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V14. Notes of Narrations on Varieties of Dances.
982
The king Consider-Time,
Who so ever like this man?
How excellent!
Wishing to see him
Hundred Governor Lords,
Wishing to open the treasure room
Just the king Consider-Time might open it
The king Consider-Time,
Going to the town Thank-Name and Up-Field
Kicking up dewdrops
Even the dewdrop is so fragrant
983
The high official, associate of the Governor of Jewel-Name-Castle,
Or the high official, associate of the Lord of Flower-Castle,
One child,
Only child, given birth
Outside of the residence,
Inside of the residence, being born
The first crop,
Choosing the better
Selecting the best
The finer woven cloth,
The finest woven cloth, making up
The village Jewel-Name-Castle,
Going down to the water well
Pulling the warp threads,
Extending the cloth to go down
Unexpectedly,
Coming across to the red ranked official of Head-Town
The people also,
Wishing to see them
The high officials also,
Hoping to see them
984
The man of the town Combine-Castle,
The loving lord
The lord of Combine-Castle,
The loving child of the lord,
The cherished child of the lord,
Taking the mandarin beads necklace to put,
Holding the tangerine beads necklace to put,
985
Staying in the town Win-Join,
The good-looking man Lord-Hope
Come here, the good-looking man of Rich-Around
Staying in the excellent town,
986
Staying in the hamlet Know-Flower,
The handsome Governor
Staying in the hamlet Know-Flower,
The good-looking Governor
The official hat
Putting on tightly
The white silk kimono,
And the kimono gown, wearing
Ten times rolling sash-belt,
Putting on
The grand sword,
Wearing
The side sword,
Putting on solemnly
With the sandals made of goat leather,
Wearing tightly
The horse leader,
The man named Small-First-Man leading the horse
On the pure white horse,
Harnessed with the golden saddle
On the front saddle,
Printed with the sun shape
On the back saddle,
Printed with the moon shape
987
Listen to the villagers of Virtue-Offer,
Listen to the villager of Safe-Rich-Ancestor
Thinking of that, the heart broken
The daughter of the hamlet Hill-Union,
The daughter of the heart-broken parents
Confined in the hill for three months,
Confined in the sanctuary for three months
Bitten by mosquitoes,
Pricked by mosquitoes
988
There is a feast of Plane-Good in the day after tomorrow,
Making them see cocks
Please take a look at
There is a feast of Head-Town in the third day,
Wishing to let the Japanese children see
989
Like the cherry blossoms in the sanctuary North,
Let the shamans dance together
Like the cherry blossoms spreading in the sanctuary East,
Make the mediums dance together
The shamans putting on the fair parasols,
The mediums setting on the novel parasols,
990
Birds of Isle Accept are chirping,
Birds of the island are twittering,
991
Just under the sun,
Under mulberry trees, birds are twittering
My loving one
Uttering voices
Listen, listen, my hearty one
Just my hearty one, take a listening
Under the sun, the hole of the sky,
992
The woman Sister-Barrel, from the heart,
For the spiritual Governor Lord
Hearing his voices
Even in the hamlet Good-Luck-Next,
Even in the place far away
993
The worldly, excellent brothers,
The loving brothers
The worldly, good-looking brothers,
When the brothers staying in the parental country, Head-Town,
When the brothers staying in the parental Governors’ country,
May the brothers lead the country!,
May the sister become the guardian bird!,
994
The mandarins of the lower island Okinawa,
The mandarins of the capital Head-Town
Waiting for a long time
The best season coming,
The younger season coming
Waiting for a long time
995
The worldly lord of Rice-Use,
Going and coming to the palace Chafe-Letter-Virtue
Waiting impatiently
Adoring for outshining
Today, in the capital palace,
Tomorrow, to the palace of Rice-Use
996
To the woman True-Beauty-Virtue, going and coming with all heart,
To the woman Supple-Beauty-Flower, going and coming with all heart,
In the noon time, going and coming to the heart,
In the night time, going and coming to the dream,
Wishing to go to the street Thank-Name in the west,
Hoping to go to the street Roof-Good in the east,
The sweet-heart of Roof-Good is waiting in the east street,
The sweet-heart of Thank-Name is waiting in the west street,
Now, desiring to go to the middle street Roof-Pleasure-Name,
997
My sweet-heart,
Waiting impatiently
To the village of Name-Guard
Letting her go alone
My heart is broken
My sweet-heart,
Having dwelt
To the village Pleasure-Shallow
998
The woman Sisterly-Child,
Is the woman Young-Child here?
From the house,
Are you home, brotherly Governor?
From the holy sliding door,
From the sacred hatched house, sisterly Governor
What do you say?
Are you here, brotherly Governor?
For the holy services,
For the world ruling, sisterly Governor
Not for the holy services,
Not for the world ruling
Take the islands,
Take the country, sisterly Governor
No, for the islands,
No, for the country, brotherly Governor
Take the marine treasures,
Take the mountain treasures, sisterly Governor
No, for the marine treasures,
No, for the mountain treasures, the brotherly Governor
Take the jewelry,
Take the beads, sisterly Governor
Let’s accord
Let’s accept, brotherly Governor
999
Going up to the well Left-Out-Next,
It doesn’t fall in the rainy season
The brothers wetting their sleeves
Going down from the well Left-Out-Next,
It doesn’t fall in the rainy season
In the rainy season
1000
The shamans of the hamlet Thread-Wood-Name,
Giving sandals to the children
Going up to the Governor’s hill
Looking out over the ship forward
The brother wishing for the calm
Indeed worrying about
Frosts falling in January,
The fine woven sleeves
Enhancing the beauty of the face
Looking out over the ship forward
1001
In the hallowed woods mound of Pass-Come,
In the sacred place of Pass-Come
The fatherly lord
The world getting along well
In the hallowed woods mound of the east,
In the rising sacred place
The fatherly lord
1002
The worldly lord of Pass-Come,
The god’s falling place in Old-Thank
Building up the six poled storehouse
The upper and the lower looking out over it
The rising worldly lord,
1003
The parental shaman of the hallowed woods of Pass-Come,
Treating the parental shaman
From now on
Fair sake is outshining
The parental shaman of the rising hallowed woods,
1004
The guardian hallowed woods of Know-Flower,
Taking the holy ritual of washing beads
In this fine day,
In this shining day,
Cleansing the comma-shaped beads,
Polishing the jewel,
1005
The grand men of the iron castle,
Invited by the grand men
Coming down to this land
“De.” I choose the shamans
The loving men of Iron-Castle,
Invited by the loving men
1006
The well-known Middle-Castle,
Commanding the port in front
This is indeed the iron castle of the heaven
The sounding Middle-Castle,
Commanding the sea behind
This is indeed the well-known Middle-Castle
1007
In well-known Up-Hamlet,
Wishing to come down the hallowed woods
The grand Governor Sky-Cloud
Staying in the heaven
In sounding Up-Hamlet,
Wishing to go down the hallowed woods
1008
The parental shaman of the castle walls,
As the shaman of the heaven
The spirits guarding the world
Take holy services with high spirits
The head shaman Ring-Endure,
As the shaman of the paradise
The spirits protecting the world
Hold sacred services with high souls
1009
The parental shaman of Isle Give-Argue,
Going and coming to the east
From now on
The spirit is outshining
The head shaman of the hallowed woods Gold,
Going and coming to the hole of the sky
1010
The hallowed woods This-Wave of Isle Port-Hard,
Or the hallowed woods Pure-Night of Isle Port-Hard
In the new thread braid armor
The hallowed woods This-Wave in the island,
The hallowed woods Pure-Night in the island
1011
The fair shaman Bell-Ring,
Dancing beautifully
With our fatherly man
Wishing to exchanging fine voices
Looking-worthy Bell-Ring,
Dancing fantastically
With our fatherly man
Hoping to exchanging novel voices
1012
The springing water of Help-Spread,
Building up the dam
From now on
The high spirits outshining
The fountain water of the root town,
1013
The spiritual Governor of Help-Spread,
The excellent man indeed
Conquering hundred towns
Rule over to thrive
The grand Governor of Help-Spread,
1014
The fair hallowed woods of Help-Spread,
Governors fledging out from the parental town
Help-Spread
Jump up to the world
The fair hallowed woods in the north,
1015
The loving lord in Help-Spread,
Choosing people to come
Putting on the laurels of the heaven
The loving lord in the root town,
1016
To the gate of the hamlet Paddy-Field,
Wait for the excellent lord
The golden cups
Setting on to wait
In the root town Paddy-Field,
1017
In the hallowed woods Gold of Paddy-Field,
The shaman Plant-Guard dancing
The gold is glittering
Fantastically
In the hallowed woods Gold of the root town,
1018
The high official of Hand-Climb-Root,
Opening up the sea lane to China
Just Hand-Climb-Root
Resound to the inside of Japan
The lord of Hand-Climb-Root,
1019
To the shaman Good-Teller of Plane-Paddy,
Coming down to rule over the world
Making up the clean well of the Great Sanctuary
To the shaman Good-Teller of Plane-Paddy,
Going down to dominate the world
Building up the street of coral trees in the Great-Sanctuary
1020
In the hallowed woods mound of Know-Hope,
In the hallowed mound of the east
The Governor Lord
The adoring and rising castle,
In the hallowed woods mound of the great town,
The hallowed mound of the hole of the sky
1021
The man named Waiter of Long-Hand-Hard,
Making up the red sword
The Governor Lord
The king putting on the sword
The high official of the rising town,
Making up the red sword
1022
From the heaven, resounding,
The hallowed woods mound of Know-Hope
The Governor Lord
Adoring and rising castle
From the paradise, resonating,
The hallowed woods mound of the great town
The Governor Lord
Adoring and rising castle
1023
From the heaven, the fair carpenter,
Building up the hallowed woods mound of Know-Hope
Making up
Present to the Governor Lord
From the paradise, the fine carpenter,
Building up the hallowed woods mound of the great town
1024
The big beach of Roof-Good,
The long beach of Roof-Good
In the year of gods falling, let’s dance
The elders of Roof-Good,
The superiors of Roof-Good
In the year of gods falling, let’s dance
1025
The shaman Hill-Good-Dog, the celebrated,
Or the shaman Rich-Wave, the felicitated
Looking out over the north hills with envy
Going up to Now-Come-Virtue,
Coming up to the sounding town
Set up the holy sake to take back
Put up the sake to bring back
1026
The well-known former king Gold-Circle,
The loving daughter is dancing
Wishing to see her
The sounding Gold-Circle
The goddesses Sisterhood taking holy services
1027
The shamans of Vigor-Reason-Guest,
Or the shaman Bright-Endure
Falling the showers
Wetting the armor
Touching the port Fortune-Sky,
Touching the small port
Going down from the sanctuary Good-Port-Space,
Falling the showers
Wetting the armor
The soldiers of Japan
The warriors of Kyoto
1028
The shaman Float-Rope of Inside-Space staying,
The shamans are invited
The renowned Float-Rope,
1029
The well-known grand shaman,
Or the sounding grand shaman
The Heaveners
Shining just in the beginning
Wishing to take the world of the country,
Hoping to get the world of the islands
Not knowing about soldiers,
Not knowing about warriors
Even shamans are gracious,
Even mediums are gracious,
1030
The sun in the east,
Building up the palaces
Making up to outshine
Stay for ten hundred ends
The well-known lords of ruling,
Building up the palaces
The sun, the hole of the sky,
Building up the palaces
The sun, the hole of the sky,
The spirit ruling over the world
1031
Even staying in Mulberry-Inlet,
Or even staying in Push-Up
The fair dancing of Safe-Valley-Roof,
Wishing to see the novel dancing
Indeed, in the side sanctuary,
Indeed, in the front sanctuary
1032
Staying in With-Hope-River,
The head Governor Sky-Virtue
The chief Governor
Staying in the parental town,
Passing the fourth day of the month
Learning the dances for holy services
1033
The grand lord of Plane-Good,
Standing by the Red-Cliff
1034
The men of the hallowed woods Pleasure-Roof-Weapon,
In the fair sacred place built by the men
Dance and dance holily, escort wives
In the middle court of the hallowed woods Pleasure-Roof-Weapon,
In the fair sacred place
1035
The sounding town Up-Inlet-Shallow,
The sacred sake springing like water
The well of Up-Inlet-Shallow,
The sake
1036
The daughter of the family White in Space-Hard,
“Eke, hiyoh, kowi.”
Putting the comma-shaped beads in fun,
“Eke, hiyoh, kowi.”
1037
The high official of Give-Much-Field,
The renowned, sounding lord
Adoring with pleasure
Looking with a good grace
The high official of Middle-Town,
Or the high official of Eye-Take-True
Invited to Rice-Town,
Invited to Rice-Hill
1038
The well-known town Read-Valley-Hill,
Choosing the Governor Lord
Waiting for
The loving son
Ruling over to thrive
The sounding town Read-Valley-Hill,
1039
The well-known town Read-Valley-Hill,
The holy bronze bowl
Putting in to flow over
Present to the Governor Lord
The sounding town Read-Valley-Hill,
The sacred copper bowl
1040
The man named Palm-Child of Compare-Stop,
Putting the life in the bosom
May the shaman Shine-Truer flush!
In the fair sacred place of Pleasure-Offer,
To the gate of Pleasure-Offer
1041
In the fair sacred place shining under the sun,
The grand shamans chafing hands
The tributes of the world
Present to King Long-True
In the fair sacred place of the king’s ancestors,
The graceful shamans chafing hands
1042
The high official of Give-Rich-Castle,
Or the resounding lord of the town
May the surpassing Governor Lord love him!
The high official, the sanctuary associate,
1043
The well-known town Land-Change,
Entering to beg the water
There’s no water
Offering the sacred sake
The sounding town Land-Change,
1044
In the fair sacred place, the looking-up holy place,
Who pulls the bow-string for a talisman?
The lively superb palace for a long time
The small slope in the east,
Birds flying over the spiritful paddy,
Shooting down without delay
The lively superb palace for a long time
1045
The well-known town Middle-Castle,
In the fine sacred forum
The unforgettable novel Lord
The sounding town Middle-Castle,
1046
In the hallowed woods of Safe-Valley-Roof,
The excellent shaman appearing
The eagle that rules over the world
Catching it to outshine
In the hallowed woods, loved and cherished,
In the villages of the east,
The loving lord
The high water dam,
Flowers are blooming
1047
Narrations of the chanter in Long-Field,
No waiting more than ten days
Every four days
Present the rhythms for ruling the world
Relations of the chanter in Long-Field,
1048
The well-known town With-Hope-Head,
A lot of storehouses in the root town
The fragrant sake of the parental town
The well-known town With-Hope-Head,
1049
The well-known lined storehouses,
No waiting more than three days
Todays and tomorrows
The tributes running
The sounding lined storehouses,
1050
The well-known town Jewel-Name-Castle,
The sounding town Jewel-Name-Castle
The shamans guarding the iron castle
The gates gathering the towns,
The gates surpassing the spirits
The gates gathering the sacred sake,
The gates surpassing the sake
In the sacred place gathering towns,
In the holy place surpassing towns
A lot of parasols swinging,
A lot of shamans chafing hands
1051
The shaman, the medium Lady-Good,
Building up the beautiful house
The shaman, the medium Lady-Lord,
The fair treasure room,
The north winds blowing,
The soldiers with topknots,
The numberless warriors,
Coming in those long lines,
Drawing in those long rows,
The ship Eagle protected by the Lady-Good,
The ship Eagle supported by the grand shaman,
May the all spirits of the world guard us!