禊して思ふ事をぞ祈りつる
やほよろづよの神のまにまに
やほよろづよの神のまにまに
- Roma-ji
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Misogi shite omou koto o zo inoritsuru yaoyorozuyo no kami no manimani
- English Translation
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Cleansed in the river
I have offered up my prayers
for all I hold dear,
as the myriad gods may will,
for myriad ages to come.
- Meaning
- Having cleansed myself, I have prayed for what is in my heart, leaving it to the will of the myriad gods, for myriad ages to come.
- Commentary
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Book Five Celebration Poems 293
Headnote: "For a folding screen at the celebration for the Empress in the fourth year of Jōhei"
Having purified himself, the poet says he prayed for his heart's wish as the myriad gods might will. Overlaying "yaoyorozu," the myriad gods, with "yorozuyo," ten thousand ages, he prays that boundless life be granted under the gods' protection. According to the headnote, it was written for a folding screen at the celebration for the Empress in the fourth year of Jōhei (934).
The author, called Consultant Korehira, is Fujiwara no Korehira. A son of Fujiwara no Toshiyuki, he rose to Consultant.
First line, "misogi shite," means "having cleansed myself" in a river. Following the summer purification of the preceding poem, it is again a poem of cleansing.
Second line, "omou koto o zo," means "what is in my heart," emphasized by the particle "zo."
Third line, "inoritsuru," means "I have prayed," with "zo" resolved by the attributive form of the perfective "tsu." The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "yaoyorozuyo no," plays on the myriad gods and myriad ages. 268 in this book also sings of "yaoyorozuyo."
Final line, "kami no manimani," means "as the gods may will." It shares with the final line of 263 at the head of the book, "kami zo shiru ran," the heart that leaves its prayer to the gods.
- Author
- Fujiwara no Korehira
- Source
- Shui Wakashu
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