Mimasaka ya kume no sarayama sarasara ni waga na wa tateji yorozuyo made ni - Kokin Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

美作や久米の佐良山さらさらに
我が名は立てじ万代までに

Roma-ji: Mimasaka ya kume no sarayama sarasara ni waga na wa tateji yorozuyo made ni
English Translation: Mimasaka, ah,
Sarayama of Kume:
never, never, no,
will I let my name be spoken,
until ten thousand ages.
Meaning: Like the name of Sarayama in Kume of Mimasaka, never, never will I let my name be sullied, not in ten thousand ages.
Commentary: Book Twenty Poems of the Bureau of Court Song 1083

Headnote: "Kagura Songs: Kaeshimono Song"
Using the name of a mountain in the province as a lead-in, the singer vows never to bring shame upon his name, for ten thousand ages. Presented at a Great Thanksgiving, it carries a vow of unchanging loyalty in the spirit of blessing. No author is recorded.
Kaeshimono songs are thought to be songs sung in a changed musical mode within the kagura. They run from poem 1081 to 1086, and from 1082 onward each of the five carries a left-hand note saying it was presented by a province at a Great Thanksgiving Festival (daijōe).
The left-hand note says, "This is the song of the province of Mimasaka at the daijōe of Mizunoo," the Great Thanksgiving of Emperor Seiwa, known as the Mizunoo Emperor, for which Mimasaka presented it. The daijōe was the first harvest festival held by a newly enthroned emperor, and the provinces chosen as Yuki and Suki presented songs that named places in their own lands.

The first line, "Mimasaka, ah," adds the exclamatory ya to the province's name, proclaiming the land that offers the song.
The second line, "Sarayama of Kume," names a mountain in Kume District of Mimasaka, today in Tsuyama City, Okayama. The upper two lines form a preface leading by sound to sarasara ni.
The third line, "never, never," means not in the least, answering the negative ji below and echoing the sound of Sarayama.
The fourth line, "I will not let my name be spoken," uses ji, negative intention, vowing to give no rise to rumor or ill repute.
The last line, "until ten thousand ages," is inverted to stress the length of the vow. The next poem, 1084, ends with the same phrase, which also echoes "so shall we serve until ten thousand ages" in the note to 1069.
Source: Kokin Wakashu
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