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- Shui Wakashu
Yorozuyo o kazoemu mono wa Ki no kuni no Chihiro no hama no masago narikeri
The thing with which to count ten thousand ages is, I find, the fine sand of Chihiro Beach in the province of Ki.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Koke musaba hiroi mo kaemu sazareishi no kazu o mina toru yowai ikuyo zo
When moss grows on them, I will gather fresh pebbles again; how many ages, then, will be the years of one who takes up every one of these pebbles?
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Matsu no ne ni izuru izumi no mizu nareba onajiki mono o taeji to zo omou
Since it is the water of a spring that wells up at the roots of the pine, I think it is one with the pine and will never run dry.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Iwa no ue no matsu ni tatoemu kimigimi wa yo ni marera naru tane zo to omoeba
I will liken you two princes to the pine that grows upon the rock, for I think you are seeds of a lineage rare in all the world.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Michinaga
Matsugae no kayoeru eda o togura nite sudaterarubeki tsuru no hina kana
Here is a crane chick that will be raised to leave its nest, with the interlacing branches of the pine as its roost.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Matsu no koke chitose o kanete oishigere tsuru no kaiko no su to mo mirubeku
Moss upon the pine, grow thick, looking ahead a thousand years, so that you may seem a nest for the crane's eggs.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Ware nomi ya komotaru teeba Takasago no onoe ni tateru matsu mo komotari
If you ask whether I alone have children, no: the pine standing on the ridge of Takasago has its children too.
Shui Wakashu - Unknown Poet
Ikuyo heshi isobe no matsu zo mukashi yori tachiyoru nami ya kazu wa shiruran
How many ages has this pine on the rocky shore passed? The waves that have come up to it since long ago must know the count.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki
Komurasaki tanabiku koto o shirube nite Kurai no yama no mine o tazunen
Taking the trailing of deep purple as my guide, I will seek out the peak of Kurai Mountain, the Mountain of Rank.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Momoshiki ni chitose no koto wa ōkaredo kyō no kimi wa ta mezurashiki kana
In the palace there are many celebrations of a thousand years, yet you, on this day, are rare and wonderful above all.
Shui Wakashu - Ono no Yoshifuru
Kokorozashi fukaki migiwa ni karu komo wa chitose no satsuki itsuka wasuren
This wild rice, cut at the deep water's edge with deep affection, how could it ever be forgotten, even on the fifth day of the fifth month a thousand years from now?
Shui Wakashu - The Mother of Fujiwara no Michitsuna
Chitose hen kimi shi imasaba suberagi no ame no shita koso ushiroyasukere
If you, who will live a thousand years, remain with us, then the realm under heaven ruled by our sovereign may rest secure.
Shui Wakashu - Kiyohara no Motosuke
Kimi ga yo ni ima ikutabi ka kakushitsutsu ureshiki koto ni awan to suran
In your reign, how many times more shall we, just as now, come upon such joyful occasions?
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kintō
Sumisomuru sue no kokoro no miyuru kana migiwa no matsu no kage o utsuseba
I can see the heart of the years to come in this house you have begun to live in, for the water, newly clear, reflects the pines along its edge.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kintō
Chitose furu shimo no tsuru o ba okinagara hisashiki mono wa kimi ni zo arikeru
Setting aside the frost-white crane said to pass a thousand years, the one that truly lasts long, I find, is you.
Shui Wakashu - Fujiwara no Atsutada
Shirayuki wa furikakusedomo chiyo made ni take no midori wa kawarazarikeri
Though the white snow falls and hides it, the green of the bamboo, I find, will not change for a thousand ages.
Shui Wakashu - Ki no Tsurayuki