三笠山神のしるしのいちしるく
しかありけりと聞くぞうれしき
しかありけりと聞くぞうれしき
- Roma-ji
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Mikasayama kami no shirushi no ichishiruku shika arikeri to kiku zo ureshiki
- English Translation
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On Mount Mikasa
the god's grace has shown itself
so very clearly:
hearing that it was so, like
the deer there, how glad I am
- Meaning
- How glad I am to hear that the grace of the god of Mount Mikasa has shown itself so clearly, and that all has come to pass just so.
- Commentary
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Book Nine Miscellaneous Poems I 582
How glad the poet is to hear that the grace of the Kasuga god of Mount Mikasa has shown itself so clearly and all has come to pass as hoped. Hearing that what was prayed for to the Kasuga god has been granted, the poem praises the god's protection with joy. It seems to celebrate good fortune for someone of the Fujiwara house.
Mount Mikasa stands behind the Kasuga Shrine, and after the deer said to be the Kasuga god's messengers, shika joins the deer and thus. Poem 537 in this book also sings of Mount Kasuga.
First line, 'Mikasayama', names Mount Mikasa in Yamato, behind the Kasuga Shrine and held to be the god's mountain. Like Kasugayama in the first line of poem 537 in this book, it is a mountain tied to the Kasuga god.
Second line, 'kami no shirushi no', means the god's sign of grace.
Third line, 'ichishiruku', means clearly, repeating the sound of shirushi in the second line.
Fourth line, 'shika arikeri to', is a pivot in which shika means both so and the deer held to be the Kasuga god's messengers, left in kana.
Final line, 'kiku zo ureshiki', means how glad I am to hear, the particle zo answered by the attributive ureshiki.
- Source
- Kinyo Wakashu
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