The Seventh Night 七夜
つるの子のちとせをふべきはじめとは七日よりこそ祝ひ初めけれ
| tsuru no ko no chitose o fubeki hajime to wa nanuka yori koso iwaisomekere | A crane chick Shall through a thousand years pass; The beginning is From this seventh day, for sure, as We begin our celebration! |
Daishin
The Seventh Night 七夜
ちとせふる祝の松のつるの子はけふすをたちて七夜なりけり
| chitose furu iwai no matsu no tsuru no ko wa kyō su o tachite nanayo narikeri | Ageing for a thousand years, A celebratory pine is where A crane chick has Today made her nest and Reached her seventh night. |
Higo
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
New Year’s Day
よきことをますみの鏡今日見ればかねて千年のかげぞうかべる
| yoki koto o masumi no kagami kyō mireba kanete chitose no kage zo ukaberu | When pleasant things In the clearest of glasses Today I see, Already a thousand years’ Sights have floated there… |
Higo
The Ninth Day of the Ninth Month
をるきくの露にぬれたるけふよりやちとせの秋にあはむとすらん
| oru kiku no tsuyu ni nuretaru kyō yori ya chitose no aki ni awamu to suran | Picked chrysanthemums’ Dew dampens us Today – will we For a thousand years of autumns Decide to meet together? |
Higo, from the Residence of the Kyōgoku Regent
京極関白家肥後
The Ninth Day of the Ninth Month
けふごとに菊を薬とする人はちとせのなかは過ぐといふなり
| kyō goto ni kiku o kusuri to suru hito wa chitose no naka wa sugu to iu nari | Every year today Chrysanthemums for medicine Do people take, that A thousand years together And more will they have, they say. |
Minamoto no Nakazane
源仲実