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- Senzai Wakashu
Kimi ga yo wa Ama no Kaguyama izuru hi no teramu kagiri wa tsukiji to zo omou
I believe my lord's reign will never come to an end, so long as the sun that rises over heavenly Mount Kagu continues to shine.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Koremichi
Kimi ga tame Mitarashigawa o wakamizu ni musubu ya chiyo no hajime naruran
For my lord's sake I scoop the water of the Mitarashi River as the first water of the new year; surely this is the beginning of a thousand ages.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Chitose made orite miru beki sakurabana kozue haruka ni sakisomenikeri
The cherry blossoms that we are to break off and gaze upon for a thousand years have now begun to bloom, high up on the distant treetops.
Senzai Wakashu - Retired Emperor Horikawa
Horiueshi wakagi no ume ni saku hana wa toshi mo kagiranu nioi narikeri
The blossoms on the young plum tree that we dug up and planted here have a fragrance that will know no limit of years.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadanori
Chitose sumu ike no migiwa no yaezakura kage sae soko ni kasanete zo miru
The double-petaled cherries on the shore of this pond, clear for a thousand years, I see layered even in their reflections on the bottom.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Toshitada
Kamiyo yori hisashikare to ya ugokinaki iwane ni matsu no tane o makiken
Was it in the wish that they should endure forever that, from the age of the gods, the seeds of pine were sown upon this unshakable bedrock?
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Ochitagitsu Yasoujigawa no hayaki se ni iwa kosu nami wa chiyo no kazu kamo
In the swift shoals of the Uji River, where the waters plunge and churn, the waves that leap over the rocks: might they number the thousand ages of your life?
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Toshiyori
Chihayaburu itsuki no miya no Arisugawa matsu to tomo ni zo kage wa sumu beki
The Arisu River that flows by the palace of the Kamo Priestess will surely keep its reflections clear forever, together with the pines, just as the Priestess will long dwell there.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Morozane
Yukusue o matsu zo hisashiki kimi ga hen chiyo no hajime no nenohi to omoeba
Long, like the pine, is my waiting upon your future, for I think of today as the Day of the Rat that begins the thousand ages you will live.
Senzai Wakashu - Higo
Okuyama no yatsuo no tsubaki kimi ga yo ni ikutabi kage o kaen to suran
The camellia growing on the many-layered peaks deep in the mountains: how many times will it change its form within the span of my lord's reign?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Mototoshi
Kimi ga yo o nagatsuki ni shimo shiragiku no saku ya chitose no shirushi naruran
That the white chrysanthemums should bloom just now in the Long Month, when we pray that your reign may be long: surely this is a sign that it will last a thousand years.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Yaegiku no niou ni shirushi kimi ga yo wa chitose no aki o kasanu beshi to wa
It is plain to see in the radiant bloom of the double chrysanthemums: my lord's reign is sure to layer a thousand autumns upon itself.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Arihito
Chihayaburu kamiyo no koto mo hito naraba towamashi mono o shiragiku no hana
O white chrysanthemum, if only you were human, I would ask you even about the age of the gods.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Saneyuki
Fuku kaze mo kigi no eda o ba narasanedo yama wa yachiyo no koe zo kikoyuru
Though even the blowing wind does not rustle the branches of the trees, so peaceful is the realm, from the mountain a voice is heard hailing eight thousand ages.
Senzai Wakashu - Retired Emperor Sutoku
Chiyo fu beki hajime no haru to shirigao ni keshiki kotonaru hanazakura kana
As though it knew this to be the first spring of a reign that is to last a thousand ages, the cherry blossom wears a look quite unlike its usual one.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tsunemune
Shirakumo ni hane uchitsukete tobu tazu no haruka ni chiyo no omoyuru kana
Watching the crane fly so high that its wings beat against the white clouds, I feel the thousand ages of the reign stretching far into the distance.
Senzai Wakashu - Retired Emperor Nijō