Composed on the spirit of Felicitation as part of a hundred poem sequence.
君が代は松の上葉にをく露のつもりてよもの海となるまで
| kimi ga yo Fa matu no uFaba ni woku tuyu no tumorite yomo no umi to naru made |
My Lord’s reign: Upon the pine tree tops The falling dew Builds up and on all sides A sea becomes-until then… |
Minamoto no Toshiyori
源俊頼