The Seventh Night 七夜
君が代はながひこのかゆ七かへりいはふ心にあへざらめやは
kimi ga yo wa My Lord, your reign, with
Toshiyori
Felicitations 賀
つきもせぬ君がよはひはいくちよとかぎれる竹の枝にやあるらん
tsuki mo senu Inexhaustible is
Daishin
Felicitations 賀
我が君をいはひこめつつ竹の枝ちよとちぎるはうれしかりけり
wa ga kimi o For My Lord
Higo
Felicitations 賀
我が君のよはひたけたるうれしさは大宮人の身にあまるらん
wa ga kimi no My Lord’s
Kanemasa
Felicitations 賀
君が代はうれしきたびにきる杖のつもれる数を知る人ぞなき
kimi ga yo wa For my Lord’s reign
Akinaka
Sakaki 榊
しもおけど色もかはらぬさかきばは君がちとせのかざしなりけり
shimo okedo Frost falls, yet
Nakazane
Preparing Tribute 貢調
御調物きみが御代にはよしの川よし心みよたえやしけると
mitsukimono The tribute for
Tadafusa
[One of] a number of poems composed on the occasion of an embassy to Silla, exchanged in sadness at parting, or noting emotions on voyage, or ancient poems which matched the location.
武庫の浦の入江の洲鳥羽ぐくもる君を離れて恋に死ぬべし
muko no ura no
At the Bay of Muko
On parting.
朝戸出の君が姿をよく見ずて長き春日を恋ひや暮らさむ
asa tode no
In the morning, opening the door
禊する瀬見の小川の清き瀬に君が齢を猶祈るかな
misogisuru
In cleansing
Minamoto no Shitagō
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