Nagatsuki no chikara awase ni kachinikeri waga kataoka o tsuyoku tanomite

長月の力合はせに勝ちにけり
わがかたをかを強く頼みて

Roma-ji: Nagatsuki no chikara awase ni kachinikeri waga kataoka o tsuyoku tanomite
English Translation: In the ninth month's
contest of strength we have won,
won it, after all,
for we placed our trust so firm
in Kataoka, on our side.
Meaning: We won the trial of strength in the ninth month, having trusted firmly in Kataoka, the god on our side.
Commentary: One Hundred Poems 1526

Headnote continued from the preceding poem: "Ten Poems on the Gods: Two Poems on Kamo"
The second of the two poems on Kamo. He has won the ninth-month trial of strength, having trusted firmly in the god of Kataoka on his side.
At the Kamo shrine a wrestling rite was held on the ninth day of the ninth month. Kataoka is the name of a shrine belonging to Kamo, and joining waga kata, our side, with Kataoka, the poem rejoices in a victory won by divine protection. Where the preceding rite of young greens showed a quiet spring morning, this poem sings of a vigorous autumn rite, pairing spring with autumn and stillness with motion.

First line, “nagatsuki no”: of the ninth month.
Second line, “chikara awase ni”: in the trial of strength, that is, wrestling.
Third line, “kachinikeri”: nikeri marks completion and exclamation, "we have won"; the poem breaks here.
Fourth line, “waga kataoka o”: kataoka is a pivot word joining waga kata, our side, and Kataoka, a shrine belonging to Kamo.
Fifth line, “tsuyoku tanomite”: trusting firmly, the inversion giving the reason for victory.
Author: Saigyō
Source: Sankashu
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