worlds’ Buddhas’ Names I hear, and Even my accumulated sins Seem to be gone, I feel.

Shikibu 式部
18