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Iisutete nochi no yukue o omoiideba sate sa wa ika ni urashima no hako
If one thinks of what came after the warning was given and left behind—well then, what becomes of it, the box of Urashima?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Yo no naka ni naku naru hito o kiku tabi ni omoi wa shiru o oroka naru mi ni
Each time I hear of someone in this world who has died, I come to understand impermanence—and yet, for one as foolish as I...
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mezurashi na asakurayama no kumoi yori shitai idetaru akaboshi no kage
How wondrous—the light of the morning star, rising as if in longing from the sky over Mount Asakura.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nagori ika ni kaesugaesu mo oshikarashi sonokoma ni tatsu kagura toneri wa
How deeply, again and again, they must regret the parting—the kagura attendants who stand to dance the closing "Sonokoma."
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mitarashi ni wakana susugite miyabito no mate ni sasagete mito hirakumeru
Rinsing the spring greens in the purifying stream, the shrine attendants lift them up in both hands and seem to open the sanctuary doors.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Nagatsuki no chikara awase ni kachinikeri waga kataoka o tsuyoku tanomite
We won the trial of strength in the ninth month, having trusted firmly in Kataoka, the god on our side.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Kyō no koma wa mizu no shōbu o oite koso kataki o rachi ni kakete tōrame
Today's horses, only if they bear the irises of Mizu, will gallop past their rivals along the railing of the track.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mikoshiosa no koe sakidatete kudarimasu o to kashikomaru kami no miyabito
With the chief bearer's call going before, the sacred palanquin descends; answering "O!" the god's attendants bow in reverence.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mikumano no munashiki koto wa araji kashi mushitareita no hakobu ayumi wa
It will surely never be in vain—the steps carried on toward Kumano by the mushitareita.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Aratanaru kumano mōde no shirushi o ba kōri no kori ni ubeki narikeri
The wondrous blessings of the Kumano pilgrimage, I see now, are to be won through purification in ice-cold water.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hatsuharu o kuma naku terasu kage o mite tsuki ni mazu shiru mimosuso no kishi
Seeing the light that shines on the new spring without a shadow, it is through the moon that I first come to know the shores of the Mimosuso River.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Mimosuso no kishi no iwane ni yo o komete katametatetaru miyabashira kana
On the bedrock along the banks of the Mimosuso, the shrine's pillars stand firmly set, bearing within them all the ages to come.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Madoiteshi kokoro o tare mo wasuretsutsu hikaeraru naru koto no uki kana
Everyone keeps forgetting the heart that once went astray, and that they are still held back by the world—how sorrowful it is.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Hikihiki ni waga etetsuru to omoikeru hito no kokoro ya sehamaku no kinu
Each pulling in his own direction, each believed, "I am the one who has won it"—are their hearts like the sehamaku silk?
Sankashu - Saigyō
Sue no yo no hito no kokoro mo migakubeki tama o mo chiri ni mazetekeru kana
Even the jewel that should polish the hearts of people in these latter days has been mixed in with the dust.
Sankashu - Saigyō
Satori hiroki kono nori o mazu tokiokite futatsu nashi to wa iikiwamekeru
First he expounded this teaching of vast enlightenment, and then declared to the utmost that there are not two paths.
Sankashu - Saigyō