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V17. Notes of Narrations on the upper Okinawa Island from the village Virtue-Offer.

 

1175

The chanter of narrations, Small-First-Son,

The lively sacred sake

Putting in graciously

The sacred sake guarding the world very much

To the worldly lord of Iron-Weapon,

The spirited sacred sake

 

1177

Virtue-Offer, thousand villages,

Safe-Rich-Ancestor, thousand villages

Indeed, resound and be renowned

Even in Virtue-Offer,

Even in Safe-Rich-Ancestor

The army resounding to the lower land,

The force renowned to the lower land

 

1178

Virtue-Offer, thousand villages,

Safe-Rich-Ancestor, thousand villages

The sun, untiring to see

In this fine day,

In this shining day

 

1179

The stone walls of Name-Guard,

Go

The looking-worthy stone walls,@@@@@

Go

 

1180

To the border of Name-Guard,

To the border of Name-Guard, coming

Open the gate

And let me enter

The grand official,

The demanding man, coming

Of the town Feather-Ground,

The well brewed sake, coming,

Of Hill-Union and Roof-Part,

The fine brewed sake, coming

 

1181

The lord of Pleasure-Shallow is my brother,

Staying in the adoring sacred place

Letfs see often from now on

Passing the winding path to the beach of Name-Guard, @@@

 

1182

In the sacred place of This-Difference-River,

In the holy place of Our-Part-Ancestor-River,

 

1183

The spirited man River-Up,

As the man of the hamlet Deep-Inside

Loving woman Shine-Sun, coming

River-Up of the great town,

 

1184

To the well-known shaman Beat-High,

Building up the town Feather-Ground

The Governor Lord

The consecrated mound castle gathering treasures

To the sounding shaman Beat-High,

 

1185

The shaman Become-Loving of Source-River,

The spiritual consecrated mound

 

The Japanese warrior is like this

The strong-minded shaman Become-Loving, 

 

1186

The shaman Become-Loving of Source-River,

Going up to the town Now-Come-Virtue

Building up the storehouse Virtue-Full

The storehouse Virtue-Full

The storehouse resounding

The strong minded shaman Become-Loving,

 

1187

The well-known hamlet Pond-Castle,

Donft die before seeing it

The well-known man Superb

See him to be prosperous

The sounding hamlet Pond-Castle,

 

1188

The shaman Supple-Teller of Around-Door,

Beating the hand-drum Beach-Sounding

The shaman Depend-Hat taking pride

The broad minded shaman Supple-Teller,

 

1189

The shaman Supple-Teller of Around-Door,

Smoothly and softly, rejoicing

The broad minded shaman Supple-Teller,

 

1190

The parental shaman of Around-Door,

Take it easy, take it easy and take pride

The shamans of Around-Door,

In the big beach of Around-Door,

In the middle beach of Around-Door,

 

1191

In the consecrated woods Safe-Use of Around-Door,h pushh,

In the consecrated woods like cliffs of Around-Door, gpushh

gPushh, escort wives

In this fine day,

In this shining day

 

1192

The lord Two-Places of Around-Door,

The loving lord Two-Places

Looking at indeed,

Looking at really

Virtue-Offer, thousand villages,

Safe-Rich-Ancestor, thousand villages

 

1193

As the lord of Around-Door,

As the lord Two-Places

Dried sea weeds are fine products

The way of our village,

The way of our town

Making the holy millet sake,

Making the sacred corn sake

 

1194

In the well-known town Now-Come-Virtue,

This is the head Governor Lord of the land

May the hundred Governor Lord go together!

In the sounding town Now-Come-Virtue,

 

1195

The well-known Governor Lord of Now-Come-Virtue,

The King Governor Lord under the world

The well-known Governor Lord of the sounding town,

 

 

1196

In the well-known town Now-Come-Virtue,

Waiting for just the chosen Governor Lord

Ruling over to thrive

Making the world be prosperous

In the sounding town Now-Come-Virtue,

 

1198

In the well-known town Now-Come-Virtue,

The consecrated mound castle filled with sacred sake

In the sounding town Now-Come-Virtue,

 

1199

In the well-known town Now-Come-Virtue,

On the cape of Furnish-Shallow

Now on leaving

A lot of sacred sake protecting the world

In the sounding town Now-Come-Virtue,

 

1200

The tributes of the manor lord,

Chanting the narrations together with rejoice

The tributes of With-Hope-Hard,

 

1202

The official of Inside-Space,

The great official

gE, ke.h be proud

The hills around,

The mounds around

Planting mulberry trees,

Planting cherished trees

Making the hand-drum,

Making the resounding hand-drum

 

 

1204

To the shaman of Force-Reason-Guest,

To the shaman Bright-Endure

Piling up stones beautifully

Making stone hammers,

Making iron hammers

 

1205

The well-known shaman Beat-High,

Staying in the sanctuary Plant

The sounds of the hand-drum

Wishing to listen

The sounding shaman Beat-High,

Staying in the sanctuary Pleasure-Port-Space

 

1207

The man named Lord-Son-Loving of This-That-Name,

The man named Lord-Son-Loving of the grand town

The man named Young-Pine-Tree is rejoicing

The man named Compare-Roof-Virtue of the consecrated mound Middle

Going up to the consecrated mound

The head, the consecrated mound Middle,

Going up to the consecrated mound Middle

 

1208

In the well-known town Now-Come-Virtue,

The shaman Depend-Good-Long with the eagle feather

In the sounding town Now-Come-Virtue,

 

1209

The chanter Shine-Sun taking rhythms,

Clapping hands

Dancing beautifully

The loving chanter taking rhythms,

 

 

1210

The chanter Shine-Sun taking rhythms,

This is the rhythm of the narrations

The loving chanter taking rhythms,

 

1211

The loving chanter Shine-Sun-Think,

As my love

May she beat and shine!

Thinking, thinking and loving woman,

 

1212

The best dancer,

The shaman Depend-Good-Long with the eagle feather

Resounding to the town Friend-Ground

In the well-known town Now-Come-Virtue,

The shaman Depend-Good-Long with the eagle feather

In the sounding town Now-Come-Virtue,

 

1213

The loving chanter Shine-Sun-Think,

With the good-looking Governor Lord

Thinking, thinking and loving woman,

 

1214

The parental shaman of Isle This-That-Name,

Known to the shaman Push-Hat

In the sacred place

Piling up treasures to present

The parental shaman of This-Plane-Roof,

The parental shaman of the island

 

1215

The parental shaman of Our-Pleasure-Roof,

The well-known shaman True-Root-Comb

Chafe hands for hundred times

The sounding shaman True-Root-Comb,

Our adoring parental shaman

Finishing the narrations of Hill-Pleasure-Lady,

Finishing the relations of Rich-Wave-Lady

 

1216

The narrator Hill-Pleasure-Lady,

Looking out over in Isle This-That-Name

The town Now-Come-Virtue

Filled up with sake

The relator Rich-Wave-Lady,

Looking out over in Isle This-Plane-Roof

The town Now-Come-Virtue,

 

1217

Today, the lord Up-Space,

Choosing the lucky day for the festival

As long as a hundred years old

Rejoicing

The two islands of Isle This-Plane-Roof,

Selecting the happy day for the service

Around the cape of Isle This-Plane-Roof,

 

1218

In the east of Isle This-Inlet,

The tributes of the country

The sacred sake, the true presents

In the east of the island,

We are staying in the island,

We are dwelling in the remote,