天地(ｱﾒﾂｼ)の 神に幣(ﾇｻ)置き 斎(ｲﾊ)ひつつ いませ我(ﾜ)が背(ｾ)な 我(ｱﾚ)をし思(ﾓ)はば
Please offer Nusa* to Gods of Heaven and Earth, grateful.
And, if you love me, my darling, refrain from actions ungrateful.
天地(ｱﾒﾂｼ)の 神に幣(ﾇｻ)置き 斎(ｲﾊ)ひつつ いませ我(ﾜ)が背(ｾ)な 我(ｱﾚ)をし思(ﾓ)はば
作者未詳
(現代語訳)
天地の神々に幣(ﾇｻ; 神前に供える布)をささげて、忌慎んでいてください、私のあなた。私を思ってくれるのなら。
Please offer Nusa* to Gods of Heaven and Earth, grateful.
And, if you love me, my darling, refrain from actions ungrateful.
Author Unknown
* Nusa: Cloth offered before the gods
(Vol.20 – 4426)
防人の妻の歌。わたしを思うなら、あなたが守られるよう、神に幣をささげて、できるだけ危険から身を避けてください、と出征する夫に言っているのだろう。
A poem by the wife of a soldier in the defense forces. She is probably telling her husband to be sent to the front that he should offer a sacred offering to Kami and avoid danger as much as possible if he thinks of her.
