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- Kinkaishu
Suminoe ni ou chō matsu no eda shigemi ha goto ni chiyo no kazu zo komoreru
The pines said to grow at Suminoe have such thick branches that in every single needle a thousand ages are contained.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yukusue no chitose o komete harugasumi Tatsuta no yama ni matsukaze zo fuku
Wrapping in itself the thousand years to come, the spring haze rises over Mount Tatsuta, and the wind blows through the pines.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kuraiyama kodakaku naramu matsu ni nomi yaoyorozuyo to harukaze zo fuku
On the pines of Mount Kurai, which will grow ever taller, and on them alone, the spring wind blows, wishing them eight hundred myriad ages.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Iwa no ue ni ouru komatsu no toshi mo henu iku chiyo made to chigiriokikemu
The little pine growing upon the rock has lived through many years; for how many thousand ages, I wonder, did it pledge to live?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Take no ha ni furiōu yuki no ure o omomi shita ni mo chiyo no iro wa kakurezu
Though the snow falling over the bamboo leaves weighs down the tips, even beneath it the green of a thousand ages is not hidden.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Nayotake no nanamomosoji oinuredo yaso no chifushi wa iro mo kawarazu
The supple bamboo has grown old through countless years, yet its many, many joints have not changed their colour at all.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Nayotake no chiji no saeda no haeda no sono fushibushi ni yoyo wa komoreri
In every joint of the supple bamboo's thousand twigs and leafy branches, age upon age lies stored.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Aioi no sode no furenishi yado no take yoyo wa henikeri waga tomo to shite
The bamboo of my house, which grew up with me and brushed my sleeves, has passed age upon age, always as my friend.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Iwa ni musu koke no midori no fukaki iro o iku chiyo made to tare ka somekemu
Who could have dyed the deep green of the moss growing on the rocks, meaning it to last for so many thousand ages?
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Tamadare no kogame ni saseru ume no hana yorozuyo fubeki kazashi narikeri
The plum blossoms arranged in the little vase are a garland to be worn through ten thousand ages.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yado ni aru sakura no hana wa sakinikeri chitose no haru mo tsune kakushi mimu
The cherry blossoms by my house have bloomed; for a thousand springs to come, may I always see them just like this.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Chiji no haru yorozu no aki ni nagaraete tsuki to hana to o kimi zo mirubeki
Living on through a thousand springs and ten thousand autumns, my lord shall gaze upon the moon and the blossoms.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kimi ga yo ni nao nagaraete tsuki kiyomi aki no misora no kage o matanamu
May I live on still longer in my lord's reign, and, since the moon is so clear, wait for its light in the autumn sky.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Yorozuyo ni miru tomo akaji nagatsuki no ariake no tsuki no aramu kagiri wa
Though I gaze for ten thousand ages, I shall never tire of it, so long as the dawn moon of the long ninth month remains in the sky.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Chō ni arite waga yo wa tsukiji ama no to ya izuru tsukihi no teramu kagiri wa
Serving at court, my days shall never end, so long as the moon and sun that come forth from the gate of heaven continue to shine.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo
Kimi ga yo mo waga yo mo tsukiji Ishikawa ya Semi no ogawa no taeji to omoeba
Neither my lord's reign nor my own life shall end, for I think the little stream of Semi at Ishikawa will never cease to flow.
Kinkaishu - Minamoto no Sanetomo