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- Shui Wakashu
Yorozuyo no iro mo kawaranu sakakiba wa Mikami no yama ni ouru narikeri
The sakaki leaves whose color will not change through ten thousand ages, I see now, are those that grow on Mount Mikami.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Yorozuyo o Mikami no yama no hibiku ni wa Yasukawa no mizu sumi zo ainikeru
Since voices celebrating ten thousand ages ring out on Mount Mikami, the waters of the Yasu River have grown clear in answer.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Mitsugi tsumu Ōkurayama wa tokiwa nite iro mo kawarazu yorozuyo zo hemu
Mount Ōkura, "Great Storehouse," where tribute is piled high, stays evergreen; its color unchanging, it will pass through ten thousand ages.
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Takashima ya Mio no nakayama soma tatete tsukurikasaneyo chiyo no namikura
From the middle mountain of Mio in Takashima cut timber and build, one after another, rows of storehouses to stand for a thousand ages.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Migakikeru kokoro mo shiruku Kagamiyama kumori naki yo ni au ga tanoshisa
Like Mirror Mountain, which shows clearly the heart that has been polished, how joyful it is to meet with a reign without a cloud!
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Chitose furu Matsugasaki ni wa mureitsutsu tazu sae asobu kokoro aru rashi
At Matsugasaki, where pines live a thousand years, even the cranes, it seems, have a mind to gather in flocks and play.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Todokooru toki mo araji na Ōmi naru Omono no hama no ama no hitsugi wa
Surely there will never be a time when it falters, the daily tribute of food from the fisherfolk of Omono shore in Ōmi.
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kanemori
Kotoshi yori Chitose no yama wa koe taezu kimi ga miyo o zo inoru beranaru
From this year on, the Mount of a Thousand Years, its voice never ceasing, seems to pray for our sovereign's reign.
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Ōmi naru Iyataka yama no sakaki nite kimi ga chiyo o ba inori kazasan
With sakaki from Mount Iyataka, "Ever Higher," in Ōmi, I will pray for a thousand ages for our sovereign and wear it in my hair.
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kanemori
Inori kuru Mikami no yama no kai shi areba chitose no kage ni kakute tsukaen
Since the prayers we have offered on Mount Mikami have borne fruit, I will serve in this way under the shelter of a thousand years.
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Kyō yori wa Iwakurayama ni yorozuyo o ugoki naku nomi tsumamu to zo omou
From today on, upon Mount Iwakura, I mean to pile up ten thousand ages, firm and unshakable.
Shui Wakashu - Onakatomi no Yoshinobu
Yorozuyo o akirakeku mimu Kagamiyama chitose no hodo wa chiri mo kumoraji
Mirror Mountain will see clearly through ten thousand ages; for a thousand years, not a speck of dust shall cloud it.
Shui Wakashu - Nakatsukasa
Toshi mo yoshi kogai mo etari Ōkuni no sato tanomoshiku omohoyuru kana
The harvest this year is good, and the silkworms too have done well; how reassuring the village of Ōkuni seems!
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kanemori
Na ni tateru Yoshida no sato no tsue nareba tsuku tomo tsukiji kimi ga yorozuyo
Since this is a staff from the famed village of Yoshida, however much it is leaned upon, our sovereign's ten thousand ages will never be exhausted.
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kanemori
Izumigawa nodokeki mizu no soko mireba kotoshi wa kage zo sumimasarikeru
When I look into the depths of the tranquil waters of the Izumi River, I find this year the reflections have grown ever clearer.
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kanemori
Tsuru no sumu Matsugasaki ni wa narabetaru chiyo no tameshi o misuru narikeri
At Matsugasaki, where cranes dwell, crane and pine stand side by side, showing us an example of a thousand ages.
Shui Wakashu - Taira no Kanemori