A folk song about the village of Asahi in Ōmi Province, performed at the eastern celebration of the Great Thanksgiving Service in Chōwa 5 [1016].
あかねさす朝日のさとのひかげぐさ豊明のかざしなるべし
akane sasu
asahi no sato no
hikagegusa
toyo no akari no
kazashi narubeshi | Shining madder red
Morning sun rises over Asahi village,
Sunlight upon the ground pines, for
The banquets, ever lit,
A fine hair decoration! |
Sukechika, Master of Service
祭主輔親
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'