New Year Archery
すべらぎのむつのまぼりのあづさゆみけふここのへにひきつらぬらし
suberagi no
mutsu no mabori no
azusayumi
kyō kokonoe ni
hikitsuranurashi | His Majesty’s
Six guardians’
Catalpa bows
Today within the ninefold walls
Seem to have been drawn. |
Shrines 社
いのること七のをやしろかうかうとことあはせよく口ばしるなり
inoru koto
nana no oyashiro
kaukau to
koto awase yoku
kuchibashiru nari | The prayers by
The seven guardians are
A clamour,
Words overlapping as
They gabble heedlessly on! |
Toshiyori
'Simply moving and elegant'