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- Shui Wakashu
Shinagadori Ina no fushihara tobiwataru shigi ga haoto omoshiroki kana
How delightful is the sound of the snipe's wings as they fly across the low-lying plain of Ina!
Sumiyoshi no kishi mo sezaran mono yue ni netaku ya hito ni matsu to iwaremu
Though that one will never come, like the shore of Sumiyoshi, how galling it would be if people said I wait, like the pines of Sumiyoshi.
Yūdasuki kakuru tamoto wa wazurawashi yutake ni tokete aramu to o shire
The sleeves bound up with the sacred mulberry cord are a burden; know that soon you will be untied from them and live at your ease.
Amakudaru arahitogami no aioi o omoeba hisashi Sumiyoshi no matsu
When I think how the pine of Sumiyoshi has grown up together with the god who descended from heaven in human form, how long it has stood!
Shui Wakashu - Priest Anpō
Ware towaba kamiyo no koto mo kotaenan mukashi o shireru Sumiyoshi no matsu
If I should ask you, answer me even about the age of the gods, you pine of Sumiyoshi, who know the days of old.
Shui Wakashu - The Monk Egyo
Ikuyo ni ka kataritsutaemu Hakozaki no matsu no chitose no hitotsu naraneba
Through how many ages will it be told and handed down? For the thousand years of the pines of Hakozaki are not one span alone, but many.
Shui Wakashu - Minamoto no Shigeyuki
Oishigere Hirano no hara no ayasugi yo koki murasaki ni tachikasanu beku
Grow thick, you twilled cedars of Hirano's plain, so that, rising tall, you may be cut into robe upon robe of deepest purple.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Negikakuru Hie no yashiro no yūdasuki kusa no kakiha mo koto yamete kike
Binding on the sacred cord at the shrine of Hie, I offer my prayer: even you blades of grass, hush your words and listen!
Shui Wakashu - Jitsuin
Ōyodo no misogi ikuyo ni narinuran kamisabinitaru ura no himematsu
How many ages have passed since the purification rites began at Ōyodo? The slender pines of the bay have grown so hallowed with age.
Shui Wakashu - Minamoto no Kanezumi
Misogi suru kyō Karasaki ni orosu ami wa kami no ukehiku shirushi narikeri
The net cast at Karasaki on this day of purification was a sign that the gods accept our prayers, as its floats are hauled in.
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Suketaka
Chihayaburu kami no tamoteru inochi o ba ta ga tame ni ka nagaku to omowan
This life that the mighty gods preserve, for whose sake would I wish it to be long, if not for yours?
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Chihayaburu kami mo omoi no areba koso toshi hete Fuji no yama mo moyurame
It is because even the gods burn with the fire of love that Mount Fuji, through all the years, goes on burning.
Shui Wakashu - Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
Kimi ga yo no Nagara no yama no kai ari to nodokeki kumo no iru toki zo miru
When peaceful clouds rest upon Mount Nagara, I see that its name, promising the long life of our sovereign's reign, is not in vain.
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Sazanami no Nagara no yama no nagaraete tanoshikaru beki kimi ga miyo kana
Like Mount Nagara by the rippling waves, long may it last, our sovereign's reign, which is bound to be a time of joy!
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Ugoki naki Iwakurayama ni kimi ga yo o hakobiokitsutsu chiyo o koso tsume
Upon Mount Iwakura, which nothing can shake, we carry and set our sovereign's reign, piling up a thousand ages.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Chihayaburu Mikami no yama no sakakiba wa sakae zo masaru sue no yo made ni
The sakaki leaves on Mount Mikami, where the mighty god dwells, flourish ever more, on into ages far to come.
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu