The boundary at the great crossroads
Kotowakete ōyachimata ni yutsuiwamura no gotoku sayarimashite殊別て、大八衢に湯津石村の如く塞坐して
拝塞神等詞
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Above all, at the parting of the great roads, they stand like a sacred gathering of rocks, closing and guarding the boundary.
Before the three Sae no Kami who guard the border and command that what surges violently from Ne no Kuni and Soko no Kuni come no farther,
I bow and humbly declare with reverence.
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