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
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
'Simply moving and elegant'