ACT II.
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FISHERMAN (transformed into SUMIYOSHI NO KAMI, the God of Poetry).
Sea that is green with the shadow of the hills in the water! Sea Green Dance, danced to the beating of the waves.
(He dances the Sea Green Dance.)
Out of the wave-lands, Out of the fields of the Western Sea
CHORUS.
He rises before us, The God of Sumiyoshi, The God of Sumiyoshi!
THE GOD.
I rise before you The god—
CHORUS.
The God of Sumiyoshi whose strength is such That he will not let you subdue us, O Rakuten! So we bid you return to your home, Swiftly over the waves of the shore! First the God of Sumiyoshi came. Now other gods[194] have come— Of Isé and Iwa-shimizu, Of Kamo and Kasuga, Of Ka-shima and Mi-shima, Of Suwa and Atsuta. And the goddess of the Beautiful Island, The daughter of Shakāra King of the Dragons of the Sea— Skimming the face of the waves They have danced the Sea Green Dance. And the King of the Eight Dragons— With his Symphony of Eight Musics. As they hovered over the void of the sea, Moved in the dance, the sleeves of their dancing-dress Stirred up a wind, a magic wind That blew on the Chinese boat And filled its sails And sent it back again to the land of Han. Truly, the God is wondrous; The God is wondrous, and thou, our Prince, Mayest thou rule for many, many years Our Land Inviolate!