Member Poem

The spirits
Have gone away
 
But in these ruins
I hear the sacred sound
Of the song they sang
 
 

 

Original Text	Modern Text	Pronunciation
高市黒人	高市黒人	Takechi no Kuroto
樂浪乃	楽浪の	Sasanami no
國都美神乃	国つ御神の	Kunitsumi-kami no
浦佐備而	うらさびて	Ura sabite
荒有京	荒れたる都	Aretaru Miyako
見者悲毛	見れば悲しも	Mireba kanashimo

 

Translation Notes

 
Poem from Takechi no Kuroto , when he saw the ruined palace.
 

楽浪の	In sasanami
国つ御神の	The holy sprits
うらさびて	Become vanished
荒れたる都	Ruined place
見れば悲しも	Become nostalgic to see ( ruined palace)