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- Shin Kokin Wakashu
Yamakaze wa fukedo fukanedo shiranami no yosuru iwane wa hisashikari keri
Whether the mountain wind blows or does not blow, the rocks rooted where the white waves break remain, enduring through the ages.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Ise
Kumori naku chitose ni sumeru mizu no omo ni yadoreru tsuki no kage mo nodokeshi
On the face of the water, cloudless and clear, dwelling there a thousand years, the light of the moon that rests upon it is tranquil too.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Murasaki Shikibu
Ikemizu no yoyo ni hisashiku suminureba soko no tamamo mo hikari mie keri
Because the pond water has dwelt and stayed clear so long through the ages, even the jewel-like weeds on its floor can be seen to shine.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Ise no Taifu
Kimi ga yo no chitose no kazu mo kakure naku kumoranu sora no hikari ni zo miru
Even the thousand years of my lord's reign are hidden no longer; I see them plainly in the light of this cloudless sky.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Akifusa
Suminoe ni oisou matsu no edagoto ni kimi ga chitose no kazu zo komoreru
In every bough of the pines that keep growing at Suminoe, the count of my lord's thousand years lies held within.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Takakuni
Yorozuyo o Matsu no Oyama no kage shigemi kimi o zo inoru tokiwa kakiwa ni
Since the shade is so thick on Mount Matsu-no-o, whose pines await ten thousand ages, I pray for you, my lord, that you may endure forever, unchanging as the rock.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - The Mother of Prince Yasusuke
Aioi no Oshio no yama no komatsubara ima yori chiyo no kage o matanan
O field of young pines on Mount Oshio, growing up together—from this day on, wait for the shade you will cast a thousand years hence.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kenshi
Ne no hi suru mikaki no uchi no komatsubara chiyo oba hoka no mono to ya wa miru
O field of young pines within the palace walls, where we keep the Day of the Rat—how could I think of a thousand ages as belonging anywhere else?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Minamoto no Tsunenobu
Ne no hi suru nobe no komatsu o utsushi uete toshi no o nagaku kimi zo hikubeki
The young pines from the fields of the Day of the Rat have been moved and replanted here; along the long cord of the years, it is you, my lord, who shall pull them up.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Michitoshi
Kimi ga yo wa hisashikarubeshi Watarai ya Isuzu no kawa no nagare taesede
My lord's reign will surely long endure, just as the stream of the Isuzu River at Watarai flows on without ever ceasing.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Oe no Masafusa
Tokiwa naru matsu ni kakareru koke nareba toshi no o nagaki shirube to zo omou
Because it is moss hanging from an evergreen pine, I take it as a guide to the long cord of the years.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Kimi ga yo ni aeru wa tare mo ureshiki o hana wa iro ni mo ide ni keru kana
Everyone rejoices to have met with my lord's reign, but the blossoms have let their joy show even in their colors.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Norikane
Mi ni kaete hana mo oshimaji kimi ga yo ni mirubeki haru no kagiri nakereba
I will not mourn the blossoms as if my very life were at stake, for in my lord's reign the springs we are to see know no limit.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Mikawa no Naishi
Ame no shita megumu kusaki no me mo haru ni kagiri mo shiranu miyo no suezue
All under heaven the plants and trees are budding, blessed and swelling as far as the eye can reach—so stretch the ages of this reign into a future that knows no bounds.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Princess Shokushi
Oshinabete konome mo haru no asamidori matsu ni zo chiyo no iro wa komoreru
All alike, the buds swelling on the trees are the pale green of spring, yet in the pine alone the color of a thousand ages lies held.
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yoshitsune
Shikishima ya Yamato shimane mo kamiyo yori kimi ga tame to ya katame okiken
Could it be that even the islands of Yamato, the land of Shikishima, were made firm and set in place from the age of the gods for your sake, my lord?
Shin Kokin Wakashu - Fujiwara no Yoshitsune