User:Immanuelle/sandbox/Oharae no Kotoba

My translation

"By Kamuromi's and Kamurogi's will, The ancestors of the imperial line, From Takamanohara's heavenly heights, Eight million deities they did convoke, In solemn council met, divine decrees: "Our grandson Ninigi shall rule in peace, The land of reed and rice, abundant plains."

Yet not all gods obeyed this sacred charge. Great Ninigi, with might, the rebels quelled, And silenced all—stones, grasses, trees alike. Thus peace prevailed, and Ninigi arose, From Takamanohara's clouds descended, To govern Great Yamato's fertile plains.

Yamato thrived, the heart of governance, A noble palace rose with pillars strong, With crossbeams soaring to the heavenly sky. Ninigi entered, shielded by the sun, Amaterasu's grace his steps did guide.

Yet sins emerged within this tranquil land. To cleanse, they followed Amaterasu's rite, With cut and trimmed wood laid on sacred tables, And hemp prepared in strips for purity. The Amatsukami ritual invoked, With sacred prayers recited, gods would hear, From heavenly gates and mountain summits high.

The sins would scatter, driven by strong winds, Like morning fog dispersed by dawn's first light, Like ships set sail from moorings, freed at last. Seoritsuhime would carry sins away, Through mountain streams to ocean’s briny depths, Where Hayaakitsuhime swallows all.

Ibukidonushi, with his breath divine, Would blow the sins to lands beneath the earth, Where Hayasasurahime seals them tight. Thus, purified, the world restored to grace.

With humble hearts, we ask the gods divine, Of heaven, earth, and myriad hosts to bless, This rite of purification, grant us peace." Alternative english translation

Deities mentioned

 * 1) Kamurogi generic ferm for male ancestal kami (oyagami)
 * 2) Kamuromi generic ferm for female ancestal kami (oyagami)
 * 3) Ninigi-no-Mikoto
 * 4) Amaterasu
 * 5) Seoritsuhime
 * 6) Hayaakitsuhime water purification goddess with many children including the gods of water sources.
 * 7) Ibukidonushi
 * 8) Hayasasurahime
 * 9) Amatsukami