翻刻
【右丁】
為案内地震文句犀川へつき埋又は水引之処
地震といふも陰陽か岩倉山が花倉へ三月下
旬につきうずみいつの間にかは孫瀬まで腹は
自然と大海の契りもらさぬ露ほども日数
重ねて七里程水一つはいにたゝへけりほ
んに哀や川手筋懐胎十月とあんじしに
夜昼廿日で先キ水を四月中旬押はら
い川中島やら越後まで川上引水大あ
らし続て産は安庭の頭に神は宿
るらんなれども花倉土手残り産のうゑ
【左丁】
なる頭痛かや又々荒所の思ひにや地震
未のあゆみにて少々宛はゆるけれど追々地
震は申年に鹿島の神や不動尊守り
給ふぞありがたし是はゑように綴ら
ず也子孫の代に至りてもこをゆう事も
ありしかと神信心も施しも怠らざるの
其ために愚案ながらも綴りける
爰に前文に書印せし処土尻川之奥大
地震の節附キ埋ミ池になりしは花倉犀
川留切押払前に此池突埋切ㇾ水押
現代語訳
【右丁】
案内のために（記す）——地震の文句、犀川への突き埋め、また水が引いた様子について。
地震というものも陰陽（の理）であろうか。岩倉山が花倉へ、三月下旬に突き埋め、いつの間にやら孫瀬まで（川が塞がれ）、腹（＝川底・川幅）は自然と大海の（ような有様となり、）契りを漏らさぬ露ほども（の水も逃さず）、日数を重ねて七里ほどの水が一つは（いに）（＝すっかり）湛えられてしまった。まことに哀れなことよ、川手筋（の村々は）。懐胎十ヶ月かと案じしに、夜昼（合わせて）二十日で先（の）水を、四月中旬に押し払い、川中島やら越後まで、川上（から）引き水の大嵐（のように流れ下り）、続けて産（＝お産）は安らかに庭の頭（＝上方）に神は宿るらん。なれども、花倉の土手に残（れる）産のうえ（＝後産・産後）
【左丁】
なる頭痛かや。また々荒れたる所の思いにや、地震は未（ひつじ）の歩みにて少々ずつ揺るけれど、追々（その）地震は申（さる）年（に向かい）、鹿島の神や不動尊が守り給うぞ、ありがたし。これは上手（えよう）に綴らず也。子孫の代に至りても、こ（れ）を読むこともありしかと、神信心も施しも怠らざるの（戒めの）ために、愚かな案ながらも綴りける。
ここに、前文に書き記した処——土尻川の奥、大地震の節に（土砂が）突き埋め池になりしは花倉、犀川（を）留め切り押し払う前に、この池（の土砂が）突き埋め切れ、水（が）押し——
英語訳
[Right folio]
For the purpose of providing an account — a composition concerning the earthquake, the blockage of the Sai River by landslide fill, and the circumstances of the water's recession.
Perhaps even an earthquake follows the principle of yin and yang. Iwakura Mountain pushed and buried (the valley of) Hanakura in the latter part of the third month; before anyone knew it, the fill extended as far as Magose, and the belly (i.e., the bed and breadth) of the river naturally swelled into something resembling a great sea — not letting even a drop of its pledge escape — and as the days piled up, the waters of some seven ri were stored up in one great expanse. How pitiful, the villages along the riverside! One might have worried it would be like carrying a child for ten months, yet within twenty days and nights, the backed-up waters were expelled in the middle of the fourth month; (the flood) swept down to Kawanakajima and as far as Echigo, like a great storm of water drawn down from upstream. And then the delivery was peaceful — the god surely abides above the garden (i.e., at the head of the estate). Yet for Hanakura, what remains after the birth upon the embankment is
[Left folio]
like the headache of a difficult afterbirth. And perhaps out of anxiety over the continuing devastation — the earthquakes continue to shake, little by little, with the plodding pace of the Sheep (未, the eighth sign), but as the tremors gradually move toward the year of the Monkey (申), the god of Kashima and Fudō-son shall protect us — how grateful we are! This account is not written with any literary skill. Yet thinking that descendants in future generations may also read this, and as an admonishment never to neglect devotion to the gods or acts of charity, I have set it down, humble as my thoughts may be.
Here, as noted in the preceding text — deep in the Tojiri River, that which became a pond of fill from the great earthquake at Hanakura: before the Sai River's blockage was broken through and expelled, the fill of this pond was breached, and the water surged forth —