さか木葉のかをかぐはしみとめくればやそうぢ人ぞまとゐせりける
| sakakiba no ka wo kaguFasimi tomekureba yaso udibito zo matowiserikeru | The leaves of the sacred tree Have a scent so fair that When I searched it out, Eighty clansmen, too, Had gathered in celebration! |
Anonymous
On the day of the Ōharano Festival, he attached this to a branch of sakaki, and sent it to a lady’s residence.
おほはらの神もしるらむわがこひはけふ氏人の心やらなむ
| oFoFarano kami mo siruramu wa ga koFi wa keFu udibito no kokoro yaranamu | Ōharano’s God, too, surely knows My love Today, toward the shrine’s lady’s Heart is directed! |