Sakaki 榊
ちはやぶる神のしめさす榊葉のさかゆく御代にあふぞうれしき
chihayaburu
kami no shimesasu
sakakiba no
sakayuku miyo ni
au zo ureshiki | The mighty
Gods’ own
Leaves of the sacred tree
An ever-flourishing reign
Reveal – how pleasant! |
Daishin
Sakaki 榊
万代の色もかはらぬためしには神なび山のさか木をぞとる
yorozuyo no
iro mo kawaranu
tameshi ni wa
kaminabiyama no
sakaki o zo toru | Ten-thousand generations
Of unchanging hues
Do they display, so
From the holy mountain
Will I gather sacred sakaki. |
Higo
Sakaki 榊
伊駒山手向はこれか木のもとに岩蔵うちて榊たてたり
ikoma yama
tamuke wa kore ka
ko no moto ni
iwakura uchite
sakaki tatetari | Upon Ikoma Mountain
Is this to be the offering?
Around the tree roots
Where the gods do dwell
Stands sacred sakaki. |
Kanemasa
Sakaki 榊
神代より色もかはらぬ榊ばはさかえときはににほふなりけり
kamiyo yori
iro mo kawaranu
sakakiba wa
sakae tokiwa ni
niou narikeri | Since the Age of Gods
Unchanged are the hues of
Leaves upon the sacred tree:
Eternal glory
Shining forth! |
Tadafusa
Sakaki 榊
榊葉をかみのみむろとあがむればゆふつけ烏のねぐらなりけり
sakakiba o
kami no mimuro to
agamureba
yūtsukedori no
negura narikeri | Leaves upon the sacred tree, as
The gods’ dwelling place
Are worshipped, so
A cockerel’s
Roost are they! |
Toshiyori
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
iro mo kawaranu
sakakiba wa
kimi ga chitose no
kazashi narikeri | Frost falls, yet
Unchanged are the hues of
Leaves upon the sacred tree:
For my Lord a thousand years of
Decoration will they be! |
Nakazane
Sakaki 榊
ゆふしでやかけつついのることのははさかきがえだにしげるなるらん
yūshide ya
kaketsutsu inoru
koto no ha wa
sakaki no eda ni
shigerunaruran | Mulberry cloth
Hangs down, while the prayers’
Words
Upon the branches of the sacred trees
Do seem to grow ever thicker! |
Akinaka
At around the same time the Lady Shōjō performed as one of the Gosechi dancers and I sent this to her on her return:
神舞しをとめにいかで榊葉の變はらぬ色と知らせてしかな
kamimawishi
wotome ni ikade
sakakiba no
kaFaranu iro to
sirasetesi kana |
As a goddess did you dance,
O, maiden; somehow, that
As the sacred evergreens’
Unchanging hues is my passion,
I would have you know. |
Topic unknown.
賢木葉を手にとりもちて祈りつる神の代よりもひさしからなん
sakakiba wo
te ni torimotite
inorituru
kami no yo yori mo
Fisasikaranan |
Sacred leave of sakaki
I grasped in my hand and
Made my prayer:
That the ages of the gods themselves
I would outlast. |
Akazome Emon
赤染衛門
'Simply moving and elegant'