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V11. Notes of Narrations on Isle Long-Rice.iThe contents are almost equal to V21.j

 

556

The lord of the east,

The loving child of the lord

Shining like the sun to stay

The lord of the hole of the sun,

 

557

Blooming flowers in the east,

The sky resounding and the flowers opening

Do you have grandfathers?,

Beautiful buildings could be there

Scooping pure water,

Wishing to look at and take a rest

Stepping on the top,

Hoping to see and ease the heart

 

558@@@@@@@@@@@@

Shamans of the sanctuary Base,

Staying in the isle Long-Rice

Taking holy services for the harvest

Mediums of the sanctuary Come-Meet,

Standing by the fatherly lord

The Governor Lord of the hallowed woods of Head-Town,

For ten hundred ends

May just the Governor Lord stay!

The Governor Lord of the hallowed woods of True-Stone,

For ten hundred ends

Indeed the Governor Lord

As far as the isles Eight-Folded-Hill,

So far as the isle Wave-Shine-Space

For ten hundred ends

Only the Governor Lord

As far as the isle Give-What,

So far as the isle Wave-Shine-Space

For ten hundred ends

The very Governor Lord

Passing the rope of good hope,

Giving the thread of happiness

For ten hundred ends

May just the Governor Lord stay!

 

559

Looking down from the heaven,

Seeing down from the sky

The sacred garden is beautiful

The fair holy place of Middle-Ground,

The beautiful building is there

The nice divine place of Middle-Ground,

The fantastic building is there

Just the sounding mission,

Stay in the isle Long-Rice

Indeed our emissary,

Stand in the fatherly island

For the ancestorfs world,

Wishing to set up a hundred pots

Men in the holy place,

Looking at each other to come back

Men in the sacred place,

Facing each other to get back

 

560

In the ancestorfs hallowed woods of New-Hedge,

For our ancestors

Surpassing in the happiness

Coming down to the sounding hallowed woods of Big-Village,

For our ancestors

Going down to the root hallowed woods of Big-Village,

For our ancestors

Getting down to Rice-Mount of New Hedge,

For our ancestors

Ten fathoms of the sacred place,

Building up eight fathoms of the holy place

For the sake of our ancestors

Setting up a hundred pots,

Fixing up eighty pots@

For our ancestors

Loving shamans,

Lovely shamans chafing hands

For our ancestors

 

562

The noble man Cut-Iron of Give-What-Hill,

Cut-Iron of bell ringing

Excellent Cut-Iron of the land,

Exalted Cut-Iron of the land

 

563

To the fair sacred place of Inmate-Ground,

Beautiful iron

Gather to be crowd

To the novel holy place of Middle-Ground,

 

564

Lady South-Wind of the heaven

Lady South-Wind of the capital castle

Chafing hands a hundred times

The mission of With-Hope-River,

The emissary of Gold-Luck

On the main road to the wooden gate,

On the prime street to the ironed gate

Attended by the nobles

Accompanied by our men

Our men of the fair sacred place,

Standing, sitting, waiting

 

 

565

In the hallowed woods of New-Hedge,

The missions to the ideal land Twilight and Sea-End

In the shrine of ancestors,

Building up the fair sacred place,

Making up the true holy place,

 

566

The surpassing, resounding lord,

Even a hundred Governor Lords, gE, yare.h

Sounding Governor Lord,

The excellent, resounding lord,

Well-known Governor Lord,

Sounding Governor Lord,

 

567

The surpassing, resounding lord,

The excellent, resounding lord

Loving shaman, lovely shaman

The beautiful house of the lord

Building up to stay

To whom shall it be given?,

For whom shall it be made?

For the good of loving child,

For the sake of Lady Good

 

568

The lord of the rich land Manner-Space,

The lord of the fair land Manner-Space

Thinking, wishing, making

Building up the castle Space-Root,

Making up the great castle

The excellent, noble lord,

The true, exalted lord

Building up stone gates,

Making up iron gates

 

569

The lord of the rich land Manner-Space,

Looking at the lord to outshine

The lord of the fair land Manner-Space,

The excellent, noble lord,

 

570

The great, resounding lord,

The loving, resonating lord

Loved more than parents

The excellent, noble lord,

The true, exalted lord

The year of the horse coming,

The lucky year coming

 

571

The great, resounding lord,

The loving, resonating lord

Wishing to see as long as the heart breaks

I am in the island,

I am in the far

Coming down from the river-side cliff,

Looking over the nine cliffs

The excellent, noble lord,

The true, exalted lord

Walking up beautifully,

Gathering together fantastically

Come to ahead,

Draw to side

 

572

To Lady Good,

The shaman Shine-Cloud

What kind of water is she seeking for?

Coming from the hallowed woods Cloud-Child,

Getting out of the hallowed woods True-Jewel

In the middle of the sacred place,

In the center of the holy place

 

573

The noble Lady Good,

Taking pride in shamans

The Governor Lords

Stay long in a hundred worlds

The excellent Lady Good,

Making a boast of mediums

Well-known Governor Lord,

Sounding Governor Lord,

To the lord of the town Plane-Good,

The true, noble brother,

The outshining brother,

 

574

Well-known Lady Spirit,

Making the fair sacred place really beautifully@@

Sounding Lady Spirit,

Well-known Lady Spirit,

Sounding Lady Spirit,

Worship as many as numbers of rices,

 

575

The renowned Governor Lord,

Make my heart thrive up

Our brotherly lord of war,

Our loving lord of the Middle Castle,

Our noble lord of the high spirit,

 

576

The shaman Swing-Double,

Building up beautifully

The shaman Lady Lord,

Telling the truth indeed,

Saying the words really,

Coming down to the Pyro-God,

Going down to the Fire-God,

In front of the Spirit Lady,

Before the Governor Lord,

Setting up a hundred pots,

Putting up eighty urns,

Shamans from the ideal land Twilight,

Mediums from the ideal land Twilight,

 

577

The shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

Resounding to a hundred ends

The well-known hallowed woods

The medium Voice-Endure of a hundred villages,

Well-known Governor Lord,

Sounding Governor Lord,

 

578

The shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

gE, ke.h With the hand-drum

Beating to resound

The medium Voice-Endure of a hundred villages,

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

 

579

The shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

In the untiring palace that gathers the world

The medium Voice-Endure of a hundred villages,

Well-known Governor Lord,

Sounding Governor Lord,

 

580

The shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

The medium Voice-Endure of a hundred villages

With high spirit

The resounding lord,

Well-known Governor Lord,

Sounding Governor Lord

In the shrine of With-Good-River,

In the shrine of Gold-Luck

 

581

Spirit Lady,

Telling the truth indeed

Only the shaman Voice-Endure,

Stay shining

The Governor Lord,

Saying the words really

Only the shaman Voice-Endure

Pyro-God in the burning stove, 

Fire-God in the blazing furnace,

Shamans narrating,

Mediums relating,

 

582

The fair castle of With-Hope-River,

Building up

Making up beautifully

Outshining Spirit Lady

The nice castle of Gold-Luck,

Building up

The ships of China, money and gold,

Gathering to the castle

Making up beautifully

The vessels of Japan, coins and silver,

Coming to the castle

 

583

The superb shaman Lady South-Wind,

Wishing to look up at

In the fair castle@@

Give the spirit that guards the world

Well-known Governor Lord,

Hoping to raise eyes to

Sounding Governor Lord,

Wearing figured clothes,

Putting on a selected, ornamental hairpin

On the rapid snow-white horse,

Harnessed with a golden saddle

On the swinging swift horse,

Harnessed with a silvern saddle

 

584

The superb shaman Lady South-Wind,

The escort wives increasingly

Stand by

The grand lord Lady South-Wind,

Just devils appearing to threaten people,

People coming out to terrify devils,

 

585

The superb shaman Lady South-Wind,

With our fatherly lord

Get together to resound

The grand lord Lady South-Wind,

The brotherly, true man,

The outshining, genuine man

 

586

The superb shaman Lady South-Wind,

Resounding in a hundred villages

The grand guardian Lady South-Wind,

Staying in With-Hope-River,

Sitting in Gold-Luck,

The fatherly, rising lord,

Resonating in Okinawa,

Resounding in the great land,

With the holy golden ladle,

With the sacred jewel scoop,

Hold the ladle,

Present the scoop,

 

587

To the hallowed woods With-Hope-River,

Rice crop gathering

To the hallowed woods Gold-Luck,

From the parental paddy of high spirit,

From the paddy of the noble lord,

From the paddy of the Governor Lord,

 

588

To the hallowed woods With-Castle,

Gathering tributes

Well-known Governor Lord,

To the sacred place built by ancestors,

 

589

To the hallowed woods of With-Castle,

The shaman True-Facer of a hundred villages

Stand by to thrive

To the root hallowed woods Gold,

To the sacred place built by ancestors,

 

590

Staying in New-Hedge,

The true lord of the true world

Giving birth to the first child,

Bringing forth to the new child

The war of ten hundred soldiers,

The battle of eight hundred warriors

 

591

The shaman Voice-Endure of Long-Rice,

The medium Voice-Endure of a hundred villages

Wishing to hear the voice of spirit

With the resonating hand-drum

Staying in the hill Beauty,

Planted trees of ancestors

Standing in the hill Beauty,

Planted woods of ancestresses

Beating in the village Space-Root,

Resounding to Big-Town

Striking in Big-Town,

Resonating to the big country

 

 

592

Emissaries to the lord of the village Building,

Well-known Governor Lord

May the world stay a hundred times!

Missions to the official of the village Building,

Stay by the fountain Building-River,

Abide by the springing water,

 

593

The shaman World-Come of Isle Long-Rice,

Thriving vividly

To the loving lady World-Come,

Soldiers standing by the sacred place,

Warriors abiding by the holy place,

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

Before the Governor Lord,

In front of the grand lord,

Setting up a hundred pots,

Putting up eighty urns,

Make the Governor Lord outshine,

Let the grand lord be glorious,

 

594

Well-known Lady Spirit,

Building up the ship Young to send

Sounding Lady Spirit,

With the fair scarlet sword,

With the novel red sword,

Who is suitable for it?,

Who matches well with it?.

The shaman Set-Up is suitable,

The shaman lady matches well,

 

596

The midnight is the time of gods,

The renowned, surpassing men

Spreading beautiful straw mats

Wait for gods

The dawn is the time of gods,

The good time of today is the time of gods,

The lucky time of now is the time of gods,

 

597

The lord Manner-Space of Lucky-Ground,

Tributes from the other villages

Gathering

Give to the Governor Lord

To the shining, noble lord,

Tributes from the other villages,

To the true, noble lord,

 

598

Well-known shaman Put-Hat,

Though she is a sister medium

Every time gods fall

The shaman outshining with the voices

Sounding Put-Hat,

In the shrine of With-Hope-River,

In the hallowed woods of Gold-Luck,

 

599

In the hallowed woods of New-Hedge,

Rising up rhythms

In the hallowed woods of the ancestors,

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

Before the Governor Lord,

In front of Spirit Lady,

 

600

The official of the town With-Castle,

The official chanting narrations

Rhythms guarding over the world

Beat into outshining

The official of the root town,

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

Before the Governor Lord,

In front of Spirit Lady,

 

601

In the root hallowed woods of the town With-Castle,

Give the rhythms of war victory outshining the world

In the root hallowed woods of the root town,

In this fine day,

In this shining day,

Before the Governor Lord,

In front of Lady Spirit,

 

602

To the loving Lady Supple-Storehouse,

There is springing water

gE, ke.h  Listening and surpassing with envy

The noble lord of Middle-Ground,

 

603

The grand lord of Friend-Ground,

Resounding invitations

The noble lord building up

Under the sacred place Virtue-Come,

Resonating invitations

Making up the ship Waist-Put,

Sounding invitations

 

 

604

The sisterly shaman Lady Outshine,

The lady loved by the lord@@@

Unforgettable

The fatherly lord

Wishing to see the face

The fair sliding door,

Opening to come in

The fine gliding door,

The ornamental curtain,

Rolling up

The decorated curtain,

Folding up to come in

 

606

The revered Governor Lord,

Resound indeed

Looking at flowing water

The true Governor Lord,

To the beach of Name-Guard,

To the shore of Name-Guard,

As far as Japan proper,

Resound indeed

 

607

The revered, noble lord,

gDe.h Go along with my heart

The true, noble lord,

 

608

To the revered, noble lord,

Giving sacred sake

To the true, noble lord,

On the beach of Isle Green,

On the shore of Isle Green,

The resounding brother lord Pine,

The loving brother official

 

609

To the well-known shaman Land-Lord,

Building up the national treasury

With the spirit of fortune

Gathering ahead

To the sounding shaman Land-Lord,

In the consecrated woods of With-Hope-River,

In the consecrated woods of Gold-Luck,

 

610

To the grand shaman Land-Guard,

Taking holy services

Spirit Lady invited

To the middle hallowed woods of Good-Hand-River,

Holding sacred services

Send the official,

Dispatch missions

Saying gHere they come.h,

Telling gHere they walk.h

 

611

To the shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

To the hallowed woods High-Spirit

The town surpassing

To the shaman Voice-Endure of a hundred villages,

The middle castle of Isle Long-Rice,

The sounding middle castle,

 

612

To the shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

On the top of the world

Give treasures of the world

To the shaman Voice-Endure of a hundred villages,

Coming down by Voice-Long-River,

Going down by the springing water,

 

613

To the shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

In a plaid ornamented armor

With an outshining sash

To the shaman Voice-Endure of a hundred villages,

With the Governor Lord of Long-Rice,

With the sounding Governor Lord,

 

614

Narrations of the chanter World-Jewel,

Outshining than devils

With high spirit

Surpassing a hundred Governor Lords

Relations of the reciter World-Jewel,

With the Governor Lord of Long-Rice,@@@

With the sounding Governor Lord,

 

615

Narrations of the chanter World-Jewel,

For now, outshining the world

In the hallowed mound where jewels of the world gather

Relations of the reciter World-Jewel,

With the well-known Governor Lord,

With the sounding Governor Lord,

 

616

Narrations of the chanter World-Jewel,

Outshine a hundred Governor Lords

For a long time

May the fair country go along!

Relations of the reciter World-Jewel,

With the well-known Governor Lord,

With the sounding Governor Lord,

 

618

The lords of Good-Hand-River,

The king Gold-Round

The world after his realm

King Long-True staying

The north wind blowing today,

For the king Gold-Round

The northerly wind shrieking now,

For the king Gold-Round

 

619

The lords of Good-Hand-River,

May the ship Bell enrich the Governor Lord!

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

 

620

Well-known Lady Spirit,

In the cape Wave

Dancing is beautiful@@@@@@@@@@@@@

Sounding Lady Spirit,

Sending a captain to Japan proper,

Before the Spirit Lady,

In front of the noble lords,

 

621

Well-known Lady Spirit,

Resound in the fair sacred place

Sounding Lady Spirit,

In the hallowed woods mound of Head-Town, 

In the hallowed woods mound of True-Stone,

 

622

To the well-known Lady Spirit,

Come down to go together vividly

To the sounding Lady Spirit,

In the hallowed woods mound of Head-Town,

In the hallowed woods mound of True-Stone,

 

623

With-Castle resounding in the great land,

Lady Spirit chafing hands with pleasure

With-Castle resonating in Okinawa,@

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

 

624

To the well-known Lady Spirit,

Coming down to dance together

For the long time

May the world stay in peace!

To the sounding Lady Spirit,

Going down to dance together

Our fatherly Governor Lord,

As long as the ground stone goes up to catch the sky

The sunny, fatherly Governor Lord,

So long as the base stone rises up to touch the sky

 

625

To a red scull,

To a fair scull

The shaman World-Change coming down

Staying in Isle Long-Rice,

Standing in Isle Gold,

Staying in the hallowed woods of Head-Town,

Standing in the hallowed woods of True-Stone,

For the sake of Governor Lords,

For the good of grand lords,

Stay as long as a hundred ends,

Live so long as eighty ends,

In the fair sacred place of Middle-Ground,

Looking at with glorious heart,

In the novel holy place of Friend-Ground,

Seeing over with splendid mind

Looking down from the heaven,

The sacred place is beautiful

Seeing down from the paradise,

 

626

In the hallowed woods of New-Hedge,

The rising lord

In the hallowed woods of ancestors,

Building up the sacred garden,

Making up the holy garden,

Setting up a hundred pots,

Putting up eighty urns,

 

627

The people of the ideal land Sea-End,

As worldly wise gods

Seeing through

The people of the ideal land Sea-End,

As worldly fallen gods

The people of the ideal land Sea-End,

Spiritual gods

The people of the ideal land Sea-End,@@@@@@

Gods of the great country

Going to smash down,

Putting on the sword Gold-Fair

Coming to hash down,

Wearing the sword Gold-Edge

Putting on the sword with a stringed bell,

Wearing the sword with a ringing bell,

 

628

By the words of Holy Lady,

Taking down the spirit of heavenly gods

For the Governor Lord

Going down to protect

By the words of Spirit Lady,

Bringing down the spirit of heavenly gods

By the words of Sun-God,

Taking down the spirit of paradisely gods

By the words of Moon-God,

Bringing down the spirit of paradisely gods

To the shaman South-Wind of the heaven,

Taking down the spirit of paradisely gods

To the shaman South-Wind of the capital,

Bringing down the spirit of paradisely gods

To the shamans of the heaven,

Taking down the spirit of paradisely gods

Staying in the palace of the heaven,

Standing in the golden house of the heaven

Life of god

Give to the Governor Lord

Staying in the palace of the paradise,

Standing in the silvern house of the paradise

Lives of gods

Give to the Governor Lords

 

629

To the shaman Put-Hat, appeasing the country,

Coming down to the hallowed woods of Gold-Luck

For the Governor Lord

Give the rising hallowed woods

To the governor of shamans, appeasing the country,

Coming down to the hallowed woods of Gold-Luck

To the shrine of With-Hope-River,

Going down to appease the country

To the shrine Gold-Luck,

The country

 

630

To the well-known shaman Swing-Double,

In the sanctuary, for three months

Stand on the top of the island

To the sounding shaman Swing-Double,

In the sanctuary, for three months

Of the island

In the sanctuary Middle-Castle of Isle Long-Rice,

In the sanctuary

In the sounding Middle-Castle,

In the sanctuary

For the past, the godsf sanctuary

In the sanctuary, for three months

Of the island

For the past, the shamansf sanctuary,

Toward gods, praying,

Toward shamans, worshipping,

 

631

Coming down to Lady Spirit,

Going down to Lady Good

Taking rhythms a hundred times

The lord beating the hand-drum

Donft mourn, our fatherly lord,

May Lady Spirit know that!

Donft mourn, sunny, fatherly lord,

Governor Lords giving spirits,

Lady Spirit sending souls

 

632

To Lady Spirit, to Lady Good,

The fatherly lord making worldfs fortunes

Our fatherly lord or sunny fatherly lord,

The heavenly, jeweled rope is beautiful,

Binding the holy thread that fastens the sacred rope,

By herself, with her hands,

Taking and putting

 

633

Existing in the town Land-Tail,

Magnetic genuine iron

The jewel world going along well

With the well-known Governor Lord,

With the sounding Governor Lord,

 

634

To the shaman Heaven-Gentle,

The loving noble lord

Stay in a hundred ends

To the shaman Paradise-Gentle,

The loving noble lord

Staying in Middle-Castle,

The loving noble lord

Sitting in Land-Castle

The loving noble lord

The loving child of the Governor Lord,

The loving noble lord

 

635

To Voice-Endure and other shamans,

Giving either an island or a country

To Voice-Endure and other mediums,

Planting fair trees,

Raising fine woods

Life of villages,

Life of towns, giving

Life of stone,

Life of iron

Life of comma-shaped bead

Life of treasure, giving@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

 

636

To the shamans abiding by the sanctuary,

Coming down to the hallowed woods of Manner-Space

Golden spirit

Giving to the Governor Lord

To the shamans of the root of the town,

 

637

The shaman Fair-Dancer,

 

As an experienced shaman

gYare, konoe.h

Traveling to Nara

gYare, konoe.h

The shaman lady,

Taking a journey to Kyoto

gYare, konoe.h

Nara traveling,

For what shopping?

Kyoto journey,

For what shopping?

For blue comma-shaped beads,

Shopping

For lucky comma-shaped beads,

Shopping,

 

638

The renowned, strong lord,

With high idea

Building up the spring water of With-Hope-River

With the strong associate lord,

With the well-known Governor Lord,

With the sounding Governor Lord,

 

639

The outshining, resounding lord,

The sunny Governor Lord,

Piling up planned tributes

Building up the storehouse of sake

The excellent, resonating lord,

With the official of This-Spread-Rope,

On the top of the sacred garden,

In front of the holy garden@@@

 

640

The outshining, resounding lord,

The excellent, resonating lord,

The sunny Governor Lord and the noble lord

Well-known Governor Lord,

Sounding Governor Lord,

The Governor Lords of other villages,

The Governor Lords of other towns

Looking at with envy,

Listening to with jealousy

 

641

To the superior shaman South-Wind,

Pulling small sails to wait for

To the lord shaman South-Wind,

In front of Spirit Lady,

Before the shaman with high spirit,

Saying gwhenh,

Pulling small sails

Telling gQuickly.h,

Small sails

Sending officials,

 

643

The officials of the lower land taking rhythms,

Every month, like the summer

Taking pleasures beautifully

The officials of orders taking times,@

In the Middle-Castle of Isle Long-Rice,

Every month

In the sounding Middle-Castle,

No notices of the winter and the summer,

Not knowing of the summer and the winter,

In the winter, putting in sake,

In the summer, setting up holy sake,

The Governor Lords like this,

The King like this,

 

644

The officials of the lower land taking rhythms,

In the genuine jewel town With-Hope-River 

From the Governor Lord, resounding

The officials of orders taking times,

Well-known Governor Lord,

Sounding Governor Lord,

 

645

The shaman Voice-Pull of Isle Shrine-Old,

Taking the holy services of sake

Drinking sake to outshine@@@@

The shaman Voice-Pull of Isle Eight-Folded-Hills,

Sake

 

646

The well-known shaman Swing-Double,@@@@@@@@@@@

Rhythms for narration

Give to the fatherly lord,

The sounding shaman Swing-Double,

In the hallowed woods of With-Hope-River,

In the hallowed woods of Gold-Luck,

 

647

The shaman Voice-Endure coming down to the hallowed woods of Know-Think,

Invitations for shamans

Building up the palace Lord-Proud in With-Hope-River,

Making up the palace Lord-Proud in Gold-Luck,

The Governor Lord making up the palace Lord-Proud,

 

648

The town of Voice-Endure is so lively,

The extensions of villages and towns are beautiful

The town of True-Facer is so vividly,

The town of Give-Rich-Field is so freshly,

 

The town of Big-Town is so vivaciously,

The town of five sanctuaries is so vigorously,

The town of seven sanctuaries is so briskly,

The novel, fair town is so renewably,

The pleasurable, fine town is so livingly,

 

650

In the waterway of Long-Space,

Coming down beautifully

In the waterway of Long-High,

Putting a fish net for dugongs,

Setting a fish net for turtles,

Hoping a hundred dugongs,

Wishing a hundred turtles,

Holding a hundred dugongs,

Catching a hundred turtles,

Preparing raw fish on the beach,

Cooking raw fish on the shore,

Selecting rowers aboard,

Offing fishing boats in the race,

Offshore fishing skiffs in the race,

 

651

The shaman Voice-Endure of Isle Long-Rice,

gYare, ke.h

The shaman Voice-Endure of a hundred villages,@@@@@@

The morning calm coming,

The evening calm coming,

Floating the ship Board-Beauty,

Sailing the ship Shelf-Beauty,

Choosing sailors on board,