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- Kinyo Wakashu
Ama no gawa nawashiromizu ni sekikudase amakudarimasu kami naraba kami
If you are a god who descends from heaven, then, O god, dam the River of Heaven and send its waters down to our rice seedbeds.
Kinyo Wakashu - Nōin
Iro mo ka mo munashi to tokeru nori naredo inoru shirushi wa ari to koso kike
Though the Buddha's Law teaches that color and fragrance are empty, I have heard that prayer does bring its blessings.
Kinyo Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tadamichi
Mishi mama ni ware wa satori o eteshikaba shirasede toru to shirazarame ya wa
Since I have attained enlightenment just as I saw it, how could I fail to know even if you take something without telling me?
Isagiyoki sora no keshiki o tanomu kana ware madowasu na aki no yo no tsuki
I place my trust in the clear and spotless sky; do not lead me astray, O moon of the autumn night.
Kinyo Wakashu - Gyōson
Kokoro ni wa itoi hatetsu to omouramu aware izuku mo onaji ukiyo o
In your heart you must believe you have utterly forsaken the world, yet alas, wherever you go it is the same sorrowful world.
Amidabu to tonauru koe ni yume samete nishi e nagaruru tsuki o koso mire
Waking from my dream at a voice chanting the name of Amida Buddha, I see the moon flowing on toward the west.
Oshieokite irinishi tsuki no nakariseba ikade omoi o nishi ni kakemashi
Had there been no moon that left its teachings behind and sank below the hills, how could I ever have turned my heart toward the west?
Kinyo Wakashu - Kyōgoku Kanpaku-ke no Higo
Kaku bakari kochi chō kaze no fuku o mite chiri no utagai o okosazu mogana
Seeing the east wind blow so strongly, I wish not to let even a speck of doubt rise in me like dust.
Inochi o mo tsumi o mo tsuyu ni tatoekeri kieba tomo ni ya kiemu to suramu
Both life and sin have been likened to dew; then when one vanishes, will the other vanish along with it?
Fukikaesu washi no yamakaze nakariseba koromo no ura no tama o mimashi ya
Had there been no mountain wind of Vulture Peak to blow back the hem of my robe, would I ever have seen the jewel sewn into its lining?
Nori no tame ninau takigi ni kotoyosete yagate ukiyo o kori zo hatenuru
Using the firewood I carry for the sake of the Law as my pretext, I have grown thoroughly weary of this sorrowful world.
Kyō zo shiru washi no takane ni teru tsuki o tanigawa kumishi hito no kage to wa
Today I have come to know that the moon shining on the high peak of Vulture Peak is the form of the one who once drew water from the valley stream.
Kinyo Wakashu - Minamoto no Morotoki
Tarachine wa kurokami nagara ika nareba ko wa mayu shiroki ito to naruramu
The parent still has black hair, so why is it that the child's eyebrows have turned to white threads?
Kinyo Wakashu - Yoen
Aigataki nori o hiromeshi hijiri koso uchimishi hito mo michibikarekere
The holy one who spread the Law, so rarely encountered, led even those who merely glimpsed him onto the path.
Kinyo Wakashu - Yoen
Uki mi o shi watasu to kikeba amaobune nori ni kokoro o kakenu hi zo naki
Since I hear that it carries my wretched self across to the far shore, there is not a day I do not set my heart on the Law, as on boarding a fisher's little boat.
Ika ni shite koromo no tama o shirinuramu omoi mo kakenu hito mo aru yo ni
How did you come to know of the jewel in your robe, in a world where there are those who never even give it a thought?
Kinyo Wakashu - Yoen