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- Senzai Wakashu
Mina hito o watasamu to omou kokoro koso gokuraku e yuku shirube narikere
It is the heart that longs to carry every person across to the far shore that is the true guide on the way to paradise.
Senzai Wakashu - Yōkan
Mikasayama sashite kinikeri Isonokami furuki miyuki no ato o tazunete
I have come, making for Mount Mikasa, in search of the traces of an imperial visit made long ago.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shōshi
Sumiyoshi no nami mo kokoro o yosekereba mube zo migiwa ni tachimasarikeru
Since the waves of Sumiyoshi have set their hearts on our side, no wonder they rose all the higher at the water's edge and carried us to victory.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tsunesuke
Omou koto kumite kanauru kami nareba Shioya ni ato o taruru narikeri
Since this is a god who draws up what people long for and grants their wishes, it is fitting that it has come down and shown itself here at Shioya, where the brine is drawn.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiminori
Michi no be no chiri ni hikari o yawaragete kami mo hotoke no nanoru narikeri
Softening its light until it mingles with the dust of the roadside, the Buddha, I see, is what takes the name of god.
Senzai Wakashu - Retired Emperor Sutoku
Ame no shita nodokekare to ya sakakiba o Mikasa no yama ni sashihajimeken
Was it so that all under heaven might be at peace that sakaki leaves were first set on Mount Mikasa, and the gods of Kasuga first worshipped there?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Kiyosuke
Kamiyo yori Tsumori no ura ni miyai shite henuran toshi no kagiri shirazu mo
Since the age of the gods you have dwelt in your shrine on the shore of Tsumori, and the years that must have piled up are beyond all counting.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Takasue
Kazoureba yatose henikeri aware waga shizumishi koto wa kinō to omou ni
When I count them, eight years have already passed. Alas, it seems only yesterday that I sank from my place in the world.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanesada
Itazura ni furinuru mi o mo Sumiyoshi no matsu wa saritomo aware shiruran
Even for me, grown old to no purpose, the pines of Sumiyoshi must surely feel some sympathy, whatever else may be.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Shunzei
Furinikeru matsu mono iwaba toite mashi mukashi mo kaku ya Suminoe no tsuki
If the aged pine could speak, I would ask it: was the moon over Suminoe like this long ago as well?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanesada
Sumiyoshi no matsu no yukiai no hima yori mo tsuki saenureba shimo wa okikeri
Even through the gaps where the boughs of the Sumiyoshi pines cross, the moon shines so cold and clear that frost seems to have settled.
Senzai Wakashu - Shun'e
Oshinabete yuki no shirayū kaketekeri izure sakaki no kozue naruran
The snow has draped white cloth over everything alike; which of these, I wonder, are the boughs of the sacred sakaki?
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Sanekuni
Mezurashiku miyuki o Miwa no kami naraba shirushi Arima no ideyu narubeshi
If this is the god of Miwa, who has looked upon so rare a royal visit, then surely these hot springs of Arima will show their healing power.
Senzai Wakashu - Minamoto no Sukekata
Ureshiku mo kami no chikai o shirube nite kokoro o okosu kado ni irinuru
How glad I am that, with the god's vow as my guide, I have passed through the gate where the heart awakens to the Way.
Senzai Wakashu - Fujiwara no Tsunefusa
Sugi ga e o kasumi komuredo Miwa no yama kami no shirushi wa kakurezarikeri
Though the spring haze wraps the cedar boughs, on Mount Miwa the token of the god has not been hidden.
Senzai Wakashu - Hangen
Ima made ni nado shizumuran Kibunegawa kabakari hayaki kami o tanomu o
Why do I still lie sunk in obscurity, though I trust in a god whose power is as swift as the rushing Kibune River?
Senzai Wakashu - Taira no Saneshige