Seafolk 泉郎
ひく島のあまのうけ舟波まよりかうてふさすとゆふしでをかく
hikushima no
ama no ukebune
namima yori
kau chō sasu to
yūshide o kaku | At Hikushima
The fisher-folks’ buoy-boats
From between the breakers
Point the way today, like
A painting of a sacred garland. |
Toshiyori
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
'Simply moving and elegant'