classic waka stream

諸神の心に今ぞかなふらし
君を八千代と祈るよごとは
Roma-ji

Morogami no kokoro ni ima zo kanaurashi kimi o yachiyo to inoru yogoto wa

English Translation
With the hearts of all
the many gods, now indeed
it seems to accord,
this blessing that we offer,
praying for our lord's eight thousand years
Meaning
Now, it seems, they truly accord with the hearts of all the gods, these words of blessing praying that our lord may reign for eight thousand years.
Commentary
Book Twenty Shinto Poems 1287

Headnote: "Composed on Morokami village in the province of Ōmi as a song for the sacred dances, when I composed and presented poems for the Yuki side at the Great Thanksgiving Festival in the reign of the present emperor, in the first year of Genryaku"
He composed this on Morokami village in Ōmi as a song for the sacred dances when he presented poems for the Yuki side at the Great Thanksgiving Festival of the present emperor, Go-Toba, in 1184. The present emperor is the one reigning when this anthology was compiled. Now it seems to accord with the hearts of the many gods, this blessing praying for our lord's eight thousand years, he says. Taking the place name Morokami as "the many gods," he celebrates the present reign, saying the words praying for eight thousand years of rule accord with the gods' hearts.
The author, "Fujiwara no Suetsune Ason," was a son of Fujiwara no Akisuke, master of the western capital office, and a younger brother of Fujiwara no Kiyosuke. A poet of the Rokujō house, he later rose to minister of the imperial household.
1283 in this book also sings of Morokami village for the Yuki side, and both sing of the many gods praying for the sovereign's reign. The next poem, 1288, is a Suki poem from the same festival, so the book closes on a pair of Yuki and Suki poems.

First line, "morogami no": "of the many gods," working in the Yuki place name Morokami. It is the same word as "morogami no" in the third line of 1283 in this book.
Second line, "kokoro ni ima zo": "zo" is an emphatic binding particle, closing with "rashi" in the third line.
Third line, "kanaurashi": "rashi" is an auxiliary of inference on evidence, closing the binding. The poem pauses here.
Fourth line, "kimi o yachiyo to": "that our lord's reign may last eight thousand years."
Fifth line, "inoru yogoto wa": "yogoto" are words of blessing for the emperor's reign, and by inversion they give the subject of the second line.
Author
Fujiwara no Suetsune
Source
Senzai Wakashu
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