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. |
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
'Simply moving and elegant'