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
百足らず八十隈坂に手向けせば過ぎにし人にけだし逢はむかも
momo tarazu
yaso kumasaka ni
tamukeseba
suginisi pito ni
kedasi apamu kamo | Not reaching one hundred are
The eighty crannies of this hill, where
When I make my offerings
He who is gone
I may meet once more. |
Osakabe no Tarimaro
'Simply moving and elegant'