back and forth

やまとうたは、人のこころをたねとして、よろづのことのはとぞなれりける、世中にあ る人、ことわざしげきものなれば、心におもふことを見るものきくものにつけていひい だせるなり、花になくうぐひす、水にすむかはづのこゑをきけば、いきとしいけるもの いづれかうたをよまざりける、ちからをもいれずしてあめつちをうごかし、めに見えぬ おに神をもあはれとおもはせ、をとこをむなのなかをもやはらげ、たけきもののふの心 をもなぐさむるは、うたなり。(source)

The song of Yamato (和歌(やまとうた)) germinates in the heart of men, and flourishes in the leaf of myriads of discourses. It is thus the way in which, men living in the world, because of many of their experiences, would like to express what they think in their heart, what they see and what they hear. Listen to the voices of the warblers who warble in the flowers, and of the frogs which live in the waters: Of all living things called life, who do not chant his song? That which, without exerting any force, shakes the heaven and the earth, emotionally moves the invisible demons, fosters the relationship between men and women, and appeases the heart of fierce warriors, is but a song. (source)

やまと歌は
人の心を種としてよろづの言の葉とぞなれりける
ちはやぶる神よには歌の文字も定まらず素直にして事の心分きがたかりけらし
力をも入れずして天地を動かし
目に見えぬ鬼神をもあわれと思はせ
男女の仲をも和らげ
猛き武士の心をも慰むるは
歌なり
生きとし生けるもの
いづれか歌を読まざりける

the poem of Yamato is
a seed that lies in the human heart, which grows into leaves of myriads of words
in the age of swift gods, the words of the poem are not fixed, and it is hard to understand with honesty
even so, the words still move heaven and earth without effort
and leave even the invisible gods and demons trembling
they soften the hearts of men and women
and comfort the fierce warriors
it is such a poem.
any living creature
will someday write a poem