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- Sankashu
Yasumu beki yado o omoeba nakazora no tabi mo nani ni ka kurushikaru beki
When I think of the lodging where I may rest, how could even a journey left halfway be any hardship?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Onozukara kiyoki kokoro ni migakarete tama toki kakuru nori o shirinuru
Polished of itself by a pure heart, I have come to know the Law that unties the jewel sewn within my robe.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Isagiyoki tama o kokoro ni migakiidete iwakenaki mi ni satori o zo eshi
Polishing forth a pure jewel within her heart, she attained enlightenment though only a child.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kore ya sawa toshi tsumoru made koritsumeshi nori ni ōgo no takigi narikeru
So this is it, then, the firewood cut and gathered as the years piled up, carried on a pole to meet with the Law.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ika ni shite kiku koto no kaku yasukaran ada ni omoite ekeru nori ka wa
How is it that hearing it now should come so easily? It is not a Law that was gained by holding it lightly.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Amagumo no haruru misora no tsukikage ni urami nagusamu Obasute no yama
By the light of the moon in a sky where the clouds of heaven clear, resentment is soothed, here at Mount Obasute.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ika ni shite uramishi sode ni yadoriken idegataku mishi ariake no tsuki
How did it come to dwell in sleeves wet with resentful tears, that dawn moon I watched so long, so slow to rise?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Washi no yama tsuki o irinu to miru hito wa kuraki ni mayou kokoro narikeri
Those who think the moon of the Vulture Peak has set are hearts that wander lost in darkness.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Satori eshi kokoro no tsuki no arawarete washi no takane ni sumu ni zo arikeru
The moon of the enlightened heart appears, and the Buddha dwells still on the high peak of the Vulture Peak, shining clear.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kumo haruru washi no miyama no tsukikage o kokoro sumite ya kimi nagamuran
The moonlight on the Vulture Peak, with the clouds now cleared away, do you gaze upon it now, departed one, with your heart grown clear?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Washi no yama tare ka wa tsuki o mizaru beki kokoro ni kakaru kumo shi harenaba
The moon of the Vulture Peak, who could fail to see it, if only the clouds that hang over the heart were to clear?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yukusue no tame ni to tokanu nori naraba nani ka waga mi ni tanomi aramashi
Had the Law not been preached for the sake of those in ages to come, what would I have to rely upon?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Chirishikishi hana no nioi no nagori ōmi tatamaukarishi nori no niwa kana
So much lingered of the beauty of the blossoms strewn all about that I was loath to rise and leave that garden of the Law.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nanigoto mo munashiki nori no kokoro nite tsumi aru mi to wa tsuyu mo omowaji
Holding to the Law that all things are empty, I will not think, not in the least, that I am a being burdened with sin.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Washi no yama ue kurakaranu mine nareba atari o harau ariake no tsuki
Since the Vulture Peak is a summit never dark above, the moon that lingers into dawn sweeps away the darkness all around.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Ika nareba chiri ni majirite masukagami tsukauru hito wa kiyomawaruran
How can it be that those who serve the sacred mirror, though it mingles with the dust, are made pure?
Sankashu - Saigyō