Gosechi 五節
くもりなき豊のあかりにみつるかなあまつ乙女のまひのすがたを
kumorinaki
toyo no akari ni
mitsuru kana
amatsu otome no
mai no sugata o | Cloudless is
The Festival of New Grain,
So perfect
Are the heavenly maidens’
Dancing forms! |
Daishin
Gosechi 五節
日影さすとよのあかりにみつるかな我がすべらぎの千世のかざしを
hikage sasu
toyo no akari ni
mitsuru kana
wa ga suberagi no
chiyo no kazashi o | Sunlight falls on
The Festival of New Grain
Perfecting it!
My Sovereign’s
Thousand generations capped… |
Higo
Gosechi 五節
もろ人のあそぶなるかな乙女子がかざみのすそのながき夜すがら
morobito no
asobunaru kana
otomego ga
kazami no suso no
nagaki yosugara | Crowds of folk do
Enjoy themselves!
The maiden’s
Robes’ trains are
As long as night… |
Kanemasa
Gosechi 五節
ふみもみぬ雲のかけはし外にのみあまつをとめのきき渡るかな
fumi mo minu
kumo no kakehashi
soto ni nomi
ama tsu otome no
kikiwataru kana | Their tread hidden by
The spanning bridge of clouds;
Simply from afar
The heavenly maidens do
I hear crossing! |
Tadafusa
Gosechi 五節
日影さすをみのあかひもうちとけて立ちまふ人をもてはやすなり
hikage sasu
omi no akahimo
uchitokete
tachimau hito o
motehayasunari | Sunlight falls on
Scarlet purification cords,
Undone as
The dancing folk do
Shine so bright! |
Toshiyori
Gosechi 五節
をとめ子が袖ふりそめしをみ衣とよのあかりにたえせざりけり
otomego ga
sode furisomeshi
omigoromo
toyo no akari ni
taesezarikeri | The maidens
Have begun to wave the sleeves of
Their purification robes;
The Festival of New Grain
Has endured for ever! |
Nakazane
Gosechi 五節
をとめ子が雲のうへにて袖ふれば日影にまがふあまの羽衣
otomego ga
kumo no ue nite
sode fureba
hikage ni magau
ama no hagoromo | The maidens are
Above the clouds
Sleeves waving, so
Indistinguishable from sunlight are
Their heavenly gossamer robes! |
Akinaka
A poem for one of the Gosechi Dancers, when she had spoken to me.
おぼつかないかにわれせむすべらぎの豐の明りのいづこともなく
obotukana
ika ni ware semu
suberagi no
toyo no akari no
idu koto mo naku |
How tantalising!
What am I to do?
Amidst His Majesty’s
Abundance of good cheer,
You are gone; who knows where? |
Composed watching the Gosechi dancing maidens.
あまつかぜ雲のかよひぢ吹きとぢよをとめのすがたしばしとどめむ
ama tu kaze
kumo no kayoFidi
Fukitodi yo
wotome no sugata
sibasi todomemu |
O, Heaven’s winds,
The pathways of the clouds
Seal up!
Let these maiden forms
Be held here a little while! |
Yoshimine no Munesada (Archbishop Henjō)
良岑宗貞（僧正遍照）
'Simply moving and elegant'