Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts Transliterated into Roman with introductions, notes and glossaries

vv. 1-6 introduction; 7-16 impermanence of life; 17-20 regret of

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poet at news of death (hinted at rather than directly stated) of the _uneme_; 21 to end climatic lament over an untimely death.

2 _shitaberu_ = wilt, wither, droop; _akiyama no shitaberu imo_, drooping as the flaccid leafage in autumn on the hills: but see translation.

1, 2 and 3, 4 are parallelisms reminding one of Hebrew and Chinese poetry, there are several other examples in this _uta_.

4 _kora_ seems to be a plural form of honour.

8 The _wo_ at the end, which has a stray look, may be understood here (as often elsewhere in the Anthology) by supplying _omoheba_ or some form of the verb _omofu_. The various _ha_ in this _uta_ exemplify the effect of the particle as suggesting a predicate of the isolated word or expression.

18 The news has come to me who only slightly knew her by sight yet am full of regret.…

22 making mutually pillows of each other’s arms.

26 _tsuma_ = _otto_; _ko_ is honour-title.

31 _toki narazu_, untimely.

1 _Sasanami_ involves the homophonous m. k. _sasanami_.

3 (_hanka_ I) _makari nishi_ = _makari-inishi_, gone away, died.

For _nayotakeno_, _takunahano_, _adzusayumi_, _shikitaheno_, _tsurugitachi_, _wakakusano_ see List m. k.

Sanuki no [kuni] ni Samine no shima nite isobe no shinihito wo mite Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Tamamoyoshi 1 Sanuki no kuni ha kuni kara ka miredomo akanu kami kara ka 5 kokoda tafutoki ame tsuchi hi tsuki to tomo ni tari-yukamu kami no mi omo to 10 ihi tsugeru Naka no minato yu fune ukete aga kogi kureba tokitsu kaze 15 kumowi ni fuku ni oki mireba shiki nami tachi he mireba shiranami sawaku 20 isanatori umi wo kashikomi yukufune no kaji hiki orite wochikochi no 25 shima ha ohokedo naguhashi Samine no shima no ariso mi ni ihorite mireba 30 nami no ’to no shigeki hama he wo shikitaheno makura ni nashite aratoko ni 35 korofusu kimi ga ihe shiraba yukite mo tsugemu tsuma shiraba ki mo tohamashi wo 40 tamahokono michi dani shirazu ohohoshiku machi ka kofuramu hashiki tsumara ha. 45

Tsuma mo araba 1 tsumite tagemashi Samine yama nu no he no uhagi suginikerazuya! 5

Okitsu nami 1 ki-yoru ariso wo shikitaheno makura to makite naseru kimi kamo! 5

vv. 3, 5 _kara_ must be so read, not _gara_--it is perhaps a form of _nagara_.

9 _tari-yukamu_, be perfect; read this line after next.

11 Read with Naka.

15 lit. time-wind or seasonable or fair wind, but probably also seaward and landward winds more or less accompanying morning and evening tides.

24 _hiki-ori_ = draw-break, i.e. by moving the steering oar right or left break the straight course of the vessel.

30 _ihori_, _iho-wori_.

31 _’to_ for _oto_.

40 may be read as = _kimashi mo taha-mashi_ (_koto wo omohite_).

43 gloomily, wretchedly.

45 Plural of _tsuma_ (used as honour-plural?).

2 _tagemashi_ = _tabe mashi_, goes with _uhagi_.

5 Equivalent to _sugi nikeri_, affirmatively.

5 _naseru_ is read assumptively with _kimi_.

For _tamamoyoshi_, _isanatori_, _shikitaheno_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

Nara no miya ni [amenoshita] shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo.

Riyauki hazhime no toshi ki no to no u nagatsuki Shiki no miko no sugimaseru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.

Adzusayumi 1 te ni tori-mochite masurawo ga satsu-ya da-hasami tachimukafu 5 Takamado yama ni haru nu yaku nu hi to miru made moyuru hi wo ika ni to to eba 10 tamahokono michi kuru hito no naku namida hisame ni fureba shirotaheno 15 koromo hidzuchite tachi-tomari are ni kataraku nani shi ka mo motona iheru 20 kikeba ne nomi shi nakayu katareba kokoro so itami Sumerogi no 25 kami no miko no idemashi no ta-hi no hikari so kokoda teritaru.

10 _toheba_, subject is _are_ of 18.

18 _kataraku_, subject is _hito_ of 12; so of _katareba_ 23.

20 _iheru_ refers to _toheba_ of 10.

For _adzusayumi_, _tamahokono_, _shirotaheno_ see List m. k.

MAKI III KAMI

Kusagusa no uta.

Naga no miko no Kariji nu ni mikari shitamaheru toki Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi takahikaru waga hi no miko no uma namete 5 mi kari tataseru wakakomo no Kariji no wo-nu ni shishi koso ha i-hahi worogame 10 udzura koso i-hahi motohori shishi zhi mono i-hahi worogame udzura nasu 15 i-hahi motohori kashikomi to tsukahematsurite hisakata no ame miru gotoku 20 masokagami afugite miredo haru kusa no iya medzurashiki waga ohokimi ka mo. 25

Hisakata no 1 ame yuku tsuki no tsuna ni sashi waga ohokimi ha kinugasa ni seri. 5

7 A m. k. applied to Kari[ji] as = _kari_, mow, reap.

For _yasumishishi_, _takahikaru_, _wakakomono_, _hisakatano_, _masokagami_ see List m. k.

Kamo no Kimitari-hito ga Kaguyama no uta hitotsu.

Amoritsuku 1 Ame no kaguyama kasumitatsu haru ni itareba matsu kaze ni 5 ike nami tachite sakura hana ko no kure shigemi okibe ni ha kamo tsuma yobahi 10 hetsu he ni aji mura sawaki momoshiki ohomiya hito no makari-dete 15 asobu fune ni ha kaji sawo mo nakute sabushi mo kogu hito nashi ni.

Hito kogazu 1 araku mo shirushi kadzuki suru woshi to takabe to fune no he ni sumu. 5

Itsu ma mo 1 kami sabigeru ka Kagu yama no hokosugi nomoto ni koke musu made ni. 5

11 _he_ seems here to be simply apocopated _uhe_.

2 _araku_ is verbal subst. of _aru_.

For _amoritsuku_, _kasumitatsu_, _momoshiki_ see List m. k.

Hitomaro ga Nihitabe no miko ni tatematsureru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi takahikaru hi no miko shikimasu 5 ohotono no he ni hisakatano amadzutahikeru yuki zhi mono yuki kayohitsutsu 10 iya shiki imase!

Yatsuri yama 1 ko-tachi mo miyezu furi-midasu yuki ni sawakite mawiraku yoshi mo. 5

9 Here _yuki_ is ‘snow,’ as in 4; in 10 it is ‘go, come.’

For _yasumishishi_, _takahikaru_, _hisakatano_ see List m. k.

Yayohi bakari Yoshinu no totsu-miya ni idemaseru toki naka no mono-mawosu tsukasa Ohotomo no mahetsukimi (Ohotomo no kiyau) mikotonori wo uketamaharite yomitamaheru uta hitotsu.

Mi Yoshinu no 1 Yoshinu no miya ha yama kara shi tafutoku arashi kaha kara shi 5 sayakeku arashi ame tsuchi to nagaku hisashiku yorodzu yo ni kaharadzu aramu 10 idemashi no miya!

Mukashi mishi 1 Kisa no wo-gaha wo ima mireba iyo-iyo sayakeku nari nikeru ka mo! 5

5 _kara_, cp. _nagara_; also _kare_, reason, cause.

6 _arashi_ = _arurashi_.

Yamabe no Sukune Akahito ga Fujinoyama wo mite [yomeru] uta hitotsu.

Ame tsuchi no 1 wakareshi toki yu kamusabite takaku tafutoki Suruga naru 5 Fugi no takane wo ama no hara furisake mireba wataru hi no kage mo kakurohi 10 teru tsuki no hikari mo miyezu shirakumo mo i-yuki habakari tokizhiku 15 yuki ha furikeru katari-tsugi ihi-tsugi yukamu Fuji no takane ha!

Tago no ura yu 1 uchi-dete mireba ma-shiroku so Fuji no takane ni yuki ha furikeru! 5

Fuji no yama wo yomeru uta hitotsu.

Namayomino 1 Kahi no kuni uchi-yosuru Suruga no kuni to kochigochi ni 5 kuni no mi naka yu ide-tateru Fuji no takane ha amakumono i-yuki habakari 10 tobutori mo tobi mo nobarazu moyuru hi wo yuki mochi-kechi furu yuki wo 15 hi mochi-kechitsutsu ihi mo kane nadzuke mo shirani kusushiku mo imasu kami ka mo 20 Se no umi to nadzukete aru mo sono yama no tsutsumeru umi so Fuji kaha to 25 hito no wataru mo sono yama no midzu no tagichi so Hinomoto no Yamato no kuni no 30 shidzume to mo imasu kami ka mo takara to mo nareru yama ka mo Suruga naru 35 Fuji no takane ha miredo akanu ka mo.

Fuji no ne ni 1 furi-okeru yuki ha minadzuki no mochi ni kenureba sono yo furikeri. 5

18 lit. one can give no adequate name to Fuji.

21 Read with 24.

For _namayomino_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.

Akahito ga Iyo no yu ni yukite yomeru uta hitotsu.

Sumerogi no 1 Kami no mikoto no shikimasu kuni no kotogoto yu ha shi mo 5 saha ni aredomo shima yama no yoroshiki kuni to kogoshi ka mo Iyo no takane no 10 Izaniha no woka ni tatashite uta omohi koto omohashishi mi yu no he no 15 ko-mura wo mireba Omi no ki mo ohi-tsugi ni keri naku tori no kowe mo kaharazu 20 tohoki yo ni kamusabi yukamu idemashi tokoro.

1-14 refer to _Uhe no miya_ (Shôtoku Taishi).

4 All the provinces or lands.

9 _kogoshi_ applies to _Iyo no takane_.

Kamiwoka ni noborite Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Mimoro no 1 Kaminabi yama ni iho ye sashi shizhi ni ohitaru tsuganokino 5 iya tsugitsugi ni tamakadzura tayuru koto naku aritsutsu mo yamazu kayohamu 10 Asuka no furuki miyako ha yama takami kaha tohoshiroshi haru no hi ha 15 yama shi migahoshi aki no yo ha kaha shi sayakeshi asa-kumo ni tadzu ha midare 20 yufu-giri ni kahadzu ha sawaku miru goto ni ne nomi shi nakayu inishihe omoheba. 25

Asuka-gaha 1 kaha yodo sarazu tatsukirino omohi-sugubeki kohi ni aranaku ni. 5

1-10 are introductory to _Asuka no furuki miyako_.

13-22 describe the _miyako_.

23-25 express the poet’s regret.

1-3 are introductory to 4.

5 lit. there is no _kohi_ (affection) from which may be chased thoughts (of the past).

For _tsuganokino_, _tamakadzura_, _tatsukirino_ see List m. k.

MAKI III, NAKA

Tsunuga no tsu nite fune ni noreru toki Kasa no Asomi Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Koshi no umi no 1 Tsunuga no hama yu ohobune ni ma kaji nuki-oroshi isanatori 5 umiji ni idete abekitsutsu waga kogi-yukeba masurawono Tayuhi ga ura ni 10 ama wotome shiho yaku keburi kusamakura tabi nishi areba hitori shite 15 miru shiru shi nami watatsumi no te ni makashitaru tamatasuki kakete shinubitsu 20 Yamato shima-ne wo.

12 After _keburi_ supply _areba_.

16 _nami_ is _nashi_, not--_miru_-(_koto_) _shiru_ (_koto_) _shi nashi_. Another reading, however, is possible.

17-19 are introductory to _kakete_ (20), as the arm-bands are set to the arms of the sea-god (or arm-bands to those who serve the god?), to my heart is set regret for Yamato. The m. k. (9) applies to Ta(yuhi); 17, 18 are epithetical of _tama_, part of the m. k. _tamatasuki_ applied to _kakete_ (20).

21 _shimane_ is a designation of Yamato.

For _isanatori_, _masurawono_, _kusamakura_, and _tamatasuki_ see List m. k.

Akahito ga Kasuga nu ni noborite yomeru uta hitotsu.

Haruhiwo 1 Kasuka no yama no takakurano Mikasa no yama ni asa sarazu 5 kumowi tanabiku kaho tori no ma naku shiba naku kumowinasu kokoro isayohi 10 sono tori no kata-kohi nomi ni hiru ha mo hi no kotogoto yoru ha mo 15 yo no kotogoto tachite wite omohi so aga suru ahanu ko yuwe ni.

1 See N. i. 402, the second lay. Perhaps _wo_ should be, as there, _no_.

5 not missing a morning.

17 standing or lying down, i.e. continually. The m. k. (3) applies to Mi[kasa] taken as _mi_, person.

For _haruhiwo_, _takakurano_, _kumowinasu_ see List m. k.

Ohotomo no Sakanohe no Iratsume ga kami matsuri no uta hitotsu.

Hisakatano 1 ama no hara yori are koshi kami no mikoto okuyama no 5 sakaki no yeda ni shiraga tsuku yufu tori-tsukete ihahi-he wo ihahi hori suwe 10 takatama wo shizhi ni nukitari shishi zhi mono hiza ori-fuse tawayame no 15 osuhi tori-kake kaku dani mo are ha kohinamu kimi ni ahanu ka mo.

3 _are_, _arahare_, _koshi_ past of _ki_(_kuru_).

6 Cleyera japonica.

7 _shiraga_ (_shirage_) might mean white, or pure tresses.

18 _are_, _ware_.

For _hisakata_ see List m. k.

Tsukubane ni noborite Tajihi no Mabito Kunihito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Tori ga naku 1 Adzuma no kuni ni takayama ha saha ni aredomo Futakami no 5 tafutoki yama no nami-tachi no migahoshi yama to kami-yo yori hito no ihi-tsugi 10 kuni-mi suru Tsukuba no yama wo fuyukomori haru sari-kuredo shira-yuki no 15 tokizhiku toki to mizute yukaba mashite kohishimi yuki-ke suru yama michi sura wo 20 nadzumi are koshi.

1-11 are introductory to 12, after _wo_ supply _omohite_ or _omoheba_.

7 double-peaked.

14, 15 are interpolations of Keichiu.

16 Explained by Kogi as = _toki naranu toki tote_--the snow is lasting later than usual down to the second month where the ascent is made.

For _toriganaku_, _fuyukomori_ see List m. k.

Tabi no uta hitotsu.

Watatsumi ha 1 ayashiki mono ka Ahaji shima naka ni tate-okite shiranami no 5 Iyo ni motohoshi wimachitsuki Akashi no to yu ha yufu sareba shiho ni mitashime 10 ake sareba shiho wo hishimu shiwo sawi no nami wo kashikomi Ahaji shima 15 iso-gakuri-wite itsushika mo kono yo no akemu to samorafu ni i no ne kateneba 20 Tagi no he no Asanu no kigishi akenu to shi tachi-toyomurashi iza kodomo 25 ahete kogidemu niha mo shidzukeshi.

Shima-dzutahi 1 Minume no saki wo kogi-tameba Yamato kohoshiku tadzu saha ni naku. 5

7 See notes translation.

13 _shiho-sawi_, _shiho-saki_, flood-tide.

19 _samorafu_ (_saburafu_) here means _haberu_.

22 _kigishi [ha yo] akenu_ (past of _akuru_).

4 _kohoshiku_, _kohishiku_.

5 _saha ni_, in flocks or flights, numerous.

For _wimachitsuki_ see List m. k.

MAKI III, SHIMO

Kanashimi uta.

Ihata no Ohokimi usetamaheru toki Nifu no Ohokimi no yomitamaheru uta hitotsu.

Nayutakeno 1 towoyoru miko sanidzurafu waga ohokimi ha komorikuno 5 Hatsuse no yama ni kamusabite itsuki imasu to tamadzusano hito so ihitsuru 10 oyodzure ka waga kikitsuru tahagoto ka waga kikitsuru mo ame tsuchi ni 15 kuyashiki koto no yo no naka no kuyashiki koto ha amakumono sokuhe no kihami 20 ame tsuchi no itareru made ni tsuwe tsuki mo tsukazu mo yukite yufuke tohi 25 ishi-ura mochite waga yado ni mi moro wo tatete makura he ni ihahihe wo suwe 30 takatama wo shizhi ni nukitari yufu tasuki kahina ni kakete ame naru 35 Sasara no wo-nu no ihahi suge te ni tori-mochite hisakatano ame no kahara ni 40 ide-tatete misogite mashi wo Takayama no ihaho no uhe ni imasetsuru ka mo! 45

Oyodzure no 1 tahagoto to ka mo Takayama no Ihaho no uhe ni kimi ga koyaseru. 5

Isonokami 1 Furu no yama naru sugimura no omohi sugubeku kimi ni aranaku ni. 5

1 _oyodzure_ and _tahagoto_ seem nearly synonymous, the former rather ‘false’, the latter ‘vain’ news.

For _nayutakeno_, _sanidzurafu_, _komorikuno_, _tamadzusano_, _amakumono_, _hisakatano_, _Isonokami_ see List m. k.

Oyazhi [Ihata no Ohokimi use-tamaheru] toki Yamakuma no Ohokimi kanashimi yomimaseru uta hitotsu.

Tsunusahafu 1 Ihare no michi wo asa sarazu yukikemu hito no omohitsutsu 5 kayohikemaku ha hototogisu ki naku sa-tsuki ha ayame-gusa hana tachibana wo 10 tama ni nuki kadzura ni semu to naga tsuki no shigure no toki ha momichi ba wo 15 ori-kazasamu to hafukudzuno iya toho-nagaku yorodzu yo ni tayezhi to omohite 20 kayohikemu kimi wo asu yo ha yoso ni ka mo mimu.

[In _dai_] _oyazhi_ = _onazhi_.

4 _hito_ is Ihata.

6 The subject is the poet.

For _tsunusahafu_ (m. k. of _iha_ in Ihare) _hafukudzuno_ see List m. k.

Katsushika no Mama wotome ga haka wo tohoreru toki Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Inishihe ni 1 arikemu hito no shidzuhata no obi toki-kahete fuseya tate 5 tsuma-dohi shikemu katsushika no Mama no tekona ga okutsuki wo koko to ha kikedo 10 maki no ha ya shigemitaruramu matsuganeno tohoku hisashiki koto nomi mo 15 na nomi mo ware ha wasuraye naku ni.

Katsushika no 1 Mama no iriye ni uchi nabiku tamamo karikemu tekona shi omohoyu. 5

2 _hito_ = a suitor.

5 The translation is based on the Kogi explanation.

For _matsuganeno_ see List m. k.

Temuhiyau (Tempyô) hazhime no toshi tsuchi no to mi Tsu no kuni no Agachi-da no Fumihito Hasetsukabe no Tatsumaro ga wanakishi toki matsurigoto hito (Hanguwan) Ohotomo no Sukune Minaka ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Amakumono 1 muka-fusu kuni no masurawo to ihayeshi hito ha Sumerogi no 5 kami no mikado ni to no he ni tachi-samorahi uchi no he ni tsukahe matsuri 10 tamakadzura iya toho-nagaku oya no na mo tsugi-yuku mono to omo chichi ni 15 tsuma ni kodomo ni katarahite tachi nishi hi yori tarachineno haha no mikoto ha 20 ihahi-he wo mahe ni suwe-okite hito te ni ha yufu tori-mochi hito te ni ha 25 nikitahe matsuri tahirakeku masakiku mase to ame tsuchi no kami ni kohi nomi 30 ikani aramu toshi tsuki hi ni ka tsutsuzhihana nihoheru kimi ga nihodorino 35 nadzusahi komu to tachite wite machikemu hito ha ohokimino mikoto kashikomi 40 oshiteru Naniha no kuni ni aratamano toshi furu made ni shirotahe no 45 koromode hosazu asa yohi ni aritsuru kimi ha ikasama ni omohi-mase ka 50 utsusemino woshiki kono yo wo tsuyushimono okite inikemu toki-narazu shite! 55

Kinofu koso 1 kimi ha arishi ka omohanu ni hama-matsu no he no kumo ni tanabiku. 5

4 _hito_ = Tatsumaro.

7 _to_, _soto_.

28 _mase_, _koso mase_.

38 _hito_, household of Tatsumaro.

48 _aritsuru_, goes on or went on being.

50 = _omohimaseba_.

51 m. k. of _yo_.

52 m. k. of _okite_.

For _amakumono_, _tamakadzura_, _tarachineno_, _tsutsuzhihana_, _nihodorino_, _ohokimino_, _oshiteru_, _aratamano_, _shirotaheno_, _tsuyushimono_ see List m. k.

[Temuhiyau (Tempyô)] nana tose to ifu toshi kinoto no wi Ohotomo no Sakanohe no Iratsume ga ama no Riguwamu (Rigwan) no mi-makareru wo kanashimi yomeru uta hitotsu.

Takutsunu no 1 Shiraki no kuni yu hito goto wo yoshi to kikashite tohi-sakuru 5 ugara haragara naki kuni ni watari-kimashite ohokimi no shikimasu kuni ni 10 uchihisasu Miyako shimimi ni sato ihe ha saha ni aredomo ikasama ni 15 omohikeme ka mo tsure mo naki Saho no yama he ni nakukonasu shitahi kimashite 20 shikitaheno ihe wo mo tsukuri aratamano toshi no wo nagaku sumahitsutsu 25 imashishi mono wo umarureba shinu chifu koto ni nogaroyenu mono ni shi areba 30 tanomarishi hito no kotogoto kusamakura tabi naru hodoni Saho kaha wo 35 asa kaha watari Kasuga nu wo so-gahi ni mitsutsu ashihikino yamabe wo sashite 40 kura-yami to kakuri mashinure ihamu sube semusubeshirani tamotohori 45 tada hitori shite shirotaheno koromo-de hosazu nagekitsutsu aga naku namida 50 Arima yama kumo wi tanabiku ame ni furiki ya!

5 Converse, utter, talk with.

8 The subject is Rigwan, also of verbs in 25, 26.

26 After _mono_ supply _omohite_ or _omoheba_.

34 _hodoni_ = whilst.

36 sqq. The subject of the verbs is the party of mourners who accompany the corpse of Rigwan.

44 Subject of _tamotohori_ (go up and down, to and fro) is Sakanohe.

For _takutsunu_, _uchihisasu_, _nakukonasu_, _shikitaheno_, _aratamano_, _kusamakura_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.

Mata Yakamochi ga yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Waga yado ni 1 hana so sakitaru so wo miredo kokoro mo yukazu hashikiyashi 5 imo ga ariseba mikamonasu futari narabi-wi taworite mo misemashi mono wo 10 utsusemino kareru mi nareba tsuyushimono kesuru ga gotoku ashihikino 15 yamaji wo sashite irihinasu kakuri ni shikaba soko ’mofu ni mune koso itame 20 ihi mo kane nadzuke mo shirani atomonaki yo no naka nareba semu sube mo nashi. 25

Toki ha shimo 1 itsu mo aramu wo kokoro itaku i-yuku wagimo ka wakaki ko wo ’kite. 5

Ide-yukasu 1 michi shiramaseba arakazhime imo wo todomemu seki wo okamashi wo. 5

Imo ga mishi 1 yado ni hana saku toki ha henu aga naku namida imada hi naku ni. 5

3 _so_ = _sore_.

10 Supply _omohite_ (_oheba_).

4 _i_ is prefix.

5 _’kite_ = _okite_.

1 Read _mishi_ with _hana_.

For _mikamonasu_, _utsusemino_, _tsuyushimono_, _ashihikino_, _irihinasu_, _atomonaki_ see List m. k.

51-52

(Oyazhi) to tose amari mu tose to ifu toshi kinoye saru kisaragi Asaka no miko no sugitamaheru toki uchi-toneri Ohotomo no Sukune Yakamochi yomeru uta mutsu.

Kakemaku mo aya ni kashikoshi ihamaku mo yuyushiki ka mo waga ohokimi 5 miko no mikoto yorodzu yo ni woshi-tamahamashi Oho-Yamato Kuni no miyako ha 10 uchinabiku haru sarinareba yama he ni ha hana-saki wowori kaha se ni ha 15 ayu-ko sa-hashiri iya hi ke ni sakayuru toki ni oyodzure no tawagoto to ka mo 20 shirotahe ni toneri yosohite Wadzuka yama mi koshi tatashite hisakatano 25 ame shirashinure koi-marobi hidzuchi nakedomo semu sube mo nashi.

Waga ohokimi 1 ame shirasamu to omohaneba oho ni so mikeru Wadzuka soma yama. 5

Ashihikino 1 yama sahe hikari saku hana no chirinuru gotoki waga ohokimi ka mo. 5

24 _koshi_, coffin.

For _uchinabiku_, _hisakatano_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.

Kakemaku mo 1 aya ni kashikoshi waga ohokimi miko no mikoto mononofuno 5 yaso tomo no wo wo meshitsudohe adomohi-tamahi asa-kari ni shishi fumi-okoshi 10 yufu-kari ni tori fumi-tate oho mi ma no kuchi osahe-tome mi kokoro wo 15 meshi akirameshi Ikuji yama ko-dachi no shizhi ni saku hana mo utsurohi ni keri 20 yo no naka ha kaku nomi narashi masurawono kokoro furi-okoshi tsurugitachi 25 koshi ni tori-haki adzusayumi yuki tori-ohite ame tsuchi to iya tohonaga ni 30 yorodzu yo ni kaku shi mo ka mo to tanomerishi Miko no Mikado no sabahenasu 35 sawaku toneri ha shirotahe ni koromo tori-kite tsune narishi wemahi furumahi 40 iya hi ke ni kaharafu mireba kanashiki ro ka mo.

For _mononofuno_, _masurawono_, _tsurugitachi_, _sabahenasu_, _shirotaheni_ (equiv. _shirotaheno_) see List m. k.

Usetaru me wo kanashimi Takahashi no Asomi ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Shirotaheno 1 sode sashi-kahete nabiki-neshi waga kurokami no ma-shiraga ni 5 kaharamu kihami arata yo ni tomo ni aramu to tamanowono tayezhi i-imo to 10 musubiteshi koto ha hatasazu omoherishi kokoro ha togedzu shirotaheno 15 tamoto wo wakare nikibi ni shi ihe yu mo idete midori-ko no naku wo mo okite 20 asa-kiri no oho ni naritsutsu Yamashiro no Sagaraka yama no yama no ma yu 25 yuki-suginureba ihamu sube semusubeshirani wagimoko to sa-neshi tsuma-ya ni 30 asa niha ni ide-tachi shinubi yufube ni ha iri-wi nagekahi waki-hasamu 35 ko no naku goto ni wotoko-zhi mono ohi-mi udaki-mi asatorino ne nomi naki-tsutsu 40 kofuredomo shirushi wo nami to koto tohanu mono ni ha aredo wagimoko ga 45 iri ni shi yama wo yosuka to so ’mofu.

47 _yosuka_ is better than _yosuga_.

For _shirotaheno_, _tamanowono_ see List m. k.

MAKI IV, KAMI

Shitashimi uta.

Wokamoto no Sumera mikoto no mi-yomimaseru [ohomi] uta hitotsu.

Kami-yo yori 1 are tsugitareba hito saha ni kuni ni ha michite ajimurano 5 sawaki ha yukedo aga kofuru kimi nishi araneba hiru ha hi no kururu made 10 yoru ha yo no akuru kihami omohitsutsu ine kate ni nomi akashitsuraku mo 15 nagaki kono yo wo

Yama no ha ni 1 ajimura sawaki yuku naredo are ha sabushi we kimi ni shi araneba. 5

Afumi-ji no 1 Toko no yama naru Isaya kaha ke no kono goro ha kohitsutsu mo aramu. 5

2 _are_ = _arahare_.

15 _akashitsuru_.

4 _we_, an exclamation of pain or regret.

For _ajimurano_ see List m. k.

Tajihi no Mabito Kasamaro ga Tsukushi no kuni ni kudaru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.

Omi no me no 1 kushige ni itsuku kagaminasu Mitsu no hamabe ni sanidzurafu 5 himo toki-sakezu wagimoko ni kohitsutsu woreba ake-gure no asa-kiri kakuri 10 nakutadzuno ne nomi shi nakayu aga kofuru chihe no hitohe mo nagusamuru 15 kohoro mo are ya to ihe no atari aga tachi-mireba awohatano Kadzura-ki yama ni 20 tanabikeru shira-kumo kakuri amazakaru hina no kuni-he ni tada-mukafu 25 Ahaji wo sugi Ahashima wo sogahi ni mitsutsu asa nagi ni kako no kowe yobi 30 yufu nagi ni kaji no ’to shitsutsu nami no he wo i-yuki sa-gukumi iha no ma wo 35 i-yuki motohori Inabitsuma ura mi wo sugite tori zhi mono nadzusahi yukeba 40 Ihe no shima ariso no uhe ni uchi-nabiki shizhi ni ohitaru nanori-so no 45 nado ka mo imo ni norazu ki ni kemu.

Shirotahe no 1 sode toki-kahete kaheri-komu tsuki hi wo yomite yukite komashi wo. 5

1-3 are introductory to _mi_ (Mitsu).

45 _nanori-so_ involves a word-play with _norazu_ (47).

For _kagaminasu_, _sanidzurafu_, _nakutadzuno_, _awohatano_, _amazakaru_, _shirotahe_ see List m. k.

Aki no Obokimi no uta hitotsu.

Toho-dzuma no 1 koko ni araneba tamahokono michi wo tadohomi omofu sora 5 yasukaranaku ni nageku sora yasukaranu mono wo mi-sora yuku kumo ni mo ga mo 10 takatobu tori ni mo ga mo asu yukite imo ni kototohi aga tame ni 15 imo mo kotonaku imo ga tame are mo kotonaku ima mo mishi goto taguhite mo ga mo. 20

5-7 _sora_, metaphorical for state, condition.

9 _sora_, atmosphere, what exists between heaven and earth.

19 _ima_ = _tadaima_ (nuper).

20 _mo ga mo_ = _mo gana_?

For _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

Zhimuki (Jinki) hazhime no toshi kinoye ne kaminadzuki Ki no kuni ni idemaseru toki mi-tomo no hito ni okuramu tame wotome ni atsuraherayete Kasa no Asomi Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Ohokimi no 1 idemashi no ma ni mononofuno yaso tomo no wo to ide-yukishi 5 utsukushi tsuma ha amatobuya Karu no michi yori tamatasuki Unebi wo mitsutsu 10 asamoyoshi Ki-ji ni iritachi Matsuchi yama koyuramu kimi ha momiji-ba no 15 chiri-tobu mitsutsu shitashikeku a wo ba omohazu kusamakura tabi wo yoroshi to 20 omohitsutsu kimi ha aramu to asoso ni ha katsu ha shiredomo shikasu ga ni 25 moda mo ye araneba aga ’seko ga yuki no ma ni ma ni ohamu to ha chi tabi omohedomo 30 tawayame no aga mi ni shi areba michi-mori no tohamu kotahe wo ihi-yaramu 35 sube wo shirani to tachite tsumadzuku!

12 _Ki-ji_ = _Kii no michi_.

17, 18 Read _a wo ba shitashikeku omohazu_.

23 _asoso_ or _azoso_ = _usu-usu_ = _wadzukani_--_asoso ni ha shire … katsu ha_ … but the text here appears corrupt.

For _mononofuno_, _amatobuya_, _tamatasuki_, _asamoyoshi_, _kusamakura_ see List m. k.

Futatose to ifu toshi (Zhimuki = Jinki) kinoto no ushi yayohi Mika no hara no totsumiya idemaseru toki wotome wo yete Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Mika no hara 1 tabi no yadori ni tamahokono michi no yukiahi ni amakumono 5 yoso nomi mitsutsu koto-tohamu yoshi no nakereba kokoro nomi muse-tsutsu aru ni 10 ame tsuchi no kami koto-yosete shikitaheno koromo-de kahete ono tsuma to 15 tanomeru ko-yohi aki no yo no momo yo no nagaku arikosenu ka mo.

Amakumo no 1 yoso ni mishi yori wagimoko ni kokoro mo mi sahe yori nishi mono wo. 5

12 _kotoyoseru_ strictly means to pretend, but I take it as involving a committal (of the lover’s fortunes) to the gods.

19 _ari koso ne_ (_kibô no kotoba_), Oh, that it might or may be so!

For _tamahokono_, _amakumono_, _shikitaheno_ see List m. k.

Sakanohe no Iratsume ga urami no uta hitotsu.

Oshiteru 1 Naniha no suge no nemokoro ni kimi ga kikoshite toshi fukaku 5 nagaku shi iheba masokagami togishi kokoro wo yurushiteshi sono hi no kihami 10 nami no muta nabiku tamamo no ka ni kaku ni kokoro ha motazu ohobuneno 15 tanomeru toki ni chihayaburu kami ya sakekemu utsusemino hito ka safuramu 20 kayohashishi kimi mo kimasazu tamadzusano tsukahi mo miyezu narinureba 25 ita mo sube nami nubatamano yoru ha sugara ni akarabiku hi mo kururu made 30 nagekedomo shirushi wo nami omohedomo ta-dzuki wo shirani tawayame to 35 ihaku mo shiruku tawarahano ne nomi nakitsutsu tamotohori kimi ga tsukahi wo 40 machi ya kanetemu.

1, 2 Introductory to _nemokoro_.

4 _kikoshite_ = _notamahite_.

12 This line serves as m. k. to the next.

13 swerving neither this nor that way.

29 _akarabiku_, the _ra_ is of unknown value, perhaps = _akarashiki wo hiku_, lead in earliest dawn.

For _oshiteru_, _masokagami_, _ohobuneno_, _chihayaburu_, _utsusemino_, _tamadzusano_, _nubatamano_, _akarabiku_, _tawarahano_ see List m. k.

MAKI IV, SHIMO

Sakanohe no Iratsume ga Tomi no todokoro yori ihe ni todomareru musume no Oho Iratsume ni okureru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Toko-yo ni to 1 aga yukanaku ni wo-kanato ni mono kanashirani omoherishi 5 aga ko no tozhi wo nubatamano yoru hiru to ihazu omofu nishi aga mi ha yasenu 10 nageku nishi sode sahe nurenu kaku bakari motona shi kohiba furu sato ni 15 kono tsuki-goro mo ari katemashi wo.

Asakamino 1 omohi midarete kaku bakari nane ga kofure so ime ni miyekeru. 5

1 though ’tis not as though I went to the Eternal Land, yet on parting with thee at the door overcome with grief was I, &c.

14 as ’tis of no avail to love thee.

17 _ari katemashi wo_ = _ari-katai koto kana!_

4 _nane_ = _nanzhi ane_, a term of endearment and respect.

5 Read _kofureba so nane ga_ &c.

For _nubatamano_, _asakamino_ see List m. k.

MAKI V, KAMI

Kanashimi no Yamato-uta hitotsu.

Ohokimi no 1 toho no Mikado to shiranuhi Tsukushi no kuni ni nakukonasu 5 shitahi kimashite iki dani mo imada yasumezu toshi tsuki mo ikuda mo araneba 10 kokoro yu mo omohanu ahida ni uchi-nabiki koyashinure ihamu sube 15 semu sube shirani iha ki wo mo tohi-sake shirazu ihe naraba katachi ha aramu wo 20 urameshiki imo no mikoto no are wo ba mo ika ni seyo to ka nihotorino 25 futari narabi-wi katarahishi kokoro somukite ihe-zakari imasu.

For _shiranuhi_, _nakukonasu_, _nihotorino_ see List m. k.

Madoheru kokoro wo kahesashimuru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Chichi haha wo 1 mireba tafutoshi me ko mireba megushi utsukushi nogaroyenu 5 haakara ukara nogaroyenu oimi itokemi tomo kaki mo koto-tohi kahasu 10 yo no naka ha kaku so kotowari mochitorino kakarahashi mo yo [haya kaha no 15 yuku he shiraneba] uke-gutsu wo nukitsuru gotoku fumi-nukite yuku chifu hito ha 20 iha ki yori nariteshi hito ka na ga na norasane ame he yukaba na ga ma ni ma ni 25 tsuchi nareba ohokimi imasu kono terasu hi tsuki no shita ha amakumono 30 mukafusu kihami taniguku no sa-wataru kihami kikoshiwosu kuni no mahora so 35 kani kaku ni hoshiki ma ni ma ni shika ni ha arazhi ka.

Hisakatano 1 ama-ji ha tohoshi naho naho ni ihe ni kaherite nari wo shimasani. 5

5 Supply _koto_, must not be avoided or shirked.

6, 8, 9, 10 The relations indicated are meant.

15 A sort of proverb.

19 i.e. trampling on the ethical rules (of Confucianism).

22, 23 are heptasyllabic, they conclude the first part of the lay.

23 _nanji ga na wo na-norasane_.

25 _na_ = _nanji_.

35 _mahora, kuni no_ is an emphatic expression for _kuni_, land; _mahora_ seems to mean mountain-secluded, central, or recessed portion of land.

5 _nari_, occupation, duty in life; _shimasani_ = _shimasane_.

For _mochitorino_, _amakumono_, _hisakatano_ see List m. k.

Kora wo shinubu uta hitotsu.

Urihameba 1 kodomo omohoyu kuri hameba mashite shinubayu idzuku yori 5 kitarishi mono manakahi ni motona kakarite yasu-i shi nasanu.

shirokane mo 1 kugane mo tama mo nani semu ni masareru takara ko ni shikame ya mo. 5

7 _manakahi_ = _ma na kahi_ = _me no ahida ni sono omokage no musamusa to kakarite_.

Yo no naka no todomarigataki wo kanashimeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Yo no naka no 1 sube naki mono ha toshi tsuki ha nagaruru gotoshi tori-tsudzuki 5 ohi-kuru mono ha momokusani seme-yori-kitaru wotomera ga wotome sabi su to 10 Kara tama wo tamoto ni makashi shirotaheno sode furi-kahashi kurenawino 15 aka mo susobiki yochi kora to te tadzusaharite asobikemu toki no sakari wo 20 todomi kane sugushi-yaretsure minanowata ka-guroki kami ni itsu no ma ka 25 shimo no furikemu ni no ho nasu omote no uhe ni idzuku yu ka 30 shiha kakitarishi masurawono wotoko sabi su to tsurugitachi koshi ni tori-haki 35 satsu yumi wo ta-nigiri mochite aka koma ni shitsu kura uchi-oki hahi-norite 40 asobi arukishi yo no naka ga tsune ni arikeru wotomera ga sa nasu itato wo 45 oshi-hiraki i-tadori yorite matamadeno tama-de sashikahe sa neshi yo no 50 ikuda mo araneba ta-tsukadzuwe koshi ni taganete kayukeba hito ni itohaye 55 kaku yukeba hito ni nikumaye oyoshiwo ha kaku nomi narishi tamakiharu 60 inochi woshikedo semu sube mo nashi.

Tokihanasu 1 kaku shi mo ka mo omohedomo yo no koto nareba todomi-kanetsu mo. 5

8 _seme_.

10 _sabi_, _shika buri_, wont, wonted art or fashion.

14 _furi-kahashi_, flutter their sleeves together.

17 _yochi_, of like age.

22 pass away.

24 _ka_ is intensitive prefix.

25 at some time or other.

27 _ni no ho_, ruddy-ear (of grain) like.

39 _shitsu kura_, saddle of patterned &c. Japanese stuff.

40 mount and ride.

45 close-shut wooden doors.

47 grope.

49 _tama-de_, fine arms.

52 hand-supporting-staff.

58 = _oyoso_.

1-8 this fleeting world.

9-31 passing character of woman’s charms.

32-62 impermanence of man’s strength and joys.

For _momokusani_, _shirotaheno_, _kurenawino_, _minanowata_, _masurawono_, _matamadeno_, _tamakiharu_, _tokihanasu_, see List m. k.

Yamanohe no Omi Okura ga Chinkwai-seki wo yomeru uta hitotsu.

Kakemaku ha 1 aya ni kashikoshi Tarashi hime kami no mikoto Karakuni wo 5 muke-tahiragete mi-kokoro wo shidzume-tamafu to i-torashite ihahi-tamahishi 10 ma-tama nasu futatsu no ishi wo yo no hito ni shimeshi-tamahite yorodzu yo ni 15 ihi-tsugu to gane watanosoko oki tsu no Fukaye no unakami no Kofu no hara ni 20 mi tetsukara okashi tamahite kamu nagara kamu sabi imasu kushi mitama 25 ima no otsutsu ni tafutoki ro ka mo!

16 _gane_ = _gani_ = _yô_.

17, 18 Epithetical of _Fuka_(_ye_).

19 _umi no kami_ = _umibe_.

21 her own royal hand.

22 = _oku_.

25 _kushi_, wondrous; _mitama_, _matama_, right precious jewels, or right-soul.

27 _ro_, see grammar.

For _watanosoko_ see List m. k.

MAKI V, SHIMO

Tsukushi no michi no kuchi (Chikuzen) no mikoto mochi no kami Yamanohe no Okura ga Kumagori ni kaharite sono kokorozashi wo noburu uta ni tsutsushimite nazorafuru uta mutsu mata zho.

Uchihisasu 1 Miya he noboru to tarachishino haha ga te hanare tsune shiranu 5 kuni no oku-ka wo momo he yama koyete sugi-yuki itsushikamo miyako wo mimu to 10 omohitsutsu katarahi woredo ono ga mi shi itahashikereba tamahokono 15 michi no kuma mi ni kusa ta-wori shiba tori-shikite toko-zhi mono uchi-koi-fushite 20 omohitsutsu nageki-fuseraku kuni ni araba chichi tori-mimashi ihe ni araba 25 haha tori-mimashi yo no naka ha kaku nomi narashi inu zhi mono michi ni fushite ya 30 inochi suginamu.

Hito yo ni ha 1 futatabi miyenu chichi haha wo okite ya nagaku aga wakarenamu! 5

16 _mi_ = _mahari_, or tract, vicinity.

For _uchihisasu_, _tarachishino_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

Hinkiu mondou no uta.

Kaze mazhiri 1 ame furu yo no ame mazhiri yuki furu yo ha sube mo naku 5 samuku shi areba kata shiho wo tori-tsudzushirohi kasu-yu sake uchi-susurohite 10 shihabukahi hana bishi bishi ni shikato aranu hige kaki-nadete are wo okite 15 hito ha arazhi to hokorohedo samuku shi areba asa fusuma hiki kagafuri 20 nuno katakinu ari no kotogoto kisohedomo samuki yo sura wo ware yori mo 25 madzushiki hito no chichi haha ha uwe-samukaramu me kodomo ha kohite nakuramu 30 kono toki ha ika ni shitsutsu ka na ga yo ha wataru ametsuchi ha hiroshi to ihedo 35 aga tame ha saku ya narinuru hi-tsuki ha akashi to ihedo aga tame ha 40 teri ya tamahanu hito mina ka a nomi ya shikaru wakuraba ni hito to ha aru wo 45 hitonami ni are mo tsukuru wo wata mo naki nuno katakinu no miru no goto 50 wawake sagareru kakafu nomi kata ni uchi-kake fuse-iho no mage iho no uchi ni 55 hita tsuchi ni wara toki-shikite chichi haha ha makura no kata ni me kodomo ha 60 ato no kata ni kakumi-wite urehi samayohi kamado ni ha keburi fuki-tatezu 65 koshiki ni ha kumo no su kakite ihi-kashiku koto mo wasurete nuye tori no 70 nodo yobi woru ni itonokite mizhikaki monowo hashikiru to iheru ga goto ku 75 shimoto toru sato wosa ga kowe ha neya-do made ki tachi yobahinu kaku bakari 80 subenaki mono ka yo no naka no michi.

Yamanohe no Okura tonzhiu tsutsushimite tatematsuru [kô-kyo-kôrai] no uta hitotsu.

Kamiyo yori 1 ihitsutekeraku soramitsu Yamato no kuni ha sume kami no 5 itsukushiki kuni kototama no sakihafu kuni to katari-tsugi ihitsukahikeri 10 ima no yo no hito mo kotogoto me no mahe ni mitari shiritari hito saha ni 15 michite ha aredomo takahikaru hi no mikado kamu nagara mede no sakari ni 20 ame no shita mawoshi-tamahishi ihe no koto yerabi-tamahite ohomikoto 25 itadaki mochite Morokoshi no tohoki sakahi ni tsukahasare makari-imase 30 unahara no he ni mo oki ni mo kamu tsumari ushi-haki imasu moromoro no 35 ohomi kami-tachi funa no he ni michibiki mawoshi ametsuchi no ohomi kami-tachi 40 Yamato no ohokuni mitama hisakatano ama no mi sora yu ama kakeri 45 mi-watashi-tamahi koto wohari kaheramu hi ni ha mata sara ni ohomi kami-tachi 50 funa no he ni mi-te uchi kakete sumi-naha wo hahetaru gotoku [ajinosumu] 55 Chika no saki yori ohotomo no Mitsu no hamabi ni tada hate ni mi fune ha hatemu 60 tsutsumi naku sakiku imashite haya kaherimase!

7 the spirit or genius of language.

22 _mawoshi_, govern, administer.

23 Cp. the Spanish _hidalgo_.

34 _ushi-haki_ (_nushi-haki_) = girt with dominion.

61 = _tsutsuganaku_, free from trouble or anxiety.

For _soramitsu_, _takahikaru_, _hisakatano_, _ajinosumu_ see List m. k.

(Rōshin jiubyô) toshi wo hete kurushimi mata kora wo omofu uta itsutsu (nagauta hitotsu).

Tamakiharu 1 uchi no kagiri ha tahirakeku yasuku mo aramu wo koto mo naku 5 mo naku mo aramu wo yo no naka no ukeku tsurakeku itonokite itaki kidzu ni ha 10 karashiho wo sosogu chifu gotoku masumasu mo omoki umani ni uhani utsu to 15 ifu koto no goto oi nite aru aga mi no uhe ni yamahi wo ra kahahete shi areba 20 hiru ha mo nagekahi kurashi yoru ha mo ikidzuki akashi toshi nagaku 25 ya mishi watareba tsuki kasane urehi samayohi kotogoto ha shinana to ’mohedo 30 sabahenasu sawaku kodomo wo utsutete ha shini ha shirazu mitsutsu areba 35 kokoro ha moyenu ka ni kaku ni omohi-wadzurahi ne nomi shi nakayu!

5 _mo_ here is mourning.

9 = _itodoshiku_.

19 _ra_, a separated plural affix (rare).

26 _ya_ = _yoru_.

30 _shinamu_.

33 _sutsuru_.

For _tamakiharu_, _sabahenasu_ see List m. k.

Furuhi wo kofuru uta mitsu (naga uta hitotsu mizhika-uta futatsu).

Yo no hito no 1 tafuto mi negafu nanakusa no takara mo areba nani semu ni 5 negahi-hori semu waga naka no umare idetaru shiratamano waga ko Furuhi ha 10 aka-hoshi no akuru ashita ha shikitaheno toko no be sarazu tateredomo 15 woredomo tomo ni kaki-nadete koto-tohi tahare yufu-dzudzu no yufube ni nareba 20 iza neyo to te wo tadzusahari chichi haha mo uhe ha na sakari sakikusano 25 naka ni wo nemu to uruhashiku shiga kataraheba itsushika mo hito to nari idete 30 ashikeku mo yokeku mo mimu to ohobuneno omohi-tanomu ni omohanu ni 35 yokoshima kaze no nihaka ni mo ohohi kitareba semu sube no tadoki wo shirani 40 shirotaheno tasuki wo kake maso-kagami te ni torimochite amatsukami 45 afugi kohi nomi kunitsukami fushite nukadzuki kakarazu mo kakari mo yoshiwe 50 ame tsuchi no kami no mani-mani to tachi-azari waga kohi-nomedo shimashiku mo 55 yokeku ha nashi ni yauyau ni katachi tsukuhori asanasana ifukoto yami 60 tamakiharu inochi tahenure tachi-wodori ashi suri sakebi fushi afugi 65 mune uchinageki te ni motaru aga ko tobashitsu yo no naka no michi.

48 _nuka_ = _hitai_.

53 _tachi-azari_, wander about distractedly.

55 = _shibashiku_.

57 An old form of _ya-ya_.

65 to lie supine.

68 = _tobitsu_. Here read _’aga ko … michi wo tobashitsu_.

vv. 1-10 are introductory to Furuhi--they form a pre-adjunct.

11-28 _shiga_--describes Furuhi’s manner--the words _iza neyo … nemu_ being his; 28-34 the father’s hopes; 35-40 suggest the boy’s illness; 41-54 the prayers and despair of the father; 55-62 the gradual decline and death of Furuhi; 63 to end, the father’s grief at his loss.

This lay repays close study as an example of the language of the Manyôshiu.

For _shiratamano_, _shikitaheno_, _sakikusano_, _ohobuneno_, _shirotaheno_, _tamakiharu_ see List m. k.

MAKI VI, KAMI

Kusagusa no uta.

Rauyau (Rôyô) nanatose to ifu toshi midzunoto wi satsuki Yoshinu no totsumiya ni idemaseru toki Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Tagi no he no 1 Mifune no yama ni midzu-ye sashi shizhi ni ohitaru tsuganokino 5 iya tsugitsugi ni yorodzu yo ni kaku shi shirasamu Mi-Yoshinu no Akidzu no miya ha 10 kami kara ka tafutokaruramu kuni kara ka migahoshikaramu yama kaha wo 15 atsumi-sayakemi ohomiya to ube shi kami-yo yu sadamekerashi mo.

Yama takami 1 shira-yufu hana ni ochitagitsu tagi no kafuchi ha miredo akanu ka mo. 5

1-9 lead up to 10.

For _tsuganokino_, _ochitagitsu_ see List m. k.

Kuramochi no Asomi Chitose ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Umakori 1 aya ni tomoshiki narukamino oto nomi kikishi Mi-Yoshinu no 5 maki tatsu yama yu mi-kudaseba kaha no se goto ni ake-kureba asa-giri tachi 10 yufu sareba kahadzu naku nari himo tokanu tabi ni shi areba a nomi shite 15 kiyoki kahara wo miraku shi woshi mo.

1 _umakori_ = _umaki ori_, pretty-woven.

1-5 introductory to Yoshinu; 6-12 descriptive; 13 to end, the poet’s reflections.

For _umakori_, _narukamino_ see List m. k.

Zhimuki (Jinki) hazhime toshi kinoye ne kaminadzuki itsuka no hi Ki no kuni ni idemaseru toki Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 wago ohokimi no totsu-miya to tsukahematsureru Sahika nu yu 5 so-gahi ni miyuru oki tsu shima kiyoki nagisa ni kaze fukeba shiranami sawaki 10 shiho hireba tamamo karitsutsu kami yo yori shika so tafutoki Tamatsushima yama. 15

(Jinki) futatose satsuki Yoshinu no totsu miya ni idemaseru toki Kasa no Asomi Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Ashihikino 1 mi yama mo saya ni ochi tagitsu Yoshinu no kaha no kaha no se no 5 kiyoki wo mireba kami-he ni ha chidori shiba-naki shimo-he ni ha kahadzu tsumayobu 10 momoshikino oho-miya hito mo wochi-kochi ni shizhi ni shi areba miru goto ni 15 aya ni tomoshimi tamakadzura tayuru koto naku yorodzu yo ni kaku shi mo ga mo to 20 ame-tsuchi no kami wo so inoru kashikokaredomo.

For _ashihikino_, _momoshikino_, _tamakadzura_ see List m. k.

Yamabe no Sukune Akahito ga yomeru uta.

Yasumishishi 1 wago ohokimi no takashirasu Yoshinu no miya ha tatanadzuku 5 awo-kaki-gomori kaha nami no kiyoki Kafuchi so haru he ha hana saki wowori 10 aki sareba kiri tachi-wataru sono yama no iya masu-masu ni kono kaha no 15 tayuru koto naku momoshikino ohomiya hito ha tsune ni kayohamu.

For _yasumishishi_, _tatanadzuku_, _momoshikino_ see List m. k.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi ha Mi-Yoshinu no Akidzu no wo-nu no nu no he ni ha 5 tomi suwe-okite nu yama ni ha i-me tate-watashi asa-gari ni shishi fumi-okoshi 10 yufu-gari ni tori fumi-tate uma namete mi-kari so tatasu haru no shige nu ni. 15

[Jinki futatose] kaminadzuki Naniha no miya ni idemaseru toki Kanamura ga yomeru uta.

Oshiteru 1 Naniha no kuni ha ashikakino furinishi sato to hito mina no 5 omohi-yasumite tsure mo naku arishi ahida ni umiwonasu Nagara no miya ni 10 maki-hashira futo taka shikite wosu kuni wo wosame-tamaheba okitsutori 15 Ajifu no hara ni mononofuno yaso tomo no wo ha ihori shite miyako to nareri 20 tabi ni ha aredomo.

1-7 introductory to 8.

9-14 erection of country-palace.

15 to end, the _yasotomono wo_ build their abodes round about the palace, and so a City-Royal is established.

For _oshiteru_, _ashikakino_, _umiwonasu_, _okitsutori_, _mononofuno_ see List m. k.

Kuramochi no Asomi chitose ga yomeru uta.

Isanatori 1 hama he wo kiyomi uchi-nabiki ofuru tamamo ni asa-nagi ni 5 chihe nami yori yufu-nagi ni ihohe nami yoru oki tsu nami iya masu-masu ni 10 he tsu nami no iya shiku-shiku ni tsuki ni ke ni hihi ni migahoshi ima nomi ni 15 aki-darame ya mo shiranami no i-saki-motoheru Suminoye no hama.

16 _aki-darame_: _aki_ is written ‘autumn’, but the homophon meaning ‘satiety’ is intended.

For _isanatori_ see List m. k.

Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Ame tsuchi no 1 tohoki ga gotoku hi tsuki no nagaki ga gotoku oshiteru 5 Naniha no miya ni wago ohokimi kuni shirasurashi mi-ke tsu kuni hi-hi no mi-tsuki to 10 Ahaji no Nushima no ama no watanosoko okitsu ikuri ni ahabi tama 15 saha ni kadzuki-de fune namete tsukahematsuru ka tafutoshi mireba.

16 _kadzuki_ (_kami tsuku_), dive.

19 Read _mireba tafutoshi_.

For _oshiteru_, _watanosoko_ see List m. k.

[Jinki] mitose to ifu toshi hinoye tora nagatsuki towoka mari itsuka no hi Harima no kuni Inami-nu ni idemaseru toki Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Nakisumi no 1 Funase yu miyuru Ahaji shima Matsuho no ura ni asanagi ni 5 tamamo karitsutsu yufunagi ni mo shiho-yakitsutsu ama wotome ari to ha kikedo 10 mi ni yukamu yoshi no nakereba masurawono kokoro ha nashi ni tawayame no 15 omohi-tawamite tamotohori are haso kofuru fune kaji wo nami.

For _masurawono_ see List m. k.

Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu [migi ni onazhi miyuki no toki].

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi no kamu nagara takashiraseru Inami-nu no 5 Oho-umi no hara no arataheno Fujiye no ura ni shibi tsuru to ama-bune sawaki 10 shiho-yaku to hito so saha naru ura wo yomi ube mo tsuri ha su hama wo yomi 15 ube mo shiho yaku ari-gayohi mesaku mo shirushi kiyoki shirahama.

Inami-nu no 1 asaji oshi-nabe sanuru yo no ke nagashiku areba ihe shi shinubayu. 5

17-19 Read _arigayohi mishitamafu mo ichishiruku kiyokute omoshiroki shirahama zo to nari_.

3 _sanuru_ = _yadori suru_.

4 _ke_ = _ki-he_.

5 _shinubayeru_.

For _yasumishishi_, _arataheno_ see List m. k.

Karani no shima wo suguru toki Akahito ga yomeru uta.

Umasahafu 1 imo ga mekarete shikitaheno makura mo akazu [makazu] kaniha maki 5 tsukureru fune ni ma kaji nuki aga kogi-kureba Ahaji no Nushima wo sugi 10 Inamitsuma Karani no shima no shima no ma yu wagihe wo mireba awoyama no 15 soko to mo miyezu shirakumo mo chihe ni narikinu kogi-tamuru ura no kotogoto 20 yuki-kakuru shima no saki-zaki kuma mo okazu omohi so aga kuru tabi no ke nagake! 25

Tamamokaru 1 Karani no shima ni shima mi suru u ni shi mo are ya ihe ’mohazaramu! 5

2 _imo ga mekarete_ = _me hanuru_, the eye (features, i.e. person) being separated from me.

4 _akazu_ probably should be _makazu_.

5 _kaniha_ = _kaba_, birch.

7 _nuki_, place oars in position, on thole or between rowlocks.

11 _Inamitsuma_, of _tsuma_, the meaning is uncertain, perhaps tract or neighbourhood; _tsuma_, border.

19 _tamuru_, a weak form of _tamotohoru_.

22 cape after cape: see K. 80. 345, _shima no sakizaki_.

23 _kuma mo okazu_ = _kuma (sumi) mo ochizu_, a not infrequent expression in the Manyôshiu.

24 _omohite so aga kuru tabi ga ki-he nagashi_.

25 _ke_ = _ki-he_ (_kuru-henuru_).

1, 2 _karu_ _kara_, probably a designed jingle.

4, 5 would I were but a cormorant, then I should be free from homesickness.

As to the m. k. _shikitahe_ and _umasahafu_: _shikitahe_, spread-cloth, seems originally to have meant a garment worn to sleep in, or a coverlet. It is applied to night, sleeping, night garments, pillows, &c.

_Umasahafu_ is the reading preferred by the Kogi to that in the text, _ajisahafu_. Of neither can any certain explanation be given. On the whole I am inclined to prefer the one suggested of _umasahafu_ under that word in the Kogi’s list of _makura kotoba_.--_umashi-aha-fu_, field of sweet millet; _ahafu_ = millet-field in K. 143, n. 2, _fu_ is perhaps an original form of _hafu_ or _hae_. The ancient Japanese _f_ (perhaps derived from a lost _p_) was something like the Highland ‘fwh’ in ‘fwhat’ of which the different elements were prominent in connexion with particular vowel sounds. As significant of numerousness, it is applied to _mure_ (flock, crowd) contracted into _me_ (to which through a homophon meaning ‘woman’ it is applied in the text) as well as sometimes to _yoru_, night (homophon of _yoru_, gather together, collect). There are parallel etymologies quoted by the Kogi, but it is needless to detail them here. _Umashiahafu_ would contract into _umasahafu_; _umashi_ may be written with a character _aji_, meaning taste, savour--hence _ajisahafu_, and of this the _aji_ might be confounded with its homonym _aji_ (a kind of teal or widgeon), explaining a common way of writing the expression--teal-marsh-abundant.

For _umasahafu_, _shikitaheno_ see List m. k.

Minume no ura wo suguru toki Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Mikemukafu 1 Ahaji no shima ni tada mukafu Minume no ura no oki he ni ha 5 fukamiru tsumi urami ni ha nanori-so kari fukamiruno mimaku hoshikedo 10 nanorisono onoga na woshimi ma tsukahi mo yarazute are ha ikeru to mo nashi. 15

Suma no ama no 1 shiho-yaki kinu no narenaba ka hito hi mo kimi wo wasurete omohamu. 5

For _mikemukafu_, _fukamiruno_, _nanorisono_ see List m. k.

(Jinki) yotose to ifu toshi hinoto no u mutsuki ohokimitachi omitachi ni mikotonori shite Jintôryô ni hanachi imashime tamaheru toki ni yomeru uta hitotsu.

Makuzuhafu 1 Kasuka no yama ha uchinabiku haru sari yuku to yama no he ni 5 kasumi tachibiki Takamato ni uguisu nakinu mononofuno yaso tomo no wo ha 10 karigane no ki-tsugi konogoro kaku tsukite tsune ni ariseba tomo namete 15 asobamu mono wo uma namete yukamashi sato wo machi-kate ni aga seshi haru wo 20 kakemaku mo aya ni kashikoshi ihamaku mo yuyushikaramu to arakazhime 25 kanete shiriseba chidori naku sono Saho-gaha ni iso ni ofuru suga no ne torite 30 shinubu-gusa harahite mashi wo yuku midzu ni misogite mashi wo ohokimino 35 mikoto kashikomi momoshikino ohomiya hito no tamahokono michi ni mo idezu 40 kofuru kono goro.

10-14 the Kogi text is followed.

11 a species of wild goose; also _kari ga ne_, the scream of the wild geese.

19-20 the spring we have made vain to wait for.

40-41 _sankin ni ahite midari ni michi ni idzuru koto dani yezushite_.

For _makuzuhafu_, _uchinabiku_, _mononofuno_, _momoshikino_, _ohokimino_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

Of the above lay the text is more or less uncertain, the syntax is confused, and the meaning in part obscure.

(Tempyô) futatose shimotsuki Sakanohe no Iratsume ga Kami no ihe yori michi-dachi shite Tsukushi no michi no kuchi no kuni (Chikuzen) Munakata no kohori Nagoyama wo koyuru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.

Ohonamuji 1 Sukunabikona no kami koso ha nadzuke somekeme na nomi wo 5 Nagoyama to ohite aga kohi no chihe no hito he mo nagusame naku ni.

7 _kohi_ = _[miyako wo] kohishiku omofu_.

(Tempyô) yotose to ifu toshi midzunoye saru Fujihara no Umakahi no mahetsukimi nishi no umi tsu ji no setsudoshi ni tsukahasaruru toki Takahashi no Murazhi Mushimaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Shirakumono 1 Tatsuta no yama no tsuyu shimo ni iro-dzuku toki ni uchi-koyete 5 tabi-yuku kimi ha ihohe yama i-yuki sakumi ata-mamoru Tsukushi ni itari 10 yama no soki nu no soki mesedo tomo no be wo agachi tsukahashi yamabikoni 15 kotahemu kihami taniguku no sa wataru kihami kuni-gata wo meshi-tamahite 20 fuyukomori haru sari-yukaba tobutorino haya kaheri-kone Tatsuta-ji no 25 Wokabe no michi ni ni-tsutsuzhi no nihohamu toki no sakura-bana sakinamu toki ni 30 yamatadzuno mukahe-mawi demu kimi ga kimasaba.

Chiyorodzu no 1 ikusa naritomo koto agesezu torite kinubeki wotoko to so ’mofu. 5

3 _tsuyu shimo ni_, by the rime and dew (which cause the ruddy leafage of autumn). But see Glossary. Other explanations are possible, but the above seems most suitable.

3 _koto agesezu_ = _ihitatsuru koto naku_.

For _shirakumono_, _yamabikoni_, _fuyukomori_, _tobutorino_, _yamatadzuno_ (not rendered in the translation) see List m. k.

Sumera mikoto no setsudoshi no mahetsukimitachi ni ohomiki tamaheru ohomi-uta hitotsu.

Wosukuni no 1 toho no mikado ni imashira shi kaku makarinaba tahirakeku 5 are ha asobamu te udakite are ha imasamu sumera waga udzu no mite mochi 10 kaki-nade so negi-tamafu uchi-nade so negi-tamafu kaheri-komu hi 15 ahi nomamu ki so kono toyomiki ha

10 _udzu_, precious or sacred; _mi-te_ = _mi tahe_.

11, 13 _kaki_ and _uchi_ are prefix verbs having an emphatic value; _nade_ = propitiate, _negi_ (_negafu_), intreat.

MAKI VI, SHIMO

(Tempyô) yatose to ifu toshi hinoye ne minadzuki Yoshinu no totsumiya ni idemaseru toki Akahito ga mikotonori wo uketamaharite yomeru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi no meshi-tamafu Yoshinu no miya ha yama-takami 5 kumo so tanabiku kaha hayami se no to so kiyoki kamusabite mireba tafutoku 10 yoroshi nabe mireba sayakeshi konoyama no tsukiba nomi koso kono kaha no 15 tayeba nomi koso momoshikino ohomiya tokoro yamu toki mo arame!

3 _meshi_ = _mishi_.

11 _yoroshi nabe_, and likewise excellent.

14 _tsukiba_ and 16 _tayeba_ have much the same value.

16 _nomi koso_, the _koso_ emphasizes the two _nomi_.

89, 90, 91

Isonokami no Otomaro no mahetsukimi (kyô) Tosa no kuni ni hanatayeshi toki uta mitsu.

Isonokami 1 Furu no mikoto ha tawayame no sadohi ni yorite uma-zhi mono 5 naha tori-tsuke shishi zhi mono yumi-ya kakumite ohokimi no mikoto kashikomi 10 amazakaru hina he ni makaru furukoromo Matsuchi no yama yu kaheri-konu ka mo. 15

For _amazakaru_, _furukoromo_ see List m. k.

Ohokimi no 1 mikoto kashikomi sashinamino kuni ni idemasu hashikiyashi 5 waga se no kimi wo kakemaku mo yuyushiki kashikoshi Suminoye no ara hito kami 10 funa no he ni ushi-haki-tamahi tsuki-tamahamu shima no saki-zaki yori tamahamu 15 iso no saki-zaki araki nami kaze ni ahasezu tsutsumi naku mi yamahi arazu 20 sumuyakeku kaheshi-tamahane moto no kuni he ni.

3-4 perhaps should run _sashinamino_ | _Tosa no kuni ni_ | _idemasu ya_.

10 _ara_ = _arahareru_--but see Aston, _Shintô_.

12 _ushi_ = _mushi_ (_ni shite hakasu_).

13, 15 _tsuki_ rather refers to direction, _yori_ to approach.

19 = _tsutsuga naku_, untroubled.

21 = _sumiyaka ni_. Motowori says _sumu_ = _susumu_.

For _sashinamino_ see List m. k.

Chichi kimi ni 1 are ha manago so omo tozhi ni are ha manago so mawi-nobori 5 yaso uji hito no tamuke suru Kashiko no saka ni nusa matsuri are ha so makaru 10 tohoki Tosa-ji wo.

5, 6, 7 introduce _kashiko_ (Kashiko). Motowori considers the subject of 5 to be Isonokami.

Nara no miyako no aretaru wo kanashimi yomeru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi no takashikasu Yamato kuni ha sumerogi no 5 kami no mi yo yori shikimaseru kuni nishi areba aremasamu miko no tsugi tsugi 10 amenoshita shiroshimesamu to ya ho yorodzu chi-tose wo kanete sadamekemu 15 Nara no miyako ha kagirohino haru nishi areba Kasuga yama Mikasa no nu-he ni 20 sakura hana ko no kure-gakure kaho-tori ha ma naku shiba naku tsuyushimono 25 aki sari-kureba Hakahi yama Tobuhi ga take ni hagi no ye wo shigarami chirashi 30 sawoshika ha tsuma yobi-toyome yama mireba yama mo migahoshi sato mireba 35 sato mo sumiyoshi mononofuno yaso tomo no wo no uchi-hahete sato namishikeba 40 ametsuchi no yori-ahi no kihami yorodzu no yo ni sakaye yukamu to omohi nishi 45 ohomiya sura wo tanomerishi Nara no miyako wo arata yo no koto nishi areba 50 ohokimi no hiki no manimani haruhanano utsurohi kahari muratorino 55 asa tachi yukeba sasudakeno ohomiya hito no fumi narashi kayohishi michi ha 60 uma mo yukazu hito mo yukaneba are ni keru ka mo!

3 _takashikasu_ = _takashirasu_.

9 _araharemasamu_.

24 The first _naku_ = not-be, the second, cry, sing.

39 _uchi-hahete_, _hafu_, extend.

41-42 set forth men’s hopes. Nara would long endure--a sort of common form in lays of this character. 53 to end describe the impermanence of things and the desolation of the abandoned Capital.

For _yasumishishi_, _kagirohino_, _tsuyushimono_, _mononofuno_, _haruhanano_, _muratorino_, _sasudakeno_ see List m. k. Most of these can only be rendered indirectly.

93, 94

Kuni no nihimiyako wo tatafuru uta futatsu.

Akitsukami 1 waga ohokimi no ame no shita Yashima no uchi ni kuni ha shi mo 5 ohoku aredomo sato ha shi mo saha ni aredomo yama nami no yoroshiki kuni to 10 kaha nami no tachi-afu sato to Yamashiro no Kase-yama no ma ni miya-hashira 15 futoshiki matsuri takashirasu Futagi no miya ha kaha chikami se no to so kiyoki 20 yama chikami tori ga ne-doyomu aki sareba yama mo todoro ni sawoshika ha 25 tsuma yobi-doyome haru sareba woka be no shizhi ni ihaho ni ha hana saki-wowori 30 ana omoshiro Futagi no hara ito tafuto ohomiya tokoro ubeshi koso 35 waga ohokimi ha kimi no mani kikashitamahite sasudakeno ohomiya koko to 40 sadamekerashi mo.

For _akitsukami_, _sasudakeno_ see List m. k.

Waga ohokimi 1 kami no mikoto no takashirasu Futagi no miya ha momo ki moru 5 yama ha ko-dakashi ochi-tagitsu se no ’to mo kiyoshi uguhisu no ki naku haru he ha 10 ihaho ni ha yama shita-hikari nishiki nasu hana saki wowori sawoshika no 15 tsuma yobu aki ha ama-girafu shigure wo itami sanidzurafu momichi chiritsutsu 20 yachi tose ni are tsukashitsutsu ame no shita shiroshimesamu to momo yo ni mo 25 kaharubekaranu ohomiya tokoro.

Wotomera ga 1 umi wo kaku chifu Kase no yama toki shi yukereba miyako to narinu. 5

5 The meaning of _moru_ is disputed. The Kogi follows Motowori, taking _moru_ as equivalent to _shigeru_.

22 = _chôtei ni tsukahematsuru wo_. _are_ = _arahare_.

3 _kase_, homophon of _Kase_, means skein or spool.

For _sanidzurafu_, see List m. k.

Haru no koro Mika no hara no miyako no aretaru wo kanashimi yomeru uta hitotsu.

Mika no hara 1 Kuni no miyako ha yama takami kaha no se kiyomi ari yoshi to 5 hito ha ihedomo sumi yoshi to are ha omohedo furi nishi sato nishi areba 10 kuni miredo hito mo kayohazu sato mireba ihe no aretari hashikeyashi 15 kaku arikeru ka mi moro tsuku Kase yama no ma ni saku hana ni iro medzurashiku 20 momotorino kowe natsukashiki ari-gahoshi sumi yoki sato no aruraku woshi mo! 25

2 _Kuni_, is City-Royal; in 11 _kuni_ is ‘land’ or ‘country.’

15 must be read, though indirectly, with 18, 16 being parenthetical.

17 Motowori prefers _umi wo kaku_ (see 94).

_tsuku_ = _tsukuru_.

25 _aruraku_ = _aruru_, lie desolate, waste.

For _momotorino_ see List m. k.

Naniha no miya nite yomeru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi no ari-gayofu Naniha no miya ha isanatori 5 umi katatsukite tama hirifu hama he wo chikami asa ha furu nami no ’to sawaki 10 yufu nagi ni kaji no ’to kikoyu akatoki no ne-same ni kikeba umi chikami 15 shihohi no muta urasu ni ha chidori tsuma yobi ashi-he ni ha tadzu ga ne-doyomu 20 miru hito no katari ni sureba kiku hito no mimakuhori suru mikemukafu 25 Ajifu no miya ha miredo akanu ka wo.

16 _muta_ = _tomo ni_.

22 _ni_ = _wo_.

24 _migahoshiku_.

27 _akanu_, unwearied of.

For _yasumishishi_, _isanatori_, _mikemukafu_ see List m. k.

Minume no ura wo suguru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.

Yachihokono 1 kami no mi yo yori momofuneno hatsuru tomari to Yashima kuni 5 momo funa hito no sadameteshi Minume no ura ha asa kaze ni ura nami sawaki 10 yufu nami ni tamamo ha ki-yoru shira manago kiyoki hama-he ha yuki kaheri 15 miredomo akazu ubeshi koso miru hito goto ni katari-tsugi shinubikerashiki 20 momoyo hete shinubaye yukamu kiyoki shira hama.

1-7 introductory to 8. 9 to end descriptive and eulogistic.

13 _manago_ = _masago_, sand, pebbles.

For _yachihokono_, _momofuneno_ see List m. k.

MAKI VIII, KAMI

Haru no kusagusa no uta.

Kusaka yama no uta.

Oshiteru 1 Naniha wo sugite uchi nabiku Kusaka no yama wo yufu-gure ni 5 aga koye-kureba yama mo se ni sakeru ashibi no ashikaranu kimi wo itsushika 10 yukite haya mimu.

7 _se ni_, crowdedly, thickly.

8, 9 sound-quibble, _ashibi_ and _ashikaranu_.

10, 11 There is inversion here.

For _oshiteru_ and _uchinabiku_ see List m. k.

Sakura no hana no uta.

Wotomera ga 1 kazashi no tame ni miyabi-wo no katsura no tame to shikimaseru 5 kuni no hatate ni saki nikeru sakura no hana no nihohi ha mo ana ni!

Haru no shitashimi uta.

100

(Tempyô) itsutose to ifu toshi midzunoto tori nochi no yayohi Kanamura ga Morokoshi ni tsukahasu tsukahi ni okureru uta.

Tamatasuki 1 kakenu toki naku iki no wo ni aga ’mofu kimi ha utsusemino 5 [yo no hito nareba ohokimi no] mikoto kashikomi yufu sareba tadzu ga tsuma yobu 10 Naniha-gata Mitsu no saki yori ohobune ni ma kaji shizhi nuki shira-nami no 15 takaki arumi wo shima-dzutahi i-wakare yukeba todomareru are ha nusa tori 20 ihahitsutsu kimi wo ba matamu haya kaherimase!

1-8 are a preface.

2 without breach of truce.

3 _iki no wo_, thread of life.

6, 7 Interpolated on the authority of Keichiu.

16 _arumi_ = _aruru umi_.

For _tamatasuki_, _utsusemino_ see List m. k.

Natsu no shitashimi uta.

101

Ohotomo no Yakamochi ga tachibana wo yojite Sakanohe no Oho-Iratsume ni okureru uta.

Itsushika to 1 matsu waga yado ni momo-ye-zashi ofuru tachibana tama ni nuku 5 sa-tsuki wo chikami ayenu gani hana saki ni keri asa ni ke ni ide-miru goto ni 10 iki no wo ni aga ’mofu imo ni masokagami kiyoki tsuki-yo ni tada hito me 15 misemu made ni ha chiri-kosu na yume to ihitsutsu kokodaku mo aga moru mono wo 20 uretaki ya shiko hototogisu akatoki no urakanashiki ni ohedo ohedo 25 naho shi ki-nakite itadzura ni tsuchi ni chiraseba sube wo nami yojite ta-woritsu 30 mimase wagimoko!

Mochi kudachi 1 kiyoki tsuku yo ni wagimoko ni misemu to ’mohishi yado no tachibana! 5

7 _ayenu_ = _ayenuru_, ready to set for fruit?

_gani_ = _yô_, _sama_.

19 _kokodaku_ = _ikubaku_.

1 _mochi kudachi_ = _michikudari_ = full and on the turn.

For _masokagami_ see List m. k.

MAKI VIII, SHIMO

Aki no kusagusa no uta.

102

Yamanohe no Omi Okura ya nanuka no yo [Tanabata] no uta towo amari futatsu (naga-uta hitotsu).

(5)

Hisakatano 1 ama no kaha se ni fune ukete koyohi ka kimi ga agari ki-masamu. 5

(6)

Hiko-hoshi ha 1 Tanabata tsu me to ame tsuchi no wakareshi toki yu inamushiro 5 kaha ni mukitachi omofu sora yasukaranaku ni nageku sora yasukaranaku ni 10 awo nami ni nozomi ha tayenu shira kumo ni namida ha tsukinu kaku nomi ya 15 ikidzuke woramu kaku nomi ya kohitsutsu aramu sa ni-nuri no wo bune mo ga mo 20 tama-maki no ma kai mo ga mo asa nagi ni i-kaki-watari yufu shiho ni 25 i-kogi-watari hisakatano ama no kahara ni amatobuya hire katashiki 30 matamadeno tama-de sashikahe amata tabi imo neteshi ka mo aki ni arazu to mo! 35

3 _ukete_, float, launch.

6 _muki-tachi_, stand by.

8, 10 _ni_ is adverbial, in 11, 13 postpositional.

13 Supply _furisake mireba_.

15, 17 _ya_ is dubitative, with a tinge of regret.

24 beat (the water with oar or scull) and cross.

24, 26 _i_ is a prefix of which the original value is lost.

30 _katashiki_, spread out to one side.

For _hisakatano_, _inamushiro_, _amatobuya_, _matamadeno_ see List m. k.

Aki no shitashimi uta.

103

Yakamochi ga Sakanohe no Oho-Iratsume ni okureru uta.

Nemokoro ni 1 mono wo omoheba ihamu sube semu sube mo nashi imo to aga 5 te tadzusaharite ashita ni ha niha ni idetachi yufuhe ni ha toko uchi-harahi 10 shirotaheno sode sashikahete sa-neshi yo ya tsune ni arikeru ashihikino 15 yamadori koso ha wo mukahi ni tsuma-dohi su to ihe utsusemino hito naru are ya 20 nani su to ka hito hi hito yo mo sakari-wite nageki kofuramu koko ’moheba 25 mune koso itame soko yuwe ni kokoro nagu ya to Takamato no yama ni mo nu ni mo 30 uchi-yukite asobi arukedo hana nomi shi nihohite areba miru goto ni 35 mashite shinubayu ika ni shite wasuremu mono so kohi chifu mono wo.

17 _wo mukahi_, over the hills.

28 _nagu_ = _nagusamuru_.

3-9 inversion.

For _shirotaheno_, _ashihikino_, _utsusemino_ see List m. k.

MAKI IX, KAMI

Kusagusa no uta.

104

Kamitsufusa (Kadzusa) Suwe no Tamana no wotome wo yomeru uta hitotsu-mata mizhika uta.

Shinagatori 1 Aha ni tsukitaru adzusayumi Suwe no Tamana ha muna wake no 5 hirokeki wagimo koshi hoso no sugaru wotome no sono kaho no kirakirashiki ni 10 hana no goto wemite tatereba tamahokono michi yuku hito ha ono ga yuku 15 michi ha yukazute yobanaku ni kado ni itarinu sashinarabu tonari no kimi ha 20 tachimachi ni ono tsuma ’karete kohanaku ni kagi sahe matsuru hito no mina 25 kaku madohereba uchi-shinahi yorite so imo ha tahasete arikeru.

Kanado ni shi 1 hito no ki-tateba yo naka ni mo mi ha tanashirazu idete so ahikeru. 5

22 _’karete_ = _wakarete_.

24 _kagi_, for the treasure it locks up.

27 seems to be equivalent to _tori-yosofu_ or _katachi tsukurofu_.

The m. k. (1) applies to A[ha], (3) to Suwe (read homophonously as bow-end).

For _shinagatori_, _adzusayumi_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

105

Midzunoye no Urashima no ko wo yomeru uta.

Haru no hi no 1 kasumetaru toki ni Suminoye no kishi ni idekite tsuri-bune no 5 tayutafu mireba inishihe no koto so omohoyu Midzunoye no Urashima no ko ga 10 katsuwo tsuri tahi tsuri hokori nanuka made ihe ni mo kozute unasaka wo 15 sugite kogi-yuku ni watatsumi no kami no wotome ni tamasaka ni i-kogi mukahi 20 ahi-katarahi koto narishikaba kaki-musubi toko yo ni itari watatsumi no 25 kami no miya no uchi no he no tahenaru tono ni tadzusahari futari iri-wite 30 oi mo sezu shini mo sezushite tokoshihe ni arikeru mono wo yo no naka no 35 katakuna hito no wagimoko ni norite kataraku shimashiku ha ihe ni kaherite 40 chichi haba ni koto wo mo norahi asu no goto are ha kinamu to ihikereba 45 imo ga iheraku tokoyo he ni mata kaheri-kite ima no goto ahamu to naraba 50 kono kushige hiraku na yume to sokoraku ni katameshi koto wo Suminoye ni 55 kaheri-kitarite ihe miredo ihe mo mi-kanete sato miredo sato mo mi-kanete 60 ayashimi to soko ni omohaku ihe yo dete mi tose no hodo ni kaki mo naku 65 ihe useme ya mo kono hako wo hirakite miteba moto no goto ihe ha aramu to 70 tama kushige sukoshi hiraku ni shirakumo no hako yori idete tokoyo he ni 75 tanabikinureba tachi-washiri sakebi sode furi koi-marobi ashi-zuri shitsutsu 80 tachimachi ni kokoro ke usenu wakakarishi hada wo shihaminu kurokarishi 85 kami mo shirakenu yuri-yuri ha iki sahe tayete nochi tsuhi ni inochi shini keru 90 Midzunoye no Urashima no ko ga ihe tokoro miyu.

Tokoyo he ni 1 sumubeki mono wo tsurugitachi shi ga kokoro-gara oso ya kono kimi. 5

5 _oso_ = _orosoka_.

The m. k. (3) is applied to _shi_ = _sono_.

For _tsurugitachi_ see List m. k.

106

Kafuchi no Ohohashi wo hitori yuku wotome wo mite [yomeru] uta.

Shinateru 1 Kata-asuha kaha no sa-ni nuri no ohohashi no he yo kurenawino 5 aka mo suso-biki yama-wi mochi sureru kinu kite tada hitori i-watarasu ko ha 10 wakakusano tsuma ka aruramu kashinomino hitori ka nuramu tohamaku no 15 hoshiki wagimo ga ihe no shiranaku.

1 Epithet of _kata_ (Kata-asuha).

3 fine red-stained.

7, 8 rubbed, i.e. dyed with the _yama-wi_ (Polygonum tinctorium).

12 _tsuma_ here = _otto_.

13, 14 Confer translation.

For _shinateru_, _kurenawino_, _wakakusano_, _kashinomino_ see List m. k.

107

(Kyôun) mitose to ifu toshi hinoye uma yayohi moromoro no mahetsukimitachi Namiha ni kudareru toki no uta futatsu.

Shirakumono 1 Tatsuta no yama no Tagi no he no Wokura no mine ni saki-woworu 5 sakura no hana ha yama takami kaze no yamaneba haru-same no tsugite furereba 10 ho tsu ye ha chiri sugite keri shi tsu ye ni nokoreru hana ha shimashiku ha 15 chiri na midari so kusamakura tabi yuku kimi ga kaheri-komu made.

5 blossoming in falling masses, festoons of flowers.

11 _ho_ is upper part--13 _shi_ is lower part of the tree-mass.

For _shirakumono_, _kusamakura_ see List m. k.

108

Shirakumono 1 Tatsuta no yama wo yufu-gure ni uchi-koye yukeba Tagi no he no 5 sakura no hana ha sakitaru ha chiri sugi ni keri fukumeru ha saki tsuginubeshi 10 kochi-gochi no hana no sakari ni misezu tomo ka ni kaku ni kimi no mi yuki ha 15 ima ni shi arubeshi.

13 After this line the Kogi would interpolate--_chiri na midari so_.

14 may = whenever it may be, sooner or later.

15 _ima_, presently, ere long.

For _shirakumono_ see List m. k.

109

Naniha ni yadorite akuru hi kaheru toki no uta.

Shima yama wo 1 i-yuki motohoru kaha sohi no woka he no michi yo kinofu koso 5 aga koye-koshi ka hito yo nomi netarishi kara ni wo no uhe no sakura no hana ha 10 tagi no se yo tagi-chite nagaru kimi ga mimu sono hi made ni ha arashi no 15 kaze na fuki so to uchi-koyete na ni oheru mori ni kaza-matsurisena!

4 _yo_ = _yori_, so in 11 where it is to be understood as _ni_.

8 _kara_ = _nagara_ (?).

9 _wo_, summit or ridge.

19 = _kaze [no kami wo] matsurisemu (matsuramu)_.

MAKI IX, SHIMO

110

Kemuzeishi (kenzeishi) Ohotomo no mahetsukimi no Tsukuba yama ni noboritamaheru toki no uta.

Koromode 1 Hitachi no kuni futa-narabu Tsukuba no yama wo mimakuhori 5 kimi kimaseri to atsukeku ni ase-kaki-nage [ki] ko no ne tori uso-muki nobori 10 wo no uhe wo kimi ni misureba wo no kami mo yurushitamahi me no kami mo 15 chihahitamahite toki to naku kumo-wi ame furu Tsukubane wo saya ni terashite 20 ifukarishi kuni no mabora wo tsubaraka ni shimeshitamaheba ureshimi to 25 himo no wo tokite ihe no goto tokete so asobu uchinabiku haru mimashi yo ha 30 natsu kusa no shigeku ha aredo kefu no tanushisa.

6 sweating and panting.

17 suddenly, unexpectedly, untimely.

30 Or _mimaku_--_yo_ = _yori_.

For _koromode_, _uchinabiku_ see List m. k.

111

Hototogisu wo yomeru uta.

Uguhisu no 1 kahi-ko no naka ni hototogisu hitori umarete shi ga chichi ni 5 nite ha nakazu shiga haha ni nite wa nakazu u no hana no sakitaru nu he yo 10 tobi kakeri ki naki toyomoshi tachibana no hana wo wi-chirashi hinemosu ni 15 nakedo kiki yoshi mahi ha semu tohoku na yuki so waga yado no hana tachibana ni 20 sumi watari nake.

5 _sore ga_.

6, 8 _nite_, like, resembling.

11 fly high.

112

Tsukuba yama ni noboru uta.

Kusamakura 1 tabi no ukeku wo nagusamuru koto mo are ya to Tsukuba ne ni 5 noborite mireba wobana chiru Shidzuku no ta-wi ni karigane mo samuku ki-nakinu 10 Nihibari no Toba no afumi mo aki kaze ni shira-nami tachinu Tsukuba ne no 15 yokeku wo mireba nagaki ke ni omohi tsumi-koshi ukeku ha yaminu.

7 _wobana_ is Miscanthus sinensis.

8 _ta-wi_ = _ta-winaka_ or _inaka_.

9 Either _karigane_ or _kari-ga-ne_, a sort of quibble.

17 _nagaki kihe_.

18 _koshi_, a past of _kuru_, here auxiliary, read with _ukeku_. _omohi-tsumi_, piled up thoughts (i.e. sorrows of travel).

For _kusamakura_ see List m. k.

113

Tsukubane ni noborite kagahi suru toki yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Washinosumu 1 Tsukuba no yama no Mohakitsu no sono tsu no uhe ni adomohite 5 wotome wotoko no yuki tsudohi kagafu kagaki ni hito-dzuma ni are mo ahamu 10 aga tsuma ni hito mo koto-tohe kono yama wo ushi-haku kami no inishihe yo 15 isamenu waza zo kefu nomi ha megushi mo nami so koto mo togamuna

Wo no kami ni 1 kumo tachi nobori shigure furi nure-tohoru tomo are kaherame ya. 5

18 Either _me-gurushiku na mi so_ or _megushi nami so_--the sense is much the same.

19 _koto togame wo mo suna_.

For _washinosumu_ see List m. k.

114

Shika wo yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Mimoro no 1 Kamunabi yama ni tachi-mukafu Mikaki no yama ni aki-hagi no 5 tsuma wo makamu to asa-dzuku-yo akemaku woshimu ashihiki no yamabiko-doyome 10 yobitate naku mo.

115

Nanuka no yo no uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Hisakatano 1 ama no kahara ni kamitsu se ni tama-hashi watashi shimotsu se ni 5 fune ukesuwe ame furite kaze ha fuku to mo kaze fukite ame ha furu to mo 10 mo nurasazu yamazu kimase to tama-hashi watasu.

11 _mo_ = skirt, dress.

For _hisakatano_ see List m. k.

116

Kashima no kohori Karunu no hashi nite Ohotomo no mahetsukimi ni wakaruru uta hitotsu mata mizkiha uta.

Kotohiushi 1 Miyake no ura ni sashimukafu Kashima no saki ni sa ni-nuri no 5 wobune wo make tama maki no wo-kaji shizhi nuki yufu shiho no michi no todomi ni 10 mi funa ko wo adomohi tatete yobitatete mi fune idenaba hama mo se ni 15 okure nami wite koi-marobi kohi ka mo woramu ashi-zurishi ne nomi ya nakamu 20 Unakami no sono tsu wo sashite kimi ga kogi-yukeba.

6 _make_ = _môke_.

15 _se ni_ = _semaki hodo ni_.

The m. k. (1) applies to Miyake (= _miyake_, a government granary or grange), see translation.

For _kotohiushi_ see List m. k.

117

Zhimuki (Jinki) itsutose to ifu toshi tsuchinoye tatsu hatsu tsuki ni [yomeru] uta hitotsu mata mizhika.

Hito to naru 1 koto ha kataki wo wakuraba ni nareru aga mi ha shinu mo iki mo 5 kimi ga ma ni ma to omohitsutsu arishi ahida ni utsusemino yo no hito nareba 10 ohokimino mikoto kashikomu amazakaru hina wosame ni to asatorino 15 asa tatashitsutsu muratorino mure tachi-yukeba tomari-wite are ha kohimu na 20 mizu hisa naraba.

Mi Koshi ji no 1 yuki furu yama wo koyemu hi ha tomareru are wo kakete shinubase. 5

19 I read--_are ha tomari wite_, &c.

For _utsusemino_, _ohokimino_, _amazakaru_, _muratorino_ see List m. k.

118

Tempyô hazhime no toshi … shihasu ni yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta futatsu.

Utsusemino 1 yo no hito nareba ohokimi no mikoto kashikomi Shikishimano 5 Yamato no kuni no Iso no kami Furu no sato ni himo tokazu maro-ne wo sureba 10 aga keseru koromo ha narenu miru goto ni kohi ha masaredo iro ni ideba 15 hito shirisubemi fuyu no yo no ake mo kanetsutsu i mo nezu ni are ha so kofuru 20 imo ga tadaka ni.

10 A quasi m. k. of _maro-ne_, round-sleep, that is sleeping alone or taking a careless or hasty sleep in one’s ordinary clothes.

12 _narenu_ is a past, not negative form; the meaning is soiled, tumbled, disordered, according to Keichiu.

For _utsusemino_, _shikishimano_ see List m. k.

119

[Tempyô] itsutose to ifu toshi … Morokoshi ni tsukahasu tsukahi no fune Naniha yori idzuru toki haha ga ko ni okureru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Akihagiwo 1 tsuma-tofu ga koso hitori ko wo motari to ihe kako-zhi mono 5 aga hitori ko mo kusamakura tabi nishi yukeba takatama wo shizhi ni nukitari 10 ihahihe ni yufu torishidete ihahitsutsu aga omofu ago masakiku ari koso. 15

3 I have followed the Kogi reading of the curiously involved script of this passage, _hitori ko [ni ko] wo_ = _hitori ko [wo ko] wo_.

4 _ihe_ written _i-ho-he_ (500 houses) for _ihe_ (_iheru_).

11 _ihahihe_ is here a jar, not _he_ a place, _ni_ = together with.

12 _[tori] shidete_ = _shidare_, hang down.

For _akihagiwo_, _kusamakura_ see List m. k.

120

Wotome wo shinubite yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta (futatsu).

Shiratamano 1 hito no sono na wo nakanaka ni koto no wo hayezu ahanu hi no 5 maneku sugureba kofuru hi no kasanari yukeba omohi-yaru tadoki wo shirani 10 kimomukafu kokoro kudakete tamatasuki kakenu toki naku kuchi yamazu 15 aga kofuru ko wo tamakushiro te ni maki-mochite masokagami tada me ni mineba 20 Shitahi yama shita yuku midzu no uhe ni idezu aga ’mohi kokoro yasukaranu ka mo. 25

Kakihonasu 1 hito no yokokoto shigemi ka mo ahanu hi maneku tsuki no henuramu. 5

3 _nakanaka ni_, probably = _namanaka_.

4 _hayezu_, not extend thread of language--give utterance to one’s thoughts.

The m. k. (19) applies to _me_ (20).

For _shiratamano_, _kimomukafu_, _tamatasuki_, _tamakushiro_, _masokagami_, _kakihonasu_ see List m. k.

121

Ashigara no saka wo suguru toki mi-makareru hito wo mite yomeru uta.

Wokaki tsu no 1 asa wo hiki hoshi imo nane ga tsukuri kisekemu shirotaheno 5 himo wo mo tokazu hito-he yufu obi wo mi-he yuhi kurushiki ni tsukahematsurite 10 ima dani mo kuni ni makarite chichi haha mo tsuma wo mo mimu to omohitsutsu 15 yukikemu kimi ha toriganaku Adzuma no kuni no kashikoki ya Kami no mi saka ni 20 nigitahe no koromo samura ni nubatamano kami ha midarete kuni tohedo 25 kuni wo mo norazu ihe tohedo ihe wo mo ihazu masurawono yuki no susumi ni 30 koko ni koyaseru.

1, 2 form a preface applying to _imo_, (17) to A[dzuma], (29) to _yuki_ or perhaps the whole of 30.

1 _wo_ is not exactly = small, it is a diminutive prefix of intimacy or endearment; _wokaki tsu_ = _wokaki no uchi_.

3 _nane_ = term of endearment or respect; _na-se_ = _na[-n-imo] se[-na]_, &c.

25-30 may be regarded as parenthetic.

For _shirotaheno_, _toriganaku_, _nubatamano_, _masurawono_ see List m. k.

122

Ashiya wotome ga haka wo suguru toki yomeru uta.

Inishihe no 1 masurawo no ko no ahi-kihohi tsuma-dohi shikemu Ashinoya no 5 Unahi wotome no okutsuki wo aga tachi-mireba nagaki yo no katari ni shitsutsu 10 nochi hito no shinubi ni semu to tamahokono michi no-he chikaku iha-kamahe 15 tsukureru haka wo amakumono soku he no kagiri kono michi wo yuku hito goto ni 20 yuki-yorite i-tachi nagekahi sato-hito ha ne ni mo nakitsutsu katari-tsugi 25 shinubi tsugi koshi wotomera ga okutsuki tokoro are sahe ni mireba kanashi mo 30 inishihe omoheba!

1-12 introductory, 10 being continuative with 11 … 13-26 declare the lasting sadness attaching to grave and story. 27 to end, the feelings of the poet on hearing the story.

7 _okutsuki_, secluded-mound tomb, or grave-place.

For _tamahokono_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.

123

Oto no mimakareru wo kanashimite yomeru uta.

Chichihaha ga 1 nashi no manimani hashimukafu oto no mikoto ha asatsuyuno 5 ke-yasuki inochi kami no muta arasohi kanete Ashihara no Midzuho no kuni ni 10 ihe nami ya mata kaheri-konu tohotsu kuni yomi no sakahi ni hafutsutano 15 momo ono mo amakumono wakareshi yuketa yamiyonasu omohi madohahi 20 iyushishino kokoro wo itami ashikakino omohi midarete haru tori no 25 ne nomi nakitsutsu umasahafu [me goto no tayete nubatamano] yoru hiru to ihazu kagirohino kokoro moyetsutsu 30 nageki so aga suru!

The m. k. are: _hashi-mukafu_ (of _oto_), lit. as like as the members of a pair of chop-sticks = fraternal relation (of affection); _asa-tsuyuno_ (of _ke-_ or _kihe-yasuki_), [evanescent as] morning dew; _hafu-tsutano_ (cling-ivy--of _wakareshi_), parted as reluctantly as ivy parts from its stem; _amakumono_ (also of _wakareshi_); _yami-yo nasu_ (of _omohi madohahi_); _iyushishino_ (wounded deer) of _kokoro_; _ashikakino_ (reed-fence) of _midarete_; _haru-torino_ (of _ne_); _umasahafu_ (see List m. k.).

2 _nashi_ = bring up.

6 _ke_ = _kihe_.

11 _ihe_ means a place of residence. _nami_ is _nasa_, not-being-ness.

21 _iyu_ = passive of _i_, aim at, shoot; like _miyu_ from _mi_, see; _kikoyu_ from _kiku_, hear.

27 The Kogi interpolates the verses _me goto mo tayete_ | _nubatama no_--_nubatama_ being itself a m. k. _Kagirohino_ is a m. k. of _moyetsuru_, see List m. k., also K. 288.

The construction of the _uta_ offers no particular difficulty.

For _hashimukafu_, _hafutsutano_, _amakumono_, _yamiyonasu_, _ashikakino_, _umasahafu_, _nubatamano_, _kagirohino_ see List m. k.

124

Katsushika no Mama no wotome wo yomeru uta.

Toriganaku 1 Adzuma no kuni ni inishihe ni arikeru koto to ima made ni 5 tayezu ihitaru Katsushika no Mama no tekona ga asakinu ni awoyeri tsuke 10 hitase-wo wo mo ni ha orikite kami dani mo kaki ha kedzurazu katsu wo dani 15 hakazu arukedo nishiki aya no naka ni kukumeru ihahi ko mo imo ni shikame ya 20 mochi-tsuki no tareru omowa ni hana no goto wemite tatareba natsu mushi no 25 hi ni iru ga goto minato iri ni fune kogu gotoku yuki-kagahi hito no tofu toki 30 ikubaku mo ikerazhi mono wo nani su to ka mi wo tanashirite nami no ’to mo 35 sawaku minato no okutsuki ni imo ga koyaseru tohoki yo ni arikeru koto wo 40 kinofu shi mo mikemu ga goto mo omohoyuru ka mo!

Katsushika no 1 Mama no wi mireba tachi narashi midzu kumashikeru tekona shi omohoyu. 5

23 This reading differs from Motowori’s, which is _yori-kagure_, _yuki_ = _yuki-kaheri_, involving frequency of the action denoted by _kagahi_ = _kake-ahi_, i.e. the meeting of both sexes.

33, 34 are more intelligible if _ka_ is read after _tanashirite_.

3 to stand treading on the ground, stand awhile there--or to stand as usual there or stand often there?

For _toriganaku_ see List m. k.

125

Unahi wotome ga haka wo mite [yomeru].

Ashinoya no 1 Unahi wotome no ya tose ko mo kata-ohi no toki yo wo-hanari ni 5 kami taku made ni narabi woru ihe ni mo miyezu utsuyufuno komorite maseba 10 miteshikado ifusemi toki no kakihonasu hito no tofu toki Chinu wotoko 15 Unahi wotoko no fuseyataki susushiki kihohi ahi-yobahi shikeru toki ni 20 yaki-tachi no takami oshineri shira mayumi yuki tori ohite midzu ni iri 25 hi ni mo iramu to tachi-mukahi kihoheru toki ni wagimoko ga haha ni kataraku 30 shidzu ta-maki iyashiki a ga yuwe masurawono arasofu mireba ikeritomo 35 afubeku arame ya shishikushiro yomi ni matamu to komorinuno shitabahe okite 40 uchi nageki imo ga yukereba Chinu wotoko sono yo ime ni mi tori tsudzuki 45 ohi yukereba okuretaru Unahi wotoko-i ame afugi sakebi orabi 50 tsuchi ni fushi kikamu takebite mokoro wo ni makete ha arazhi to kakihaki no 55 wo-tachi tori-haki tokorotsura tadzune yukereba ya gara dochi i-yuki tsudohi 60 nagaki yo ni shirushi ni semu to to hoki yo ni katari tsugamu to wotome haka 65 naka ni tsukuri oki wotoko haka konata kanata ni tsukuri okeru yuweyoshi kikite 70 shiranedomo nihi mo no goto mo ne nakitsuru ka mo!

Haka no ’he no 1 ko no ye nabikeri kikishi goto Chinu wotoko ni shi yori ni kerashi mo. 5

2 _Unahi_ is in Musashi.

5 _wo-hanari_, little (term of endearment) parted [locks].

12 _ifusemi_, _ibusemi_, here = anxious, impatient.

15 _Chinu_ is in Idzumi, mentioned both in K. and N.

23 _mayumi_, Euonymus Hamiltoniana, Max.

24 _yuki_, quiver (_yumi-oki_?).

29 _wagimoko_ = _waga imoho_, here means _their_ mistress, i.e. _Unahi no wotome_.

40 _shitabahe_ = undercreep--_okite_, secretly.

47 _okuretaru_, being behind, the Unahi wotoko was jealous of his rival being the first to follow their mistress in death.

48 _wotoko-i_. Dr. Aston thinks this _i_ may be the Korean particle.

53 _mokoro wo ni_--_hito no gotoku ni_.

56 _wo-tachi_, small sword, dagger.

59 _ya gara dochi_ = _shinzoku_.

For _utsuyufuno_, _kakihonasu_, _fuseyataki_, _masurawono_, _shishikushiro_, _komorinuno_, _tokorotsura_ see List m. k.

MAKI X, KAMI

Natsu no kusagusa no uta.

126

Tori wo yomeru.

Masurawono 1 idetachi mukafu Furuzato no Kaminabi yama ni akekureba 5 tsumi no sayeda ni yufu sareba ko-matsu ga ure ni sato-bito no kaki-kofuru made 10 yama-biko no aho-toyomu made hototogisu tsuma kohisurashi sayo naka ni naku! 15

For _masurawono_ see List m. k.

MAKI X, NAKA

127

Ame tsuchi no 1 hazhime no toki yo ama no kaha i-mukahi worite hito tose ni 5 futa tabi ahanu tsuma-kohi ni mono omofu hito Ama no kaha Yasu no kahara no 10 ari-gayofu toshi no watari ni ohobune no tomo ni mo he ni mo funa-yosohi 15 ma kaji shizhi nuki hatasusuki [ura]ba mo soyo ni aki-kaze no fukitaru yohi ni 20 Ama no kaha shiranami shinugi ochi-tagitsu hayase watarite wakakusano 25 tsuma wo makamu to ohobuneno omohi tanomite kogi kuramu sono tsuma no ko ga 30 aratamano toshi no wo nagaku omohi-koshi kohi tsukusuramu fumi tsuki no 35 nanuka no yohi ha are mo kanashi mo!

4 _i-mukahi_, _i_ is a prefix: see grammar.

32 _toshi no wo_, thread (line, course) of years.

35 _fumi_ = _[ho wo] fufumi_, full of [rice-]ears, an old name of the seventh month, ending about the middle of August.

For _wakakusano_, _ohobuneno_, _aratamano_ see List m. k.

128

Ame tsuchi to 1 wakareshi toki yo hisakatano amatsu shirushi to sadameteshi 5 ama no kahara ni aratamano tsuki wo kasanete imo ni afu toki samorafu to 10 tachi-matsu ni aga koromo-de ni aki-kaze no fukishi kahereba tachite wiru 15 tadoki wo shirani murakimono kokoro i[sa] yo[hi] tokikinuno omohi midarete 20 itsushika to aga matsu ko-yohi kono kaha no yuku-se mo nagaku, ari[kose] nu ka mo! 25

10 _sôrô_ (mod. Jap.).

14 blow and blow.

25 _ari koso ne[gafu] ka mo_.

For _hisakatano_, _aratamano_, _murakimono_, _tokikinuno_ see List m. k.

MAKI XIII, KAMI

129

Fuyukomori 1 haru sari-kureba ashita ni ha shira-tsuyu oki yufu ni ha 5 kasumi tanabiku Hatsuse no ya konure ga shita ni uguisu naku mo.

7 This is the Kogi reading. Other readings are _kaze no fuku_, _ame no furu_.

8 _konure_ = _ko_ (_ki_) _no ure_.

For _fuyukomori_ see List m. k.

130

Mimoro ha 1 hito no moru yama moto he ha ashibi hana saki suwe he ha 5 tsubaki hana saku uraguhashi yama so naku ko moru yama.

2 _moru_ = _mamoru_, guard, watch (allusion originally, perhaps, to watchmen in charge of mountain beacons).

6, 7, 8 All heptasyllabic.

8 what weeping children regard (with delight that soothes their grief).

131

Ama-girahi 1 wataru hi kakushi nagatsuki no shigure no fureba kari ga ne mo 5 tomoshiku ki-naku Kamunabi no kiyoki mi ta ya no kaki tsu ta no ike no tsutsumi no 10 momotarazu i tsuki ga yeda ni midzu ye sasu aki no momiji-ba maki-motaru 15 wo-suzu mo yura ni tawayame ni are ha aredomo hiki-yojite yeda mo towowo ni 20 uchi-tawori a ha mochite yuku kimi ga kazashi ni.

5 Or _karigane_.

6 _tomoshiku_, deficient, hence rare, hence fine.

9 m. k. of _i_.

12 _i_ = 50.

13 _midzu_, shining, fine.

15, 16 are epithetical of _ta_ in _tawayame_.

22, 23 Here we have inversion.

For _momotarazu_ see List m. k.

132

Amakumono 1 kage sahe miyuru komorikuno Hatsuse no kaha ha ura nami ka 5 fune no yori-konu iso nami ka ama no tsuri senu yoshiweyashi ura ha naku tomo 10 yoshiweyashi iso ha nakutomo okitsu nami kihohi kogiri-ko ama no tsuribune! 15

2 may mean reflecting the brightness of the clouds.

5, 6 also 7, 8 may be read transposed.

9 may be rendered ‘howbeit’.

14 _kogi iri ko_--_ko_ is imperative of _kuru_.

For _amakumono_, _komorikuno_ see List m. k.

133

Ashiharano 1 Midzuho no kuni no tamuke su to amorimashikemu iho-yorodzu 5 chi-yorodzu kami no kami-yo yori ihi-tsuki-kitaru Kamunabi no Mimoro no yama ha 10 haru sareba haru kasumi tachi aki yukeba kurenawi nihofu Kamunabi no 15 Mimoro no kami no obi ni seru Asuka no kaha no mi wo hayami mushi-tame-gataki 20 iha ga ne ni koke masu made ni arata yo no sakiku kayohamu koto hakari 25 ime ni mise koso tsurugitachi ihahi-matsureru kami nishi maseba.

1-7 are introductory to 8.

14 _nihofu_ may be an intensitive of _nihi_, be fresh, &c.; its root-meaning seems to be rather a state of vigour than of mere fragrance.

19 _mi wo_ = watercourse.

20 = _musubi-tame-gataki_, hard for anything to grow and endure upon; applied to _iha ga ne_.

22 A common, almost proverbial phrase.

23 = nights to come; read with _ime ni_, &c.

25 = _shimichi_, _shikata_, ‘do-way, do-method’, settled or regular order or sequence of affairs, conduct, &c.

134

Nusa matsuri 1 Nara yori idete midzutade Hodzumi ni itari tonamiharu 5 Sakate wo sugi ihabashiru Kaminabi yama ni asa miya ni tsukahematsurite 10 Yoshinu he to irimasu mireba inishihe omohoyu.

Tsuki hi ha 1 yukikaharedomo hisa ni furu Mimoro no yama no totsu-miya tokoro. 5

1 Epithet of Nara. Another reading is _mitegura mote_--_Nara yori idzuru_.

For _midzutade_, _tonamiharu_, _ihabashiru_ see List m. k.

135

Wono torite 1 Nifu no hi yama no ki-kori kite ikada ni tsukuri ma kaji nuki 5 iso kogi tami-tsutsu shima-dzutahi miredomo akazu Yoshinu no tagi mo todoro ni 10 otsuru shiranami.

Mi Yoshinu no 1 tagi mo todoro ni otsuru shiranami todome ni shi imo ni misemaku 5 hoshiki shiranami.

136

Yasumishishi 1 wago ohokimi takahikaru hi no miko no kikoshi-wosu 5 miko tsu kuni kamu kaze no Ise no kuni ha yama mireba takaku tafutoshi 10 kaha mireba sayakeku kiyoshi minatonasu umi wo hiroshi mi-watasu 15 shima mo takashi [soko wo shi mo uraguhashimi ka] koko wo shi mo maguhashimi ka mo 20 kakemaku mo aya ni kashikoki Yamabe no Ishi no hara ni uchihisasu 25 ohomiya tsukahe asahi nasu maguhashi mo yufu-hi nasu uraguwashi mo 30 haru yama no shinahi-sakayete aki yama no iro natsukashiki momoshikino 35 ohomiya hito ha ame tsuchi to hi tsuki to tomo ni yorodzu yo ni mo ka!

15 _mi-watasu_, an assumptive phrase to be read with _shima_.

17, 18 introduced by the Kogi to replace a supposed lost passage.

18 _ura-_ explained as = _kokoro_, inner, deeper.

21, 22 refer to _ohomiya_ (26).

25 _uchi_ = _utsukushiki_ (?).

1-7 epithetical of _Ise no kuni_; 7-20 describe the beauty of the Land of Ise; 21-34 the delightfulness of the Palace and its situation; 35 to end, the usual hope for the endurance of the happy state described.

For _yasumishishi_, _takahikaru_, _minatonasu_, _uchihisasu_, _momoshikino_ see List m. k.

137

Soramitsu 1 Yamato no kuni awoniyoshi Na[ra] yama koyete Yamashiro no 5 Tsutsuki no hara chihayaburu Uji no watari Taginoya no Agone no hara wo 10 chi tose ni kakuru koto naku yorodzu yo ni ari-kayohamu to Yamashina no 15 Ihata no mori no sume kami ni nusa tori mukete are ha koye-yuku Afusakayama wo. 20

5-14 to be read as parenthetical between _koyete_ and _Yamashina no_.

12 _kakuru_, be defective, be a break in.

138

Awoniyoshi 1 Nara yama sugite mononofuno Ujikaha watari wotomerani 5 Afusaka yama ni tamuke-gusa nusa tori okite wagimokoni Afumi no umi no 10 okitsu nami ki-yosu hamabe wo kure-kure to hitori so aga koshi imo ga me wo hori. 15

15 = (_koshi_) _imo wo ahi-mimahoshiku_.

For _awoniyoshi_, _mononofuno_, _wotomerani_, _wagimokoni_ see List m. k.

139

Afumi no ’mi 1 tomari a-so ari Yasoshimano shima no saki-zaki ari-tateru 5 hana tachibana wo hotsuye ni mochi hiki-kake nakatsuye ni ikaruga kake 10 shidzu ye ni shime wo kake shi ga haha wo toraku wo shirani shi ga chichi wo 15 toraku wo shirani i-sobahi woru yo ikaruga to shime to.

2 _a-so_ = _yaso_, eighty, i.e. indefinite number.

17 May be an error for _asobahi_. There is, however, a word _sobafu_, trifle, play.

For _yasoshimano_ see List m. k.

140

Ohokimi no 1 mikoto kashikomi miredo akanu Nara yama koyete maki tsumu 5 Idzumi no kaha no hayaki se ni sawo sashi-watari chihayaburu Uji no watari no 10 tagi tsu se wo mi-tsutsu watarite Afumi-ji no Afusaka yama ni tamuke shite 15 aga koye yukeba sasanamino Shiga no Karasaki sakiku araba mata kaheri-mimu 20 michi no kuma yaso kuma goto ni nagekitsutsu aga sugi yukeba iya toho ni 25 sato sakari-kinu iya taka ni yama mo koye-kinu tsurugitachi saya yu nuki-dete 30 Ikako yama ikaga aga semu yuku he shirazute.

Ame tsuchi wo 1 nageki kohi nomi sakiku araba mata kaherimimu Shiga no Karasaki. 5

18, 19 Note the jingle _Karasaki sakiku_.

29, 30 Epithetical of Ikako--by a word-jingle connected with _i-kaku_ (_kaku_, to attack).

1 i.e. _ame tsuchi no kami_.

2 _nageki kohi_, sigh and implore.

For _chihayaburu_, _sasanamino_ see List m. k.

141

Momodzutafu 1 Minu no kuni no Takakita no Kukuri no miya ni tsuki ni hi ni 5 yukamashi sato wo ari to kikite waga kayohi-ji no Okiso yama Minu no yama 10 nabike to hito ha fumedomo kaku yore to hito ha tsukedomo kokoro naki 15 yama no Okiso yama Minu no yama.

1-7 introductory.

6 _yukamashi_, desirable to visit, not in itself but because a fair maid dwells there.

8-14 declare difficulty of traffic with his love; 15 to end, complain of the hills that bar his way to her; 11, 12 and 13, 14 reverse the order of these couplets, _hito ha fumedomo nabike to (itte) …_ and they are more intelligible.

For _momodzutafu_ see List m. k.

142

Wotomera ga 1 woke ni taretaru umiwonasu Nagato no ura ni asa nagi ni 5 michi kuru shiho no yufu nagi ni yose kuru nami no sono shiho no iya masumasu ni 10 sono nami no iya shikushiku ni wagimoko ni kohitsutsu kureta Ago no umi no 15 ariso no uhe ni hamana tsumu ama wotome domo unagaseru hire mo teru-gani 20 te ni makeru tama mo yurara ni shirotahe no sode furu miye tsu ahi ’mofurashi mo! 25

1-3 form a sort of m. k. to _naga_ (Nagato); _naga_ means long, and the m. k. implies ‘long as the thread of the ball of yarn in a girl’s basket’.

20 _gani_ = _sama_, _yô_.

For _umiwonasu_ see List m. k.

143

Ama hashi no 1 nagaku mo ga mo takayama mo takaku mo ga mo Tsukuyomi no 5 motaru wochi-midzu i-tori-kite kimi ni matsurite wochi yeshimu mono

6 _wochi_ seems to mean renovating. There is a word-play on this _wochi_ and the homophon in the preceding line. It is explained in (I.) as _hazhime ni modoru, moto ni kaheru_.

144

Nunakaha no 1 soko naru tama motomete yeshi tama ka mo hirihite 5 yeshi tama ka mo atarashiki kimi ga oyuraku woshi mo!

7 _atarashiki_, here not ‘new’ but = _oshimubeshi_, what is prized, loved, regretted. See N. 362, where Dr. Aston so translates _atarashiki Winabe no takumi_, the much-to-be-regretted carpenter. But the epithet here may refer to _wi_ (well), part of the name Winabe, and probably means fresh. _Takumi_, however, is more than ‘carpenter’, rather ‘builder’ or ‘architect’.

9 _oyuraku_ = _oyu koto_, fact of being or growing old.

145

Shikishima no 1 Yamato no kuni ni hito saha ni michite aredomo fujinami no 5 omohi matsuharu wakakusano omohi tsuki ni shi kimi ga me ni kohi ya akasamu 10 nagaki kono yo wo!

9 _me_ almost = person.

10 Read _akasamu_ with _yo wo_.

The m. k. _wakakusano_ (7) applies to _kimi_ (9).

146

Akitsushima 1 Yamato no kuni ha kami kara to kotoage senu kuni shikaredomo 5 a ha kotoage su ame tsuchi no kami mo hanahada waga omofu kokoro shirazu ya 10 [yuku kage no] tsuki mo he-yukeba tamakagiru hi mo kasanarite omohe ka mo 15 mune yasukaranu kofure ka mo kokoro no itaki suwe tsuhi ni kimi ni ahazuba 20 waga inochi no ikeramu kihami kohitsutsu mo are ha wataramu masokagami 25 tada-me kimi wo ahi miteba koso aga kohi yamame.

Ohobuneno 1 omohi-tanomeru kimi yuwe ni tsukusu kokoro ha woshikeku mo nashi! 5

5 i.e. _kami no kuni_.

4 _kotoage_, declare, announce--perhaps with neg. sense of ‘indescribable’.

8 Read _waga hanahada omofu_.

15, 17 _ka mo_ almost = _mo gana_.

24 _wataramu_, pass one’s days.

28 _yamame_ (_yamamu_--_yamu_), cease, stop.

5 _nashi_, written with the character, read homophonally _nashi_ (pear), is here the negative copula.

For _akitsushima_, _tamakagiru_, _ohobuneno_ see List m. k.

147

Ashiharano 1 Midzuho no kuni ha kamu nagara kotoage senu kuni shikaredomo 5 kotoage so aga suru koto sakiku ma sakiku mase to tsutsumi naku sakiku imasaba 10 ariso nami arite mo mimu to i-ho-he nami chihe nami shiki ni kotoage so aga suru! 15

4, 6 _koto_ (_koto-age_) is here words, language, in 7, thing, affair. _Koto-age_ is explained (I) as _toku ni toritate ifu_, make special declaration.

11 _ariso nami_ is a word-play connected with _ari_(_te_).

148

Inishihe no 1 ihitsugi kuraku kohi sureba yasukaranu mono to tamanowono 5 tsugite ha ihedo wotomera ga kokoro wo shirani soko shiramu yoshi mo nakereba 10 natsusobiku … … omohi-nadzumi karikomono kokoro mo shinu ni hito shirezu 15 motona so kofuru iki no wo ni shite!

2 _kuraku_ = _karu_.

11 _natsusobiku_ (a m. k.) is perhaps a word-jingle with _nadzu[mi]_; some lines are lost here.

13 _komo_ is Zizania aquatica.

16, 17 Syntactically the order of these two lines may be reversed.

For _tamanowono_, _natsusobiku_, _karikomono_ see List m. k.

149

Aratamano 1 toshi ha ki-sarite tamadzusano tsukahi no koneba kasumitatsu 5 nagaki haru hi wo ame tsuchi ni omohi-tarahashi tarachineno haha no kafu ko no 10 mayo komori iki-dzuki watari waga kofuru kokoro no uchi wo hito ni ihamu 15 mono ni shi araneba matsu ga ne no matsu koto tohomi amadzutafu hi no kurenureba 20 shirotaheno waga koromode mo tohorite nurenu.

Kaku nomi shi 1 ahi ’mohazaba amakumono yoso ni so kimi ha arubeku arikeru. 5

17, 18 Note the word-play on the two _matsu_. _Ne_ is here rather trunk than root.

For _aratamano_, _tamadzusano_, _kasumitatsu_, _tarachineno_, _amadzutafu_, _shirotaheno_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.

150

Wohari-ta no 1 Ayuchi no midzu wo ma-naku so hito ha kumu chifu tokizhiku so 5 hito ha nomu chifu kumu hito no ma-naki ga goto nomu hito no tokizhiku ga goto 10 wagimoko ni aga kofuraku ha yamu toki mo nashi.

151

Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse no kaha no kami-tsu-se ni i-kuhi wo uchi shimo-tsu-se ni 5 ma-kuhi wo uchi i-kuhi ni ha kagami wo kake ma-kuhi ni ha ma-tama wo kake 10 ma-tama nasu aga ’mofu imo mo kagaminasu aga ’mofu imo mo ari to 15 ihaba koso kuni ni mo ihe ni mo yukame taga yuwe ka yukamu.

Yo no naka wo 1 ushi to omohite ihe-de seru wara ya nani ni ka kaherite naramu. 5

Toshi wataru 1 made ni mo hito ha ari chifu wo itsu no ahida so mo are kohi ni keru. 5

1-11 is an introduction verbal not real to 12.

16 Note construction _ihaba koso yukame_, read _koso_ with _yukame_.

The first envoy seems distinctly of a Buddhistic cast.

For _komorikuno_, _kagaminasu_ see List m. k.

152

Haru sareba 1 hana saki wowori aki-dzukoba ni no ho ni momitsu uma-sake wo 5 kamunabi yama no obi ni seru Asuka no kaha no hayaki se ni ofuru tama-mo no 10 uchi-nabiki kokoro ha yorite asa tsuyu no kenaba kenubeku kofuraku mo 15 shiruku mo aheru komori-dzuma ka mo.

1-10 introductory to 11.

11 the heart inclining towards, leaning on, trusting to. The syntax is here imperfect, as is often the case in the Anthology.

153

Mimoro no 1 Kamunabi yama yu tonogumori ame ha furi-kinu ame-girahi 5 kaze sahe fukinu ohokuchino Makami no hara yu shinubi-tsutsu kaheri nishi hito 10 ihe ni itariki ya.

Kaheri nishi 1 hito wo omofu to nubatamano sono yo ha are mo i mo ne kanete ki. 5

3 _tonogumori_ = _tanagumori_.

1 The _nishi_ may be taken = (_i_)_nishi_.

5 = _nezariki_.

For _tonogumori_, _ohokuchino_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.

154

Sashi-yakamu 1 wo-ya no shiki-ya ni kaki-utemu yare komo wo shikite uchi-woramu 5 shiko no shiki-te wo sashi-kahete nuramu kimi yuwe akanesasu hiru ha shimirani 10 nubatamano yoru ha sugara ni kono toko no hishi to naru made nageki-tsuru ka mo. 15

2, 6 _shiki_, _shiko_, common, mean.

3 _utemu_, _utsuru_, _sutsuru_ = throw away, cast off.

4 _yare_ = _yabure_.

5 read with _shiko_.

For _akanesasu_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.

155

Uchihahete 1 omohishi wo-nu ha tohokaranu sono sato-hito no shime yufu to 5 kikiteshi hi yori tatamaku no tadzuki mo shirazu woramaku no okuka mo shirazu 10 nikibi nishi waga ihe sura wo kusamakura tabi-ne no gotoku omofu sora 15 yasukaranu mono wo nageku sora sugushi yenu mono wo amakumono yukura yukura ni 20 ashikakino omohi-midarete midare wo no woke wo nomi to aga kofuru 25 chihe no hitohe mo hito shirezu motona ya kohimu iki no wo ni shite.

1, 2 _uchi-hahete omohishi_, sending forth one’s thoughts [of love].

7-10 are parenthetical.

12 Connected with _omofu_ (15).

13, 14 qualifying _omofu_.

27 _hito_ seems to point to the girl symbolized in (2) as _wo-nu_. There is some syntactic obscurity in the text.

For _kusamakura_, _amakumono_, _ashikakino_ see List m. k.

156

[Semu sube no 1 tadoki wo shirani iha ga ne no kogoshiki michi no iha-toko no 5 ne haheru kado ni ashita ni ha ide-wite nageki yufu-he ni ha iri-wi kohitsutsu] 10 shirotaheno waga koromo-de wo wori-kaheshi hitori shi nureba [nubatamano 15 kuro kami shikite hito no nuru uma i ha nezute ohobuneno yukura yukurani 20 omohitsutsu waga nuru yora wo yomi wo ahemu ka mo].

The bracketed portions are contained in other lays.

For _shirotaheno_, _nubatamano_, _ohobuneno_ see List m. k.

157

Ashihikino 1 Yamada no michi wo shikitaheno utsukushi tsuma to mono ihazu 5 wakareshi kureba hayakahano yukuhe mo shirazu koromodeno kaheru mo shirani 10 uma-zhi mono tachite tsumadzuki!

For _ashihikino_, _shikitaheno_, _hayakahano_, _koromodeno_ see List m. k.

158

Semu sube no 1 tadzuki wo shirani mononofuno yaso no kokoro wo ame tsuchi ni 5 omohi tarahashi tama ahaba kimi kimasu ya to waga nageku ya saka no nageki 10 tamahokono michi kuru hito no tachi-domari ika ni to tohaba ihi-yaramu 15 tadzuki wo shirani sanidzurafu kimi ga na ihaba iro ni dete hito shirinu-bemi 20 ashihikino yama yori idzuru tsuki matsu to hito ni ha ihite kimi matsu ware wo. 25

I-wo-mo nezu 1 aga ’mofu kimi ha idzuku he ni ko yohi imase ka matedo kimasanu. 5

For _mononofuno_, _tamahokono_, _sanidzurafu_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.

159

Akakoma no 1 umaya tate kurokoma no umaya tatete so wo kahi 5 aga yuku gotoku omohi tsuma kokoroni norite Takayama no mine no tawori ni 10 i-me tatete shishi matsu gotoku tokoshiku ni aga matsu kimi wo inu na hoye so ne! 15

5 _so_ = _sore_, _kahi_, feed.

10 _tawori_ seems to mean here a recess or hollow place.

160

Waga seko ha 1 matedo kimasazu ama no hara furisake mireba nubatamano 5 yo mo fuke ni keri sayo fukete arashi no fukeba tachi-matsu ni waga koromo-de ni 10 furu yuki ha kohori watarinu ima sara ni kimi ki-masame ya sanakadzura 15 nochi mo ahamu to nagusamuru kokoro wo mochite mi sode mochi toko uchi-harahi 20 utsutsu ni ha kimi ni ha ahazhi ime ni dani afu to miye koso ama no tariyo ni. 25

12 _watarinu_, pass from one place or state to another--here almost auxiliary.

25 night as complete as the sky, i.e. the whole night.

For _nubatamano_, _sanakadzura_ see List m. k.

161

Waga seko ha 1 matedo kimasazu karigane mo toyomite samushi nubatamano 5 yo mo fuke ni keri sayo fuku to arashi no fukeba tachi-matsu ni waga koromo-de ni 10 oku shimo mo hi ni saye watari furu yuki mo kohori watarinu ima sara ni 15 kimi kimasame ya sanakadzura nochi mo ahamu to ohobuneno omohi-tanomedo 20 utsutsu ni ha kimi ni ha ahazhi ime ni dani afu to miye koso ama no tari yo ni. 25

8 _arashi_, storm.

12 _hi_, ice.

13 _yuki_, snow.

For _nubatamano_, _sanakadzura_, _ohobuneno_ see List m. k.

162

Suganoneno 1 nemokorogoro ni aga ’moheru imo ni yoriteba koto no imi mo 5 naku ari koso to ihahi-he wo ihahi hori-suwe taka-dama wo ma naku nuki-tari 10 ame tsuchi no kami wo so aga nomu ita mo sube nami.

Tarachineno 1 haha ni mo norazu tsutsumerishi kokoro ha yoshiwe kimi ga manimani. 5

5 _koto no imi_, prohibition of speech.

For _suganoneno_, _tarachineno_ see List m. k.

163

Tamatasuki 1 kakenu toki naku aga ’moheru kimi ni yoriteba shidzu nusa we 5 te ni tori-mochite takadama wo shizhi ni nuki-tari ame tsuchi no kami wo so aga kofu 10 ita mo sube nami.

For _tamatasuki_ see List m. k.

164

Ohobuneno 1 omohi-tanomite matsu kane no iya toho-nagaku aga ’moheru 5 kimi ni yoriteba koto no yuwe mo naku ari koso to yufu tasuki kata ni tori-kake 10 ihahi-he wo ihahi hori-suwe ame tsuchi no kami ni so aga nomu ita mo sube nami. 15

For _ohobuneno_ see List m. k.

MAKI XIII, SHIMO

165

Mihakashi wo 1 Tsurugi no ike no hachisu ha ni tamareru midzu no yukuhe naku 5 aga seshi toki ni afuteshi to uraheru kimi wo na ine so to haha kikosedomo 10 waga kokoro Kiyosumi no ike no ike no soko are ha wasurezhi tada ni afu made. 15

Inishihe no 1 kami no toki yori ahikerashi ima kokoro ni mo tsune wasurayezu! 5

1-4 are introductory to _yukuhe naku_--there are several interpretations of the whole passage.

1 _wo_ must be taken as equivalent to _no_.

6 _seshi toki_, made, that is, appointed time.

8 _uraheru_--the meaning of this word is obscure. It is written (in script) as _ahi aru_ or _aheru_, nearly equal to _aru_; _uraheru_ is Motowori’s reading.

10 _kikosedomo_ = _notamahedomo_.

14 _are_ = _ware_.

166

Mi Yoshinu no 1 maki-tatsu yama ni shizhi ni ofuru yama suga no ne no nemokoro ni 5 waga ’mofu kimi ha ohokimi no make no manimani hinazakaru kimi wosame ni to 10 muratorino asa tachi-yukeba okuretaru are ka kohinamu tabi nareba 15 kimi ka shinubamu ihamu sube semu sube shirani ashihikino yama no konure ni 20 hafutsutano wakare no amata woshiku mo aru ka mo.

For _suganoneno_, _muratorino_, _ashihikino_, _hafutsutano_ see List m. k.

167

Mi Yoshinu no 1 Mikane no take ni ma naku so ame ha furu chifu tokizhiku so 5 yuki ha furu chifu sono ame no ma naki ga goto sono yuki no tokizhiku ga goto 10 ma mo ochizu are ha so kofuru imo ga tadaka ni.

168

Uchihisatsu 1 Miyake no hara ni hita tsuchi ni ashi fumi tsurane natsukusa wo 5 koshi ni nadzumi ikanaru ya hito no ko yuwe so kayohasu mo ago ubena ubena 10 haha ha shirazu ubena ubena chichi ha shirazu minanowata kaguroki kami ni 15 ma yufu mochi azane yuhitari Yamato no tsuge no wo-gushi osahe sasu 20 shikitahe no ko ha sore so aga tsuma!

9 _ago_, my prince.

17 Various explanations are given of this word--Keichiu gives _asasa_, like (_asasa_ is a sp. of Limnanthemum); Okabe reads _kazashi_, adorn; Motowori suggests the meaning adopted by the Kogi, and in my translation, i.e. _asane no kami_ = _nekutare-gami_. _Azane_, however, may be perhaps better connected with _azanafu_, to bind up.

For _uchihisatsu_, _minanowata_ see List m. k.

169

Tamatasuki 1 kakenu toki naku aga ’moheru imo ni shi ahaneba akanesasu 5 hiru shimirani nubatamano yoru ha sugara ni i mo nezu ni imo ni kofuru ni 10 ikeru subenashi.

9, 10 _imo_, _i mo_.

For _tamatasuki_, _akanesasu_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.

170

Mi-watashi ni 1 imora ha tatashi kono kata ni are ha tachite omufu sora 5 yasukaranaku ni nageku sora yasukaranaku ni saninuri no wo-bune mo ga mo 10 tama-maki no wo-kaji mo ga mo kogi-wataritsutsu mo katarahamashi wo.

In one edition the lay begins with the fourth verse; in another the opening is--_Komoriku no_ | _Hatsuse no kaha no_ | _wochi kata ni_ | _imora ha tatashi_--representing the girl (_imora_) as standing on the further (distant) bank (_wochi-kata_) of the rapid stream of Hatsusè.

171

Oshiteru 1 Naniha no saki ni hiki-noboru ake no sohobune sohobune ni 5 tsuna torikake hikodzurahi ari nami suredo ari nami yezu ihare nishi agami. 10

The text is obscure.

4 _ake_, red. _soho bune_ is red ship.

8 _ari nami_ = _ari nabiki_. There is a play upon this _ari nami_ and the same expression in 9.

7 Lengthened form of _hikotsuru_, go on hauling. So _ihidzurahi_ = _ihitsuru_ (K. 343).

9 _ari nami_ is explained (Motowori) as = _inamu_, refuse, object; _ihare nishi agami_ = such is what I bid you.

172

Kamukazeno 1 Ise no umi no asa nagi ni ki-yoru fukamiru yufu nagi ni 5 ki-yoru matamiru fukamiruno fukameshi are wo matamiruno mata yuki-kaheri 10 tsuma to ihazhi to ka mo omohoseru kimi.

10 _yuki-kaheri_, the coming and passing (of months and days, i.e. of time).

11, 13 _tsuma_ and _kimi_ are not the same person.

For _kamukazeno_, _fukamiruno_, _matamiruno_ see List, m. k.

173

Ki no kuni no 1 Muro no ye no be ni chi tose ni tsutsumu koto naku yorodzu yo ni 5 kaku shi mo aramu to ohobuneno omohi-tanomite ide-tachi no kiyoki nagisa ni 10 asa nagi ni ki-yoru fukamiru yufu nagi ni ki-yoru naha-nori fukamiruno 15 fukameshi kora nahanorino hikaba tayu to ya sado-hito no yuki no tsudohi ni 20 nakukonasu yuki tori-saguri adzusayumi yuhara furi-okoshi shishiki ya wo 25 futatsu tabasami hanachikemu hito shi kuyashi mo kofuraku ’moheba!

1-6 express the situation of the lover; 12-18 describe the sea-weeds on the names of which the thought of the lay is made to turn.

17 is m. k. of _hikaba_, which refers to the breaking of the connexion.

20 _yuki_ is connected with _tsudohi_, assemble = _yukite tsudohite_.

21 is m. k. of 22.

21-26 is a prefatial m. k. of _hanachikemu_.

22 _yuki_ I take to be quiver, but having as homophon (_yuki_, go, prefix to _tori saguri_, search, look for) the epithet _nakuko nasu_--the idea being that of a child crying because it cannot find some treasure it has lost.

23 is m. k. of _yu[hara]_ = _yumi no suwe_.

25 _shishiki ya_ is taken as = _shishi-ya_, game-arrow, hunter’s arrow.

26 _futatsu_ refers to _shishi ya_. _tabasami_ is to take in the hand.

27 _hanachikemu_, to let fly.

28 _hito_ is error for _ware_.

23-26 seem to be a preface to _hanachikemu_.

For _ohobuneno_, _fukamiruno_, _nahanorino_, _nakukonasu_, _adzusayumi_ see List m. k. Of course the above explanations are more or less conjectural. The lay is a poor affair enough, but the text is interesting on account of its complications.

174

Sado-hito no 1 are ni tsuguraku na ga kofuru utsukushi tsuma ha momichibano 5 chiri-midaretaru Kamunabi no sono yama-he kara nubatamano kuro-ma ni norite 10 kaha no se wo nana se watarite uraburete tsuma ha kaheri to hito so tsugetsuru. 15

13 Despondently.

14 _kaheri_, i.e. to City-Royal.

For _momichibano_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.

175

Tohikotahe no uta.

Mono ’mohazu 1 michi yukinamu mo haru-yama wo furi-sake mireba tsutsuzhihana 5 nihohi wotome sakura-bana sakaye wotome na wo so mo a ni yosu chifu 10 a wo so mo na ni yosu chifu ara-yama mo hito shi yosureba yosoru to so ifu 15 na ga kokoro yume!

9 _na_, thou, thee, so in 12.

13, 14, 15 are proverbial ‘_hito ha yama wo yosureba yosoru zo_’ _to ifu_--‘Faith will move mountains.’

For _tsutsuzhihana_ see List m. k.

176

Tatohe uta.

Shikare koso 1 toshi no ya tose wo kiru kami no aga kata wo sugi tachibana no 5 hotsuye wo sugite kono kaha no shita ni mo nagaku na ga kokoro mate.

This lay is defective, or perhaps is an answer to 175.

7, 8 i. e, _kokoro no ura mo_, be thy inmost heart patient to wait even as long as this stream shall continue to flow?

177

Mono ’mohazu 1 michi yukinamu mo haru yama wo furi-sake mireba tsutsuzhihana 5 nihoye wotome sakura-bana sakaye wotome na wo so mo a ni yosu chifu 10 a wo so mo na ni yosu chifu na ha ika ni ’mofu ya-- omohe koso toshi no ya tose wo 15 kiru kami no aga kata wo sugi … tachibana no hotsuye wo suguri kono kaha no 20 shita ni mo nagaku na ga kokoro made.

This lay is a combination of 175 and 176.

178

Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse no kuni ni sa-yobahi ni aga kureba tana-kumori 5 yuki ha furikinu sa-kumori ame ha furikinu nu tsu tori kigishi ha toyomu 10 ihe-tsu-tori kake mo naku sayo ha ake kono yo ha akenu irite aga nemu 15 kono to hirakase.

9-12 verbally almost identical with part of the second lay in K. (p. 76).

10 _kigishi_ = _kizhi_, green pheasant.

179

Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse wo-kuni ni yobahi sesu aga se no kimi yo oku toko ni 5 haha ha netari to toko ni chichi ha netari oki-tataba haha shirinubeshi 10 ide-yukaba chichi shirinubeshi nubatamano yo ha ake-yukinu kokodaku mo 15 omohanu gotoku shinubu tsuma ka mo!

2 _wo_ is diminutive of endearment, &c.

15 Read _kokodaku mo_ with _shinubu_.

17 _tsuma_ = _otto_.

For _komorikuno_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.

180

Tsuginefu 1 Yamashiro-ji wo hito tsuma no uma-yori yuku ni ono tsuma no 5 kachi-yori yukeba miru goto ni ne nomi shi nakazu soko ’mofu ni kokoro shi itashi 10 tarachineno haha ga katami to aga motaru maso mi kagami ni akitsu hire 15 ohi name mochite uma kahe waga se!

1 _tsuginefu_, a m. k. of _yama_; _tsugi-ne-fu_, peak on peak or range upon range, or _tsugi-ki-no-ne-fu_, abundance of trees (as m. k. of _shiro_). There is little doubt the former meaning is nearest the truth. But see K. App. LVII.

16 _ohi name_, carry and put with, take away together.

For _tsuginefu_, _tarachineno_ see List m. k.

181

Ki no kuni no 1 hama ni yoru chifu ahabi tama hirihamu to ihite Imo no yama 5 Se no yama koyete yukishi kimi itsu kimasamu to tamahokono michi ni ide-tachi 10 yufu ura wo aga tohishikaba yufu ura no are ni noraku wagimoko ya 15 na ga matsu kimi ha okitsu nami ki-yosu shira-tama hetsu nami no yosuru shira-tama 20 motomu to so kimi ga kimasanu hirifu to so kimi ha kimasanu hisa naraba 25 ima nanuka bakari hayakaraba ima futsuka bakari aramu to so kimi ha kikoshishi 30 na kohi so wagimo!

5, 6 Note the word-play _Imo_ and _Se_ (_imose_)--see the translation.

31 _wagimo_ here means ‘my lady’.

For _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

182

Shinatatsu 1 Tsukuma Sanukata Okinaga no Wochi no ko suge amanaku ni 5 i-kari mochi-ki shikanaku ni i-kari mochi-kite okite are wo shinubasu 10 Okinaga no Wochi no ko-suge!

1 _shinatatsu_ is not to be confounded with the m. k. _shinateru_.

5 _amanaku_ = _amanu_ (neg. of _amu_, weave, plait).

7 _shikanaku_ = _shikanu_ (neg. of _shiku_, spread).

183

Kakemaku mo 1 aya ni kashikoshi Fujihara no Miyako shimimi ni hito ha shi mo 5 michite aredomo kimi ha shi mo ohoku imasedo yuki kaharu toshi no wo nagaku 10 tsukahe-koshi kimi no mikado wo ame no goto afugite mitsutsu kashikokedo 15 omohi tanomite itsushika mo [waga ohokimi no ame no shita] shiroshi-imashite 20 mochitsukino tatahashikemu to waga ’moheru miko no mikoto ha haru sareba 25 Uwetsuki ga uhe no tohotsuhito matsu no shita ji yu noborashite kuni mi asobashi 30 nagatsuki no shigure no aki ha ohotono no migiri shimimi ni tsuyu ohite 35 nabikeru hagi wo tamatasuki kakete shinubashi mi yuki furu fuyu no ashita ha 40 sashiyanagi ne-bari adzusa wo ohomi te ni torashi tamahite asobashishi 45 waga ohokimi wo keburi tatsu haru no hi kurashi masokagami miredo akaneba 50 yorodzu yo ni kaku shi mo ga mo to ohobuneno tanomeru toki ni aga namida 55 me ka mo madohasu ohotono wo furi-sake mireba shirotaheni kazari-matsurite 60 uchihisasu miya no toneri ha tahe no ho no asa kinu keru ha ime ka mo 65 utsutsu ka mo to kumoriyono madoheru hodo ni asamoyoshi Kinohe michi yu 70 tsunusahafu Ihare wo mitsutsu kamu hafuri hafurimatsureba yuku michi no 75 tadzuki wo shirani omohedomo shirushi wo nami nagekedomo okuka wo nami 80 mi sode mochi furiteshi matsu wo koto tohanu ki ni ha aredomo aratamano 85 tatsu tsuki goto ni ama no hara furi-sake mitsutsu tamatasuki kakete shinubana 90 kashikokeredomo.

Tsunusahafu 1 Ihare no yama ni shirotaheni kakareru kumo ha ohokimi ro ka mo! 5

4 _shimimi_ = _shimi shimi_, abounding, flourishing.

11 _koshi_ is quasi auxiliary (_kuru_).

28 _matsu_ by homophonal word-play means here, pine-tree.

38 i.e. _kokoro ni kakete mede-utsukushimi_, &c.

41 A m. k. = planted willow--applies to next line.

47 _keburi_ is here, mist.

50 _akaneba_--_aku_, grow tired of.

55 In the text the character _gen_ meaning _kotoba_ (speech) is curiously used for _aga_, mine.

57 lit. a two-storied palace or pavilion. Here the shrine is meant, sometimes a palace or pavilion was built.

67 _kumoriyo_, cloud-darkened night.

69 The m. k. _asamoyoshi_ really applies to _ki_ only of _Kinohe_ (_ki_, to put on; _asamo_, hempen robe).

80 _okuka_, lit. inmost place, end, term, &c.--the meaning is, no limit to my tears.

86 lit. with each new month, but undefined time is intended.

90 _shinubana_ = _shinubu namu_, _shinubamu_.

2 _Ihare_ = _iha mure_, piled rocks.

For _mochitsukino_, _tohotsuhito_, _tamatasuki_, _sashiyanagi_, _masokagami_, _ohobuneno_, _shirotaheni_, _uchihisasu_, _kumoriyono_, _asamoyoshi_, _aratamano_, _tamatasuki_ see List m. k.

184

Shikishimano 1 Yamato no kuni ni ikasama ni omohoshimese ka tsure mo naki 5 Kinohe no miya ni ohotono wo tsukahematsurite tonogomori komori imaseba 10 ashita ni ha meshite-tsukahashi yufu-he ni ha meshite-tsukahashi tsukahashishi 15 toneri no kora ha yukutorino murete samorahi ari-matedo meshitamahaneba 20 tsurugitachi togishi kokoro wo amakumoni omohi-hafurashi koi-marobi 25 hidzuchi nakedomo aki-daranu ka mo.

1-10 suggest the death of the Miko (Takechi?); 11-18 the faithful service of his retainers; 19 to end, their inconsolable grief.

3, 4 This common phrase seems to mean ‘for some reason or other’, an expression used to signify dubiety of cause, real or respectful.

24 _omohi-hafuru_ = _omohi-hanachi-chirasu_.

For _shikishimano_, _yukutorino_, _tsurugitachi_ see List m. k. _tonogomori_ and _amakumoni_ are quasi m. k.

185

Momoshinuno 1 Minu no ohokimi nishi no umaya tatete kafu koma himukashi no umaya 5 tatete kafu koma kusa koso ha torite kahi-name midzu koso ha kumite kahi-name 10 nani shi ka mo ashige no uma no ibaye tachitsuru.

12 _ashige_, reed-like in colour, grey; _ashigebuchi_, dappled grey. The envoy is--_Koromode wo_ | _ashige no uma no_ | _ibayu kowe_ | _kokoro are ka mo_ | _tsune yu ke ni naku_. Here the m. k. _koromode_, vestment-sleeve, is curiously applied to _ashige_ as similar in sound to _osoki_ = _uhagi_ = outer or over-garment. The meaning of _ke ni_ (異) is, differently, strangely, specially.

For _momoshinuno_ see List m. k.

186

Shirakumono 1 tanabiku kuni no awokumono muka-busu kuni no amakumono 5 shita naru hito ha a nomi ka mo kimi ni kofuramu are nomi shi kimi ni kofureba. 10

1-6 indicate all men under heaven.

1 _shirakumono_ applies to clouds on which the sun is shining, _awokumo_ to clouds unsunned.

For _shirakumono_, _awokumono_, _amakumono_, see List m. k. The Kogi separates this lay from the next to which, in some editions, it serves as an introduction.

187

Ame tsuchi ni 1 michi-tarahashite kofuru ka mo mune no yameru omohe ka mo 5 kokoro no itaki aga kohi so hi ni ke ni masaru itsu ha shi mo kohinu toki to ha 10 aranedomo kono nagatsuki wo waga seko ga shinubi ni seyo to chi yo ni mo 15 shinubi wataredo yorodzu yo ni katari to tsugahe hazhimete shi kono nagatsuki no 20 sugimaku wo ita mo sube nami aratamano tsuki no kahareba semu sube no 25 tadoki wo shirani iha ga ne no kogoshiki michi no iha-toko no ne-haheru kado ni 30 ashita ni ha ide-wite nageki yufu-he ni ha iri-wi kohitsutsu.

8 Read as _ini-kihenuru ni masaru_.

10 _kohinu_ is negative.

14 _seyo_, perhaps a sort of (logical) 1st pers. imperative.

30 _ne-haheru_, _nehafu_, or _nebafu_, apparently means extended entrance, referring to gallery approaching tomb-chamber.

31 _ashita_ is here ‘morning’, not merely ‘morrow’.

For _aratamano_ see List m. k.

188

Nubatamano 1 kuro kami shikite hito no nuru uma-i ha nezu ni ohobuneno 5 yukura yukura ni omohitsutsu aga nuru yora ha yomi mo ahenu ka mo.

9 _yomi_, here ‘count’.

For _nubatamano_, _ohobuneno_ see List m. k.

189

Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse no kaha no kamitsu se ni u wo yatsu kadzuke shimotsu se ni 5 u wo yatsu kadzuke kamitsu se no ayu wo kuhashime shimotsu se no ayu wo kuhashime 10 kuhashi imo ni taguhite mashi wo naguru-sa no tohozakari wite omofu sora 15 yasukaranaku ni nageku sora yasukaranaku ni kinu koso ha sore yarenureba 20 nuhitsutsu mo mata mo afu to ihe tama koso ha wo no tayenureba kukuritsutsu 25 mata mo afu to ihe mata mo ahanu mono ha imo ni shi arikeri.

1-10 introductory to _kuhashi imo_. In the use of _kuhashime_ there is an imitation or a reminiscence of the Kojiki lay (K. App. LXXVI) translated in the notes to 177. _kuhashime_ = here, make-swallow, afterwards to disgorge.

13 _nagarusa_, as far as an arrow can be shot.

25 Note the curious script for _kuku_ (_kukuri_) the figures 81 are used, 81 = 9 x 9 = _ku ku_.

For _komorikuno_ see List m. k.

190

Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse no yama awohatano Osaka no yama ha washiri-de no 5 yoroshiki yama no ide-tachi no kuhashiki yama so atarashiki yama no 10 aremakurashi wo.

5 _washiri-de_ = _hashiri-de_, run out, tower, rise high.

9 _atarashiki_, not here ‘new’ but _oshimubeshi_ = what may be prized, valued, regretted, excellent.

For _komorikuno_, _awohatano_ see List m. k.

191

Taka yama to 1 umi koso ha yama nagara kaku mo utsushiku umi nagara 5 shika mo tada narame hito ha hana mono so utsusemino yo hito. 10

2, 6 _koso_ to be read with _narame_.

3, 5 _nagara_ is, just as, exactly as = _na[ru] kara[da]_.

4 _utsushiku_ here means real, actual.

For _utsusemino_ see List m. k.

192

Ohokimi no 1 mikoto kashikomi Akitsushima Yamato wo sugite Ohotomo no 5 Mitsu no hama-he yu ohobune ni ma-kaji shizhi nuki asa nagi ni kako no kowe yobi 10 yufu nagi ni kaji no ’to shitsutsu yukishi kimi itsu ki-masamu to nusa okite 15 ihahi-wataru ni taha-koto ya hito no ihitsuru waga kokoro Tsukushi no yama no 20 momijibano chiri-sugi nishi to kimi ga tadaka wo.

Taha-koto ya 1 hito no ihitsuru tamanowono nagaku to kimi ha iiteshi mono wo. 5

15 Motowori reads _mitegura_, Okabe _yufu ke okite_. The Kogi reading, here adopted, seems simpler and sufficient.

19 _waga kokoro_, is here an exclamation.

21 _momiji-ba_ is to be read with _chiri-_ of _chirisugi_ (22), and this with the last line.

For _momijibano_, _tamanowono_ see List m. k.

193

Tamahokono 1 michi yuku hito ha ashihikino yama yuki nu yuki tada watari 5 kaha yuki-watari isanatori umi-ji ni idete kashikoki ya Kami no watari ha 10 fuku kaze mo nodo ni ha fukazu tatsu nami mo oho ni ha tatazu shiki nami no 15 tachi-safu michi wo taga kokoro itohoshi to ka mo tada watarikemu.

5-19 _tada watari_, _tadachi suguni_--is taken as involving the meaning of _kachi watari_, to cross on foot, walk across. This sense, however, is not altogether admissible.

17 to end: read as if _[kono hito] ha tare no kokoro wo itohoshite ka mo kachi-watarikemu_.

For _tamahokono_, _isanatori_ see List m. k.

194

Tori-ga-ne mo 1 kikoyenu umi ni takayama wo hedate ni nashite okitsu mo wo 5 makura ni nashite akitsu ha no kinu dani kizu ni isanatori umi no hama-be ni 10 ura mo naku inetaru hito ha omo chichi ni manago ni ka aramu wakakusano 15 tsuma ka aruramu omohoshiki koto tsutemu ya to ihe toheba ihe wo mo norazu 20 na wo tohedo na dani mo norazu nakukonasu koto dani tohazu omohedomo 25 kanashiki mono ha yo no naka ni ari.

1-4 The full sense of these lines it is not easy to make out.

7, 8 A very obscure passage. Some commentators suppose a silken garment, the produce of an insect (_yamamai_, wild silkworm), to be intended. The explanation most in accordance with the text (as emended in the Kogi) is to take _akidzu ha_ as meaning the wing of a dragon-fly. The passage would then be interpreted as it is in the translation q. v.

11 _ura mo naku_, without heart, feeling, dead to external impressions.

17 = _omohoshiki_ (_omohashiki_) _koto_, something thought of, thought of with regret, love, &c.: _omohi_ = be in a state of intellectual or emotional consciousness.

23, 24 unable to speak, like a puling infant.

For _isanatori_, _wakakusano_, _nakukonasu_ see List m. k.

195

Tamahokono 1 michi ni idetachi ashihiki no mi yuki yama yuki tada watari 5 kaha yuki watari isanatori umi ji ni idete fuku kaze mo oho ni ha fukazu 10 tatsu nami mo nodo ni ha tatazu kashikoki ya Kami no watari no shiki nami no 15 yosuru hama he ni taka yama wo hedate ni okite urasu wo makura ni makite 20 ura mo naku koyaseru kimi ha omo chichi no manago ni mo aramu wakakusano 25 tsuma mo aramu to ihe tohedo ihe ji mo ihazu na wo tohedo na dani mo norazu 30 taga koto wo itohoshimi ka mo shiki nami no kashikoki umi wo tada watarikemu. 35

(1)

Ihe hito no 1 matsuramu mono wo tsure mo naki ariso wo makite fuseru kimi ka mo. 5

(2)

urasu ni 1 koyaseru kimi wo kefu kefu to komu to matsuramu tsuma shi kanashi mo. 5

For _tamahokono_, _isanatori_, _wakakusano_ see List m. k.

196

Kono tsuki ha 1 kimi kimasamu to ohobuneno omohi tanomite itsushika to 5 aga machi woreba momichi-ba no sugite yukinu to tamadzusano tsukahi no iheba 10 hotarunasu honoka ni kikite ame tsuchi wo kohi nomi nageki tachite wite 15 yukuhe mo shirani asa-giri no omohi-madohite tsuwetarazu ya-saka no nageki 20 nagekedomo shirushi wo nami to idzuku ni ka kimi ga masamu to amakumono 25 yuki no manimani iyu shishi no yuki mo shinamu to omohedomo michi shi shiraneba 30 hitori wite kimi ni kofuru ni ne nomi shi nakuzu.

Ashi he yuku 1 kari no tsubasa wo miru goto ni kimi ga obashishi nagu ya shi omohoyu. 5

19, 20 sigh deep as eight (not ten) feet--a conceit of a kind common in Japanese poetry, which can scarcely be translated.

For _ohobuneno_, _tamadzusano_, _hotarunasu_, _tsuwetarazu_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.

197

Misakureba 1 kumowi ni miyuru uruhashiki Toba no matsubara waraha domo 5 iza wa ide-mimu koto sakaba kuni ni sakanamu koto sakaba ihe ni sakanamu 10 ame tsuchi no kami shi urameshi kusamakura kono tabi no ke ni tsuma sakubeshi ya. 15

7, 9 _koto sakaba_ = _kaku no gotoku hanareba_.

14 _ke_ = _ki-he_, pass on, elapse, proceed.

For _kusamakura_ see List m. k.

198

Yufu sareba 1 ashi he ni sawaki akekureba oki ni nadzusafu kamo sura mo 5 tsuma to taguhite waga wo ni ha shimo na furi so to shirotaheno hane sashi-kahete 10 uchi-harahi sanu tofu mono wo yukumidzuno kaheranu gotoku fuku kaze no 15 miyenu ga gotoku ato mo naki yo no hito ni shite wakare nishi imo ga kiseteshi 20 nare-goromo sode katashikite hitori ka mo nemu!

7 _wo_, tail.

12 _sanu_, _sa-nuru_. _tofu_, _to ifu_.

20 _kiseteshi nare_, put on and use to wear.

22 _katashiki_, side-spread, i.e. one side only, spreading out sleeves on one side only, i.e. sleeping alone.

For _shirotaheno_, _yukimidzuno_ see List m. k.

199

Mono ni tsukite omohi wo noburu uta.

Asa sareba 1 imo ga te ni maku kagaminasu Mitsu no hama-bi ni ohobune ni 5 ma kaji shizhi nuki Kara kuni ni watari yukamu to tadamukafu Minume wo sashite 10 shiho machite mi-wo-biki yukeba oki-he ni ha shiranami takami ura-mi yori 15 kogite watareba wagimokoni Ahade no shima ha yufu sareba kumo-wi kakurinu 20 sayo fukete yuku-he wo shirani agakokoro Akashi no ura ni fune tomete 25 ukine wo shitsutsu watatsumi no oki-he wo mireba izari suru ama no wotome ha 30 wo-bune nori tsurara ni ukeri akatoki no shiho michi kureba ashi-he ni ha 35 tadzu naki wataru asa nagi ni funa-de wo semu to funa-bito mo kako mo kowe yobi 40 niho-dori no nadzusahi yukeba Iheshima ha kumo-wi ni miyenu aga ’moheru 45 kokoro nagu ya to hayaku kite mimu to omohite ohobune wo waga kogi yukeba 50 okitsu nami takaku tachikinu yoso nomi ni mitsutsu sugi-yuki Tama no ura ni 55 fune wo todomete hamabi yori ura iso wo mitsutsu nakukonasu ne nomi shi nakayu 60 watatsumi no ta-maki no tama wo ihe tsuto ni imo ni yaramu to hirihi-tori 65 sode ni hairete kaheshi-yaru tsukahi nakereba moteredomo shirushi wo nami to 70 mata okitsuru ka mo.

In the script of this lay, as in that of the last and of many succeeding lays, the ideograms are entirely phonetic, or nearly so.

70 Observe use of _wo_, not here objectively.

The m. k. (3) applies to _Mi[tsu]_, (9) to Mi(nume), (23) to Akashi ( = _akashi_, bright, be clear).

For _kagaminasu_, _tadamukafu_, _wagimokoni_, _agakokoro_, _nakukonasu_ see List m. k.

MAKI XV, NAKA

200

Yuki no shima ni itarite Yuki no Murazhi Yakamori ga tachimachi ye-yami nite mi makareru toki yomeru uta.

Sumerogi no 1 toho no Mikado to Kara kuni ni wataru waga se ha ihe-bito no 5 ihahi matane ka tatami ka mo ayamachi shikemu aki saraba kaheri-masamu to 10 tarachineno haha ni mawoshite toki mo sugi tsuki mo henureba kefu ka komu 15 asu ka mo komu to ihebito ha machi kofuramu ni toho no kuni imada mo tsukazu 20 Yamato wo mo tohoku sakarite iha ga ne no araki shima-ne yadori sura kimi! 25

Ihata-nu ni 1 yadori suru kimi ihebito no idzura to ware wo tohaba ikani ihamu! 5

6 _ihahi matane [ba] ka_, is it they do not go on honouring…?

For _tarachineno_ see List m. k.

201

Ame tsuchi to 1 tomo ni mo ga mo to omohitsutsu arikemu mono wo hashikeyashi 5 ihe wo hanarete nami no uhe yu nadzusahiki nite aratamano tsuki hi mo ki-henu 10 karigane mo tsugite ki-nakereba tarachineno haha mo tsumara mo asa tsuyu ni 15 mo no suso hidzuchi yufu giri ni koromo-de nurete sakiku shi mo aruramu gotoku 20 ide mitsutsu matsuramu mono wo yo no naka no hito no nageki ha ahi-omohanu 25 kimi ni are ya mo akihagino chiraheru nu he no hatsu wo-bana kari-ho ni fukite 30 kumo-banare tohoki kuni he no tsuyu shimo no samuki yama he ni yadori seruramu. 35

(1)

Hashikeyashi 1 tsuma mo kodomo mo taka taka ni matsuramu kimi ya shima-gakurenuru. 5

(2)

Momijibano 1 chirinamu yama ni yadorinuru kimi wo matsuramu hito shi kanashi mo. 5

14 _tsumara_, an honour plural?

24, 25 Read _hito_ with _ahi-omohanu_ (will not meet again).

31 _kumo-banare_, see also K. App. LV.

For _aratamano_, _tarachineno_, _akihagino_ see List m. k.

202

Watatsumi no 1 kashikoki michi wo yasukeku mo naku nayami-kite ima dani mo 5 mo naku yukamu to yuki no ama no hotsu-te no urahe wo kata yakite yukamu to suru ni 10 ime no goto michi no sora-ji ni wakare suru kimi.

4 _kite_ is quasi-auxiliary.

6 _mo naku_, without ill luck or hap.

8 _hotsu-te_ explained as = _hote_, chief.

11 _ime_ here = _yume_, dream.

MAKI XVI, KAMI

203

Midori ko no 1 waku-go ga mi ni ha tarachishi haha ni udakaye suki-kakuru 5 hafu ko ga mi ni ha yufu kata-kinu hitsura ni-nuhi ki kubi tsuki no waraha ga mi ni ha 10 yuhi-hata no sode tsuke koromo kishi ware wo a ni yoru kora ga yochi ni ha 15 minanowata kaguroshi kami wo ma kushi mochi kata ni kakitari tori-tagane 20 agete mo makimi toki midashi waraha ni nashimi kurenawino ni-tsukafu iro ni 25 natsukashiki murasaki no oho-aya no koromo Suminoye no Wori no wo-nu no 30 ma hari mochi nihoshishi kinu ni Koma nishiki himo ni-nuhi-tsuke sasahe kasanahe 35 nami kasane ki utsusoyashi womi no kora arikinuno takara no kora ga 40 utsutahe hahete oru nuno hi sarashi no asa tedzukuri wo shikimonasu 45 shiki ni tori-shiki hokoroheru inaki wotome ga tsuma tofu no a ni so tabarishi 50 uki kata no futaya shitakutsu tobutorino Asuka wotoko ga nagame imi 55 nukishi kuri-kutsu sashi hakite niha ni tachi yuki motohoreba omo tozhi no 60 morasu wotome ga hono kikite a ni so tabarishi mi hanada no kinu no obi wo 65 hikobi nasu karobi ni torashi watatsumi no tono no iraka ni tobi-kakeru 70 sugaru no gotoku koshi hoso ni tori kazarahi masokagami tori name kakete 75 ono ga kaho kaherahi mitsutsu haru sarite nu he wo megureba omoshiromi 80 are wo omohe ka sa-nu tsu tori ki naki kakerafu aki sarite yama he wo yukeba 85 natsukashi to are wo omohe ka amakumono i-yuki tanabiki kaheri tachi 90 ohochi wo kereba uchihisasu miya womina sasudakeno toneri wotoko mo 95 shinuburahi kaherahi mitsutsu taga koso to ya omoharete aru kaku so shi koshi 100 inishihe no sasakishi are ya hashikiyashi kefu ya mo kora ni isa ni to ya 105 omoharete aru kaku so shi koshi inishihe no sakashiki hito mo nochi no yo no 110 kagami ni semu to oi-hito wo okurishi kuruma mochi kaherikoshi.

The metre of this uta is irregular and the style is not good. Of many of the words the sense is obscure.

1 _midori ko_, green, i.e. very young child.

2 _waku-go_ = _wakaki ko_.

5 = _kakuru_.

8 _hitsura_, perhaps _hitaura_, apparently plain-lined.

11 _yuhi-hata_ (_yuhata_), spotted by tying up portions and then dyeing the piece.

15 _yochi_, of like age.

17 Or _kaguro shi_.

21 _makimi_, the _mi_ is a suffix denoting manner, quality, quantity (I.), &c.

32 _nihoshishi_, dyed.

35 _sashi-kasane_.

37 A m. k. of _wo_ taken as _wo_, hemp-yarn--apparently fine and supple, prepared by beating, well beetled (_utsu_).

39 _arikinuno_, a m. k. of _takara_, fair or rich robe.

41 _utsutahe_, see 37; _tahe_ is fine stuff.

44 _tedzukuri_, hand made, home made?

45 _shikimo_ means vestments worn one over the other; _nasu_ = manner, like.

46 = _shiki_, put on over.

47 Lengthened form of _hokoru_, be proud, &c.

48 _inaki_, village headman.

50 = _tamahari hi tamaharishi_, read with 51; with _a_ read _tsumatofu_ (_tsumadohi suru_) _no_.

51 = _uki katachi_ = _ukimori_, a fabric with raised pattern woven on surface.

52 _futaya_, pattern of two colours.

55 _nagame_, _naga ame_, long rains. _imi_, keep out, ward off.

56 _kuri-kutsu_, black boots.

60 _omo tozhi_, lady mother.

62 _hono_ _honoka_.

71 _sugaru_, a kind of sand-wasp.

73 _kazarahi_ = _kazaru_.

74 Not a m. k. here.

91 _ohomichi_ (_miyako he_) _wo kureba_.

100 _kaku no gotoku so shite kitarishi_.

102 = _sasameku_, I who was rumoured about of old as a handsome fellow.…

105 _isa-iza_, _ideya_. I am now pointed at by the girls saying--Oh, look at that old fellow!

109 _sakashiki_, sage, wise.

112 _oi-hito_, _Genkoku_, confer translation.

For _tarachishi_, _minanowata_, _kurenawino_, _utsusoyashi_, _arikinuno_, _shikimonasu_, _tobutorino_, _amakumono_, _uchihisasu_, _sasudakeno_ see List m. k.

204

[Wotome ga] se no kimi wo kofuru uta.

Sanidzurafu 1 kimi ga mi koto to tamadzusano tsukahi mo koneba omohi-yamu 5 aga mi hitotsu so chihayaburu kami ni mo na ohose urabe mase kame mo na yaki so 10 kohoshiku ni itaki aga mi so ichishiroku mi ni shimi-tohori murakimono 15 kokoro kudakete shinamu inochi nihaka ni narinu imasara ni kimi ka a wo yobu 20 tarachineno haha no mikoto ka momotarazu yaso no chimata ni yufu-ke ni mo 25 ura ni mo so tofu shinubeki a ga yuwe.

Urabe wo mo 1 yaso no chimata mo ura tohedo kimi wo ahimimu tadoki shirazu mo. 5

2 _chimata_, the road-forks, crossways--there more wayfarers would be met.

6 _hitotsu_ = _hitori_, alone, lonely.

8, 10 _na_ is neg. imperative particle.

9, 10 to be read together.

11 _kohoshiku_ = _kohishiku_.

14 _shimi-tohori_ = _some-tohori_, dye through, penetrate deeply.

For _sanidzurafu_, _tamadzusano_, _chihayaburu_, _murakimono_, _tarachineno_, _momotarazu_ see List m. k.

MAKI XVI, SHIMO

205

Se no kimi wo kofuru uta.

Ihi-hamedo 1 umaku mo arazu arukedomo yasuku mo arazu akanesasu 5 kimi ga kokoro shi wasure kanetsu mo.

For _akanesasu_ see List m. k.

206

Umasakewo 1 Oshitaru wo-nu yu idzuru midzu nuruku ha idezu mashimidzuno 5 kokoro mo keya ni omohoyuru oto no sukunaki michi ni ahanu ka mo sukunaki yo 10 michi ni ahasaba iro keseru suga kasa wo-kasa waga unageru tama no nanatsu wo 15 tori-kahe mo mawosamu mono wo sukunaki [yo] michi ni ahanu ka mo.

1 _umasake_, sweet, pure (sweet or delicious _sake_).

2 _Oshitaru_, _oshi-shitaru_, written as fall or flow down, but here a place-name.

4 _nuruku_ here = gentle.

6 _kokoro mo keya ni_ = _kokoro mo isagiyoku oboyuru kiyoki midzu_.

10 _sukunaki_, _oto no sukunaki yoshi_.

12 _iro_ is the _iro_ of _irose_, _irodo_--also _ira_, _iri_, a word of endearment and respect.

15 _nanatsu wo_, seven, i.e. many beads.

17 _mawosamu_ = _mairasemu_, a woman’s word.

1-7 are an introduction to _oto_.

For _umasakewo_, _mashimidzuno_ see List m. k.

207

Noto no kuni no uta.

Hashitate no 1 Kumaki no yara ni Shiraki wono otoshi-ire wa shi kakete kakete 5 na nakashi so ne uki-idzuru ya to mimu wa shi.

4 _wa shi_, an exclamation common in _saibara_ plays. According to Keichiu it means here _nanji_, thou. The Kogi takes it as _yo shi_.

208

Noto no kuni no uta.

Hashitate no 1 Kumaki saka-ya ni ma-nuraru yatsuko wa shi sasuhi tate 5 wite ki-namashi wo ma-nuraru yatsuko wa shi.

3 _ma-nuraru_ = _ma noraru_; _noru_ means revile, abuse (_nonoshiru_).

5 _sasuhi tate_ = _sasohi_ (_sasofu_), invite--_tate_ has the usual force.

6 _ki-namashi_, _namashi_ has an optative meaning.

209

Kashima ne no 1 Tsukuwe no shima no shitatami wo i-hirihi mote-kite ishi mochi 5 tsutsuki hafuri haya kaha ni arahi susuki kara shiho ni koko to momi 10 takatsuki ni mori tsukuwe ni tatete haha ni matsuritsu ya metsuko no tozhi chichi ni matsuritsu ya 15 mi metsuko no tozhi.

2 _Tsukuwe_, word-play with _tsukuwe_ (12)?.

6 scoop out (the flesh).

10 _koko_, the noise of pounding.

11 _mori_ must here mean pile up, heap up.

13 _tatematsuri_, offer, present.

14 _metsuko_. How to render this word is not clear. It may be a title only, 女津子. But (I.) gives it as = _utsukushimu ko_.

210

Shika no tame ni omohi wo nobete yomeru uta.

Itoko 1 nase no kimi wori wori te mono ni i-yuku to Kara kuni no 5 tora tofu kami wo ike-tori ni ya tsu tori mochi-ki sono kaha wo tatami ni sashi 10 yahe tatami Heguri no yama ni u-tsuki to sa-tsuki no hodo ni kusuri-gari 15 tsukafuru toki ni ashihikino kono kata-yama ni futatsu tatsu ichihi ga moto ni 20 adzusayumi yatsu tabasami hime kabura yatsu tabasami shishi matsu to 25 aga woru toki ni sawo-shika no ki-tachi nagekaku tachimachi ni are ha shinubeshi 30 ohokimi ni are ha tsukahemu aga tsunu ha mi kasa no hayashi aga mimi ha 35 mi sumi no tsubo aga mera ha ma sumi no kagami aga tsume ha mi yumi no yubazu 40 aga kera ha mi fude no hayashi aga kaha ha mi hako no kaha ni aga shishi ha 45 mi namasu hayashi aga kimo mo mi namasu hayashi aga migi ha mi shiho no hayashi 50 oi-hatenu waga mi hitotsu ni nana-he hana saku ya-he hana saku to mawoshi-hayasane 55 mawoshi-hayasane.

1-10 make a phrasal m. k. to 11, 12.

1, 2 _itoko nase_, terms of endearment (_itohoshi ko nanji no se_?).

3 _wori-worite_ implies long union of husband and wife.

4 _mono ni i-yuku_; an exclamatory phrase denoting an intention or wish to go somewhere or do something.

8 _ya tsu_, eight head of, i.e. many-head of.

17 _ashihiki_ = m. k.

18 _kata-yama_, out of the way, remote mountain, i.e. from City-Royal. But Heguri is in Yamato.

34 _hayashi_, to complete, adorn, make flourish, finish off.

38 _ma sumi_, right clear, the script is _kariji_.

41 _kera_, ‘hairs’, like _mera_ above, ‘eyes’.

46, 48, 50 _hayashi_, chop, mince.

55 _hayasane_ or _hayazane_, precative imperative; _hayasu_, to praise.

For _ashihikino_, _adzusayumi_, see List m. k.

211

Kani no tane ni omohi wo nobete yomeru uta.

Oshiteruya 1 Naniha no Woye ni iho tsukuri namarite woru ashi kani wo 5 ohokimi mesu to nani semu ni a wo mesurame ya akirakeku a ha shiru koto wo 10 utahito to wa wo mesurame ya fuye-fuki to wa wo mesurame ya koto-hiki to 15 wa wo mesurame ya ka mo kaku mo mi koto ukemu to kefu kefu to Asuka ni itari 20 okanedomo Okina ni itari tsukanedomo Tsukunu ni itari himukashi no 25 naka no mikado yu mawiri-kite mi koto ukureba uma ni koso fumodashi kaku mono 30 ushi ni koso hana naha hakure ashihikino kono kata yama no momu nire wo 35 iho ye hagitari ama-teru ya hi no ke ni hoshi sahidzuru ya Kara usu ni tsuki 40 niha ni tatsu suri usu ni tsuki oshiteruya Naniha no Woye no hatsu-tare wo 45 karaku-tari kite suwe hito no tsukureru kame wo kefu yukite asu tori-mochi-ki 50 waga mera ni shiho nuritamahi mochi-hayasu mo mochi-hayasu mo.

Hito-tama no 1 sawo naru kimi ga tada hitori aherishi ama yo [ha hisashiku omohoyu]. 5

4 _namarite_, an old word, obscure, retired, remote (_namari_, dialect, and _namari_, lead (the metal) are probably the same word--something far away [from City-Royal]).

22 _oki_, rise, stand up.

30 _fumodashi_ (_fumi wo hodashi_).

32 _hakure_, _haku_, string a bow.

34 _kata yama_, see 210.

35 _momu_ = _momo_.

39 _sahidzuru_ = _koto sahegu_.

45 _hatsu-tare_ = _hazhime-taretaru_.

5 The part in [] is probably corrupt.

For _oshiteruya_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.

212

[Tempyô] 13 nen 2 gwatsu Mika no hara no nihi miyako wo homuru uta.

Yamashiro no 1 Kuni no miyako ha haru sareba hana saki wowori aki sareba 5 momichi-ba nihohi obaseru Idzumi no kaha no kami tsu se ni uchi hashi watashi 10 yodo se ni ha uki-hashi watashi ari-gayohi tsukahematsuramu yorodzu yo made ni. 15

10 _uchi-hashi_ (I), rough or temporary bridge; so too Motowori.

12 _uki-hashi_, floating bridge, hanging bridge, boat-bridge.

213

Mimakareru oto wo kanashimu uta.

Amazakaru 1 hina wosame ni ohokimi no make no manimani idete koshi 5 ware wo okuru to awoniyoshi Nara yama sugite Idzumi kaha kiyoki kahara ni 10 uma todome wakareshi toki ni ma-sakikute are kaheri komu tahirakeku 15 ihahite mate to katarahite koshi hi no kihami tamahokono michi wo ta-tohomi 20 yama kaha no he narite areba kohishikeku ke nagaki mono wo mimakuhori 25 omofu ahida ni tamadzusano tsukahi no kereba ureshimi to aga machi tofu ni 30 oyodzure no tahagoto to ka mo hashikiyashi na oto no mikoto nani shika mo 35 toki shi ha aramu hata-susuki ho ni ’dzuru aki no hagi no hana nihoheru yado wo 40 asa niha ni idetachi narashi yufu niha ni fumi-tahiragezu Saho no uchi no 45 sato wo yuki-sugi ashihikino yama no konure ni shirakumo ni tachi-tanabiku to 50 are ni tsugetsuru!

18 _koshi hi_ = _wakareshi hi yore_.

20 _ta-tohomi_, _ta_ is an intensitive prefix.

22 _he_, short for _hedate_.

24 _ke nagaki_ = _ki-he nagaki_.

33 _hashikiyashi_ (_hashi-ke ya-shi_--_ya_ = _yo_).

34 _na_ is the _na_ (_nanji_?) of _na se_, _na imo_, &c.

42-4 The negative of _tahiragezu_ is implied also in _narashi_.

For _amazakaru_, _awoniyoshi_, _tamahokono_, _tamadzusano_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.

214

[Tempyô] 19 nen Kisaragi no tsuki hatsuka no hi tachimachi yamahi ni shidzumi hotohoto mi-usenamu to su kare uta wo yomite kanashimi wo noburu hito uta.

Ohokimi no 1 make no manimani masurawono kokoro furi-okoshi ashihikino 5 yama saka koyete amazakaru hina ni kudariki iki dani mo imada yasumezu 10 toshi tsuki mo ikura mo aranu ni utsusemino yo no hito nareba uchi-nabiki 15 toko ni koi-fushi itakeku shi hi ni ke ni masaru tarachineno haha no mikoto no 20 ohobuneno yukura yukura ni shita-gohi ni itsu ka mo komu to matasuramu 25 kokoro sabushiku hashikiyoshi tsuma no mikoto mo akekureba kado ni yori-tachi 30 koromodewo wori-kaheshitsutsu yufu sareba toko uchi-harahi nubatamano 35 kurokami shikite itsushika to nagekasuramu so imo mo se mo wakaki kodomo ha 40 wochi-kochi ni sawaki nakuramu tamahokono michi wo ta-dohomi ma-tsukahi mo 45 yaru yoshi mo nashi omohoshiki koto tsute yarazu kofuru nishi kokoro ha moyenu 50 tamakiharu inochi woshikedo semu sube no tadoki wo shirani kaku shite ya 55 arashi-wo sura ni nageki fuseramu.

15 That is, _yamahi ni_.

18 = _ki-he ni-masaru_ = pass on--increase.

23 _shita-gohi_ = inner or deep, desire, love or yearning.

28 _mikoto_ = here a title of respect applied to the wife.

38 _nagekasuramu_, honour-causative. Compare with the ordinary form below, _nakuramu_.

45 _ma-tsukahi mo nashi_, no messenger one way or the other.

56 = _masurawo_.

57 _ya_ being removed to a position after _fuseramu_, makes the sense clearer.

vv. 6-20 relate to the poet’s illness.

For _masurawono_, _ashihikino_, _amazakaru_, _utsusemino_, _tarachineno_, _ohobuneno_, _koromodewo_, _nubatamano_, _tamahokono_, _tamakiharu_ see List m. k.

215

Yakamochi (mizhika uta).

Haru no hana 1 ima ha sakari ni nihofuramu worite kazasamu ta-jikara mo ga mo! 5

Uguhisu no 1 naki chirasamu haru no hana itsushika kimi to wori kazasamu! 5

Ikenushi (mizhika uta).

Yama-gahi ni 1 sakeru sakura wo tada hito me kimi ni miseteba nani wo ka omohamu! 5

Uguhisu no 1 ki naku yamabuki utakata mo kimi ga te furezu hana chirame ya mo! 5

Yakamochi’s mizhika, 4, 5 _wori_, break.

Ikenushi’s mizhika, 3 _utakata_ = _shibaraku_--_utakata_ is foam; the expression is probably a metaphor.

215 (naga-uta)

20 Tempyô 3 guwatsu mi ka no hi Yakamochi ga uta.

Ohokimi no 1 make no manimani shinazakaru Koshi wo wosame ni idetekoshi 5 masurahare sura yo no naka no tsune shinakereba uchi nabiki toko ni koi-fushi 10 itakeku no hi no ke ni maseba kanashikeku koko ni omohi-de iranakeku 15 soko ni omohi-de nageku sora yasukeku naku ni omofu sora kurushiki monowo 20 ashihikino yama kihe narite tamahokono michi ni tohokeba ma-tsukahi mo 25 yaru yoshi mo nami omohoshiki koto mo kayohazu tamakiharu inochi woshikedo 30 semu sube no tadoki mo shirani komori-wite omohi nagekahi nagusamuru 35 kokoro ha nashi ni haru hana no sakeru sakaru ni omofu dochi tawori kazasazu 40 haru no nu no shigemi tobikuku uguhisu no kowe dani kikazu wotomera ga 45 haru na tsumasu to kurenawino akamo no suso no harusame ni nihohi hidzuchite 50 kayofuramu toki no sakari wo itadzura ni sugushi yaritsure shinubaseru 55 kimi ga kokoro wo uruhashimi kono yo sugara ni i mo nezu ni kefu mo shimirani 60 kohitsutsu so woru.

6 _masurawo ware_.

14, 16 _koko_, _soko_, here and there, variously.

15 _iranakeku_ = _irairashi_, vexed, sad.

16 _omohi-de_, thought-go-forth, think of, dwell upon.

22 Read as if _yama mawiri hedatari_.

42 fly in and out in crowds.

55 Hon. caus.

56 _kimi_ is Ikenushi; _kokoro_, that is, of his letter, &c.

60 = _owarazu_.

1-6 Exordium.

9-12 are copied from 214.

9-20 Yakamochi’s illness.

21-36 His regrets.

37-54 Regrets he cannot enjoy the spring.

55 to end, addressed to Ikenushi.

13, 14, 15, 16 are found thus arranged (15, 16, 13, 14) in K. App. LI.

56 _kimi_ is Ikenushi.

For _shinazakaru_, _ashihikino_, _tamahokono_, _tamakiharu_ see List m. k.

MAKI XVII, SHIMO

216

Ikenushi.

Ohokimi no 1 Mikoto kashikomi ashihikino yama nu saharazu amazakaru 5 hina mo osamuru masurawoya nani ka mono ’mofu awoniyoshi Nara ji ki-kayofu 10 tamadzusano tsukahi tayeme ya komori kohi iki-dzuki watari shita ’mohi ni 15 nagekefu waga se inishihe yu ihi-tsugi kuraku yo no naka ha kazu naki mono so 20 nagusamuru koto no aramu to sato-bito no are ni tsugeraku yamabi ni ha 25 sakurabana chiri kaho-tori no ma-naku shiba-naku haru no nu ni sumire wo tsumu to 30 shirotaheno sode wori-kaheshi kurenawino aka-mo suso-biki wotome ha 35 omohi-midarete kimi matsu to ura-gohi su nari kokoro-gushi iza mi ni yukana 40 koto ha tanashire!

1-12 For the comfort of Yakamochi; 13-20 Ikenushi’s sympathy; 21-38 sympathy of the sato-hito; 39 to end, Ikenushi’s sick friend shall still enjoy the beauties of spring.

16 _waga se_ is Yakamochi, so too _kimi_ in 37.

39 _kokoro-gushi_ is not here _kokoro-kurushi_, but = _kokoro ni natsukashimaruru_, thou art heart-beloved.…

For _ashihikino_, _amazakaru_, _masurawoya_, _awoniyoshi_, _tamadzusano_, _shirotaheno_, _kurenawino_ see List m. k.

The value of some only of these m. k. is incorporated in the translation.

217

Yakamochi.

Imo mo are mo 1 kokoro ha oyaji taguheredo iya natsukashiku ahi-mireba 5 toko hatsu hana ni kokoro-gushi megushi mo nashi ni hashikeyashi aga oku tsuma 10 ohokimi no mikoto kashikomi ashihikino yama koye nu yuki amazakaru 15 hina wosame ni to wakare koshi sono hi no kihami aratamano toshi yuki-kaheri 20 hana haru no utsurofu made ni ahi-mineba ita mo subenami shikitaheno 25 sode kaheshitsutsu nuru yo ochizu ime ni ha miredo utsutsu ni shi tada ni araneba 30 kohishikeku chihe ni tsumorinu chikaku araba kaheri ni dani mo uchi-yukite 35 imo ga ta-makura sashi-kahete nete mo komashi wo tamahokono michi ha shi tohoku 40 seki sahe ni he narite are koso yoshiweyashi yoshi ha aramu so hototogisu 45 ki-nakamu tsuki ni itsushika mo hayaku narinamu u no hana no nihoheru yama wo 50 yoso nomi mo furi-sake mitsutsu Afumi ji ni i-yuki nori-tachi awoniyoshi 55 Nara no wagihe hi nuye tori no ura nageshitsutsu shita-kohi ni omohi urabure 60 kado ni tachi yufu ke tohitsutsu a wo matsu to nasuramu imo wo ahite haya mimu. 65

7 _gushi_ = _natsukashi_.

8 _nashi_ (_nasu_) = _gotoku_.

10 _oku_, here respectful for ‘my wife’.

23 _ahi-mineba_: the object is _aga oku tsuma_, v. 10.

30 _tada ni_, really, verily, actually.

38 _komashi_, from _kuru_.

43 _yoshiweyashi_ = _yoshiya_.

51 _yoso_ = _hoka_, _soto ni_.

54 _tachi_ gives force of ‘get on board’, &c.

58 _ura_, inward, i.e. deeply.

For _ashihikino_, _amazakaru_, _aratamano_, _shikitakeno_, _tamahokono_, _awoniyoshi_ see List m. k.

218

Yakamochi.

Futagami yama no uta.

Imidzu kaha 1 i-yuki megureru tamakushige Futagami yama ha haruhanano 5 sakeru sakari ni aki no ha no nihoheru toki ni ide-tachite furi-sake mireba 10 kamu kara ya sokoba tafutoki yama kara ya migahoshikaramu sume kami no 15 suso mi no yama no Shibutani no saki no ariso ni asa nagi ni yosuru shiranami 20 yufu nagi ni michi kuru shiho no iya mashi ni tayuru koto naku inishihe yu 25 ima no wotsutsu ni kaku shi koso miru hito goto ni kakete shinubame!

3 m. k. of Futa (gami) as homophon of _futa_, lid.

11, 13 _kara_ = _gara_.

12 _sokoba_ = _sokobaku_.

15 _sume kami_ = _Futa kami_, _kami_ being taken as ‘god’.

16 _mi_ = neighbourhood.

26 _wotsutsu_ = _utsutsu_.

For _tamakushige_, _haruhanano_ see List m. k.

219

U-tsuki no towoka ’mari muka no hi no yo haruka ni hototogisu no kowe wo kikite omohi wo noburu uta hitotsu.

Migi Yakamochi ga kore wo yomeru.

Ohoki fumihito Hada no Imiki Yachishima no tachi nite Yakamochi wo umanohanamuke suru utage no uta futatsu.

Migi no Yakamochi ga Shôzeichô wo mochite miyako ni mawiramu to su kare kono uta wo yomite wakare no nageki wo noburu.

Fuse no midzu-umi asoberu uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta hitotsu.

Yakamochi.

Mononofuno 1 yaso tomo no wo no omofu dochi kokoro yaramu to uma namete 5 uchi-kuchi-buri no shiranami no ariso ni yosuru Shibutani no saki tamotohori 10 Matsudaye no naga-hama sugite Unahi gaha kiyoki se goto ni u kaha tachi 15 ka yuki kaku yuki mitsuredomo soko mo akani to Fuse no umi ni fune uke-suwete 20 oki-he kogi he ni kogi mireba nagisa ni ha ajimura sawaki shima-mi ni ha 25 konure hana saki kokobaku mo mi no sayakeki ka tamakushige Futa-gami yama ni 30 hafutsutano yuki ha wakarezu ari-gayohi iya-toshi no ha ni omofu dochi 35 kaku shi asobamu ima mo miru goto.

3 _dochi_ = _tomo_, comrade, friend.

4 _kokoro yaramu_, give one’s heart, abandon oneself to enjoyment.

6 _uchi-kuchi-buri_ = _wochi-kochi_.

15 set up a cormorant fishery.

25 about the islands.

28 _mi_ = miru.

34 _toshi no ha_ (_shi_) to end of a year, or years.

For _mononofuno_, _tamakushige_, _hafutsutano_ see List m. k.

220

Ikenushi.

Fuse no midzu-umi no uta ni kotahe-mawosu uta.

Fujinami ha 1 sakite chiri niki u no hana ha ima so sakari to ashihikino 5 yama ni mo nu ni mo hototogisu naki shi toyomeba uchi-nabiku kokoro mo shinu ni 10 soko wo shi mo ura-kohishimi to omofu dochi uma uchi-murete tadzusahari 15 ide-tachi mireba Imidzu kaha minato no su-dori asa nagi ni kata ni asarishi 20 shiho miteba tsuma yobi kahasu tomoshiki ni mitsutsu sugi-yuki Shibutani no 25 ariso no saki ni okitsu nami yose-kuru tamamo katayori ni katsura ni tsukuri 30 imo ga tame te ni maki-mochite uraguhashi Fuse no midzu-umi ni ama-bune ni 35 ma-kaji kai nuki shirotaheno sode furi kaheshi adomohite waga kogi yukeba 40 Wofu no saki hana chiri magahi nagisa ni ha ashi-gamo sawaki sazare nami 45 tachite mo wite mo kogi meguri miredomo akazu aki saraba momiji no toki ni 50 haru saraba hana no sakari ni ka mo kaku mo kimi ga manimani kaku shi koso 55 mi mo akirameme tayuru hi arame ya.

2 _niki_ = _iniki_, has gone.

27 Read _okitsu nami no kata yori ni yosekuru sono tamamo_, the seaweed that the ocean waves fling shorewards.

38 making our sleeves flutter as we ply the sculls.

51 when spring comes forth.

For _ashihikino_, _shirotaheno_ see List m. k.

221

Yakamochi.

Tachiyama no uta hitotsu [kono yama ha Arakaha no kohori ni ari].

Amazakaru 1 hina ni na kakasu Koshi no naka kunuchi kotogoto yama ha shi mo 5 shizhi ni aredomo kaha ha shi mo saha ni yukedomo sume kami no ushi-haki imasu 10 Nihi kaha no sono Tachi yama ni tokonatsu ni yuki furi shikite obaseru 15 Katakahi kaha no kiyoki se ni asa yohi goto ni tatsu kiri no omohi sugime ya 20 arigayohi iya toshi no ha ni yoso nomi mo furi-sake mitsutsu yorodzu yo no 25 katarahi-gusa to imada minu hito ni no tsugemu oto nomi mo na nomi mo kikite 30 tomoshiburugane.

2 _na kakasu Koshi_--_Koshi_, that answers to its name; _koshi_ = _kosu_, to cross (the hills)--referring to the situation of the province with regard to City-Royal.

4 _kunuchi_, _kuni uchi_.

13 _tokonatsu_ = _hisashiku nodoka_ (Keichiu).

22 as years run on.

26 = _katarahi-tane_, ‘seed’, or subject, or matter of discourse, narrative, &c.

31 = _urayamashigaru tame ni_.

For _amazakaru_ see List m. k.

222

Ikenushi.

Tachiyama no uta ni kotahe-mawosu uta.

Asahisashi 1 so-gahi ni miyuru kamu nagara mi na ni ohaseru shirakumono 5 chihe wo oshiwake ama sosori takaki Tachi yama fuyu natsu to waku koto mo naku 10 shirotaheni yuki ha furi-okite inishihe yu ari-ki nikereba kogoshi ka mo 15 iha no kamusabi tamakiharu iku yo he nikemu tachite wite miredomo ayashi 20 mine-dakami tani wo fukami to ochi-tagitsu kiyoki kafuchi ni asa sarazu 25 kiri tachi-watari yufu sareba kumo wi-tanabiki kumowinasu kokoro mo shinu ni 30 tatsukirino omohi sugusazu yuku midzu no oto mo sayakeku yorodzu yo ni 35 ihi-tsugi yukamu kaha shi tayezuba.

1-14 description of Tachi-yama; 15-28 its beauty and majesty; 29 to end its effect upon the beholder.

1 m. k. of _sogahi_ (see glossary)--_so-gahi ni miyuru_, seen from back (of house or _tachi_ of Ikenushi?). The m. k. is used in reference to the dazzling brightness of the morning sun necessitating one’s turning (_kahi_) one’s back (_so_) to it. I am not, however, satisfied with this explanation.

For _asahisashi_, _shirakumono_, _tamakiharu_, _kumowinasu_, _tatsukirino_ see List m. k.

223

Yakamochi.

Miyako ni yaya chikaku mawiramu koto kanashimi no kokoro harahi-gatakute omohi wo noburu uta.

Kakikazofu 1 Futagami yama ni kamusabite tateru tsuga no ki moto mo ye mo 5 oyazhi tokiha ni hashikiyoshi waga se no kimi wo asa sarazu ahite koto-dohi 10 yufu sareba te tadzusaharite Imidzu kaha kiyoki kafuchi ni ide-tachite 15 waga tachi-mireba ayu no kaze itaku shi fukeba minato ni ha shiranami takami 20 tsuma yobu to su-dori ha sawaku ashi-karu to ama no wobune ha iri ye kogu 25 kaji no oto takashi soko wo shi mo aya ni tomoshimi shinubitsutsu asobu sakari wo 30 Sumerogi no wosu kuni nareba mikoto mochi tachi-wakare nareba okuretaru 35 kimi ha aredomo tamahokono michi-yuku ware ha shirakumono tanabiku yama wo 40 iha-ne fumi koye henarinaba kohishikeku ke no nagakemu so soko ’moheba 45 kokoro shi itashi hototogisu kowe ni ahe-nuku tama ni mo ga te ni maki-mochite 50 asa yoki ni mitsutsu yukamu wo okite ikaba woshi.

8 _waga se_ is Ikenushi.

17 east wind, a local term.

23 _ashi wo karu_, gather reeds.

36 _kimi_, Ikenushi.

48, 49 The making of the _kusudama_ at the time of the cuckoo’s song being heard.

53 I read this as = _[kusu] tama wo nokoshite okite yukaba oshikaramu_, it would be regrettable to leave behind (or put aside or neglect) the posy.

For _kakikazofu_, _tamahokono_, _shirakumono_ see List m. k.

224

Ikenushi.

Tachimachi miyako mawiramu omohi wo noburu no yomeru wo mite iki-nagara wakarura kanashimitari danchô mankwai yenketsu wo nozoki-gatashi isasaka shoshin wo sôsu uta.

Awoniyoshi 1 Nara wo ki-hanare amazakaru hina ni ha aredo waga seko wo 5 mitsutsu shi woreba omohiyaru koto mo arishi wo ohokimi no mikoto kashikomi 10 wosu kuni no koto tori-mochite wakakusano ayuhi ta-dzukuri muratorino 15 asa-dachi inaba okuretaru are ya kanashiki tabi ni yuku kimi ka mo kohimu 20 omofu sora yasuku araneba nagekaku wo todome mo kanete mi-wataseba 25 u no hana yama no hototogisu ne nomi shi nakayu asagirino midaruru kokoro 30 koto ni idete ihaba yuyushimi Tonami yama ta-muke no kami ni nusa matsuri 35 aga kohi-nomaku hashikeyashi kimi ga tadaka wo ma sakiku mo ari-tamotohori 40 tsuki tateba toki mo kahasazu nadeshiko ga hana no sakari ni ahi-mishime to so! 45

Urakohishi 1 waga se no kimi ha nadeshiko ga hana ni mo ga mo na asanasa ni mimu. 5

5 _seko_ is Yakamochi.

14 _ta-dzukuri_ = _tabi-dsukuri_.

31, 32 to express myself in words were a dread thing = _kakemaku mo_, &c.

34 _ta-muke no kami_, the god to whom offerings are made. The shrine would be at the top of a pass, hence _ta-muke_ also signified the summit of a pass or hill.

2 _waga se_ is Yakamochi.

5 _asanasa_ = _asa ni asa ni_.

For _awoniyoshi_, _amazakaru_, _wakakusano_, _muratorino_, _asagirino_ see List m. k.

225

Soraseru taka wo shinubi ime ni mite yorokobi yomeru uta.

Ohokimi no 1 toho no mikado to mi yuki furu Koshi to na ni oheru amazakaru 5 hina nishi areba yama-dakami kaha tohoshiroshi nu wo hiromi kusa koso shigeshi 10 ayu hashiru natsu no sakari to shima tsu tori u-kahi ga tomo ha yuku kaha no 15 kiyoki se goto ni kagari sashi nadzusahi noboru tsuyu shimo no aki ni itareba 20 nu mo saha ni tori sudakeri to masurawono tomo izanahite taka ha shi mo 25 amata aredomo yakata-wo no aga ohokuro ni shira-nuri no suzu tori-tsukete 30 asa-gari ni iho tsu tori tate yufu-gari ni chidori fumitate ofu goto ni 35 yusuru koto naku ta-banare mo wochi mo kayasuki kore wo okite mata ha ari-gatashi 40 sa-naraberu taka ha nakemu to kokoro ni ha omohi hokorite wemahitsutsu 45 wataru ahida ni taburetaru shiko tsu okina no koto dani mo are ni ha tsugezu 50 tonogumori ame no furu hi wo to-gari su to na nomi wo norite Mishima-nu wo 55 sogahi ni mitsutsu Futa-kami no yama tobi-koyete kumo-gakuri kakeri iniki to 60 kaheri-kite shiha-bure tsugure woku yoshi no soko ni nakereba ifu sube no 65 tadoki wo shirani kokoro ni ha hi sahe moyetsutsu omohi kohi iki-dzuki amari 70 kedashiku mo afu koto ari ya to ashihikino wote-mo kono-mo ni to-nami hari 75 moribe wo suwete chihayaburu kami no yashiro ni teru kagami shitsu ni tori-sohe 80 kohi-nomite aga matsu toki ni wotomera ga ime ni tsuguraku naga kofuru 85 sono hotsu taka ha Matsudaye no hama yuki-gurashi tsunashi toru Himi no ye sugite 90 Tako no shima tobi-tamotohori ashi-gamo no sudaku Furuye ni wototsu hi mo 95 kinofu mo aritsu chikaku araba ima futsuka dami tohoku araba nanuka no uchi ha 100 sugime ya mo kinamu waga seko nemokoro ni na kohi so yo to so ime ni tsugetsuru. 105

The glossary and notes to the translation sufficiently explain the text of this lay.

98 _dami_ seems to = _bakari_.

For _amazakaru_, _masurawono_, _ashihikino_, _chihayaburu_ see List m. k.

MAKI XVIII, KAMI

226

Agehari no uchi ni hitori wite hototogisu no ne wo kikite yomeru uta.

Takamikura 1 ama no hitsugi to Sumerogi no ami no mikoto no kikoshiwosu 5 kuni no mahora ni yama wo shi mo saha ni ohomi to momo tori no ki-wite naku koye 10 haru sareba kiki no kanashi mo idzure wo ka wakite shinubamu u no hana no 15 saku tsuki tateba medzurashiku naku hototogisu ayame-gusa tama nuku made ni 20 hiru kurashi yo watashi kikedo kiku goto ni kokoro ugokite uchi nageki 25 ahare no tori to ihanu toki nashi.

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Hototogisu 1 ito netakeku ha tachibana no hana chiru toki ni ki-naki toyomuru. 5

1 A sort of m. k. of _ama no hitsugi_.

13, 14 of all the birds the most delightsome.

For _takamikura_ see List m. k.

227

Michinoku no kuni yori kugane wo idaseru mikotonori wo kotohoku uta.

Ashihara no 1 Midzuho no kuni wo ama kudari shirashimeshikeru sumerogi no 5 kami no mikoto no mi yo kasane ama no hitsugi to shirashikuru kimi no miyo miyo 10 shikimaseru yo mo no kuni ni ha yama kaha wo hiromi atsumi to tatematsuru 15 mi tsuki takara ha kazoheyezu tsukushi mo kanetsu shikaredomo waga ohokimi no 20 moro hito wo izanahi tamahi yoki koto wo hazhime tamahite kukane ka mo 25 tanoshikeku aramu to omohoshite shita nayamasu ni toriganaku Adzuma no kuni no so 30 Michinoku no Woda naru yama ni kugane ari to maushitamahere mi kokoro wo 35 akirame tamahi ame tsuchi no kami ahi-udzunahi sumerogi no mi tama tasukete 40 tohoki yo ni nakarishi koto wo waga mi yo ni arahashite areba wosu kuni ha 45 sakayemu mono to kamu nagara omohoshimeshite mononofuno ya so tomo no wo wo 50 matsurobe no muke no manimani oi-hito mo me no waraha ko mo shi ga negafu 55 kokoro-darahi ni nade-tamahi wosame-tamaheba koko wo shi mo aya ni tafutomi 60 ureshikeku iyo-yo omohite Ohotomo no tohotsu kamu oya no sono na wo ba 65 Ohokume nushi to ohi-mochite tsukaheshi tsukasa umi yukaba midzuku kabane 70 yama yukaba kusamusu kabane ohokimi no he ni koso shiname kaheri-mi ha 75 sezhi to kotodate masurawono kiyoki sono na wo inishihe no ima no wotsutsu ni 80 nagasaheru oya no kodomo so Ohotomo no Saheki no uji ha hito no ’ya no 85 tatsuru kotodate hito no ko ha oya no na tatazu ohokimi ni matsurofu mono to 90 ihi-tsugeru koto no tsukasa so adzusa yumi te ni tori-mochite tsurugi tachi 95 koshi ni tori-haki asa mamori yufu no mamori ni ohokimi no Mikado no mamori 100 ware wo okite mata hito ha arazhi to iya-tate omohishi masaru ohokimi no 105 mikoto no saki no kikeba tafutomi.