MANYÔSHIU TEXT TRANSLITERATED (continued 2)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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