Note 114 — Chapter V · THE FIRST SONG OF THE YEAR
Arthur Waley translation
The year began in the spring. Genji was now 36.
115 Murasaki’s.
116 The child born at Akashi.
117 Served on the evening of the third day of the year, with radish and oranges.
118 She had always been in love with Genji.
119 Kagami = ‘Mirror.’
120 The first of the cyclical signs.
121 You are silent as this toy bird and send me no New Year greetings.
122 Allotted to the Lady from the Village of Falling Flowers.
123 That of father.
124 Tamakatsura.
125 Well may this house grow rich and thrive— Oh, the saki-grass, the saki-grass so sweet— Of the saki-grass, three leaves, four leaves, so trim Are the walls of this house made.
126 And consequently cannot see the Buddha nor hear his Word.
127 Hana = ‘nose’ and ‘flower.’
128 See vol. i, p. 200.
129 Hana = ‘flower’ and ‘nose.’ See above.
130 Her relations with Ki no Kami, her stepson. See vol. ii, p. 257.
131 A band of young noblemen going round dancing and singing in various parts of the Palace and at the houses of the great on the 14th day of the 1st month. See vol. i, p. 207.
132 The residence of the ex-Emperor and his mother, Kōkiden.
133 Tamakatsura.
134 ‘In the garden of flowers at the end of the bridge that crosses Bamboo River—in the garden of flowers set me free, with youths and maidens round me.’
135 Tō no Chūjō’s son, famous for the beauty of his voice. See vol. ii, p. 87.
136 The Bansuraku or ‘Joy of Ten Thousand Springs.’
137 The After Feast is held in the Emperor’s Palace.