Tsunu no ura-mi wo
ura nashi to
hito koso mirame
katanashi to 5
hito koso mirame
yoshiweyashi
ura ha naku tomo
yoshiweyashi
kata ha naku tomo 10
isanatori
umi he wo sashite
Watadzu no
ariso no uhe ni
ka-awo naru 15
tamamo okitsu mo
asa ha furu
kaze koso ki-yose
yufu ha furu
nami koso ki-yose 20
nami no muta
ka yori kaku yoru
tamamonasu
yori-neshi imo wo
tsuyushimono 25
okite shi kureba
kono michi no
yasokuma goto ni
yorodzu tabi
kaherimi suredo 30
iya toho ni
sato ha sakarinu
iya taka ni
yama wa koyekinu
natsukusano 35
omohishi nayete
shinubaramu
imo ga kado mimu
nabike kono yama.
Ihami no ya 1
Takatsunu yama no
ko no ma yori
aga furu sode wo
imo mitsuramu ka. 5
Sasa ga ha ha 1
mi-yama mo saya ni
midaredomo
are ha imo omofu
wakare kinureba. 5
1 _mi_, _umi_, sea.
2 _mi_, neighbourhood, tract.
5 _kata_, land dry at low tide.
21 with the motion of the waves.
28 _yaso_, lit. 80 = many, all.
35 Read with _nayete_.
39 _nabike_, has imperative meaning.
3 _ko_ is tree.
5 _mitsuramu_ = shall have seen?
2 _mi-yama_ = great hills. _saya ni_, murmurously.
5 Read before 4. The m. k. (35) applies to _nayete_.
For _isanatori_, _tamamonasu_, _tsuyushimono_, _natsukusano_ see List
m. k.
17
Tsunusahafu 1
Ihami no umi no
kotosaheku
Kara no saki naru
ikuri ni so 5
fukamiru ofuru
ariso ni so
tamamo ha ofuru
tamamonasu
nabiki-neshi ko wo 10
fukamiruno
fukamete ’mohedo
sa-neshi yo ha
ikuda mo arazu
hafu-tsuta no 15
wakareshi kureba
kimomukafu
kokoro wo itami
omohitsutsu
kaherimi suredo 20
ohobuneno
Watari no yama no
momiji-ba no
chiri no midari ni
imo ga sode 25
saya ni mo miyezu
tsumagomoru
Yakami no yama no
kumo ma yori
watarafu tsuki no 30
woshikedomo
kakurohi kitsutsu
amatsutafu
irihi sashinure
masurawo to 35
omoheru are no
shikitaheno
koromo no sode ha
tohorite nurenu.
Awo koma ga 1
agaki wo hayami
kumowi ni so
imo ga atari wo
sugite ki ni keru. 5
Akiyama ni 1
chirafu momiji-ba
shimashiku ha
na chiri-midari so
imo ga atari mimu. 5
1 ivy-grown.
3 to utter words indistinctly. There is a word-fancy here, Kara being
the name of a division of Korea. At this period of Japanese history
Korean immigrations were frequent. See Aston’s _Nihongi_.
5 _ikuri_ = black mud at bottom of sea or pool. (K. 285, LXXIV, N. 269,
where it is translated ‘rocks’.)
6 _fukamiru_ = deep-sea _miru_ (a kind of sea-weed).
11, 12 A word-fancy on _fukamiru_ and _fukamete_.
15 Parting is likened to stripping ivy from its rock.
16, 17 A combination of heart and liver to express mind and feeling.
27 The m. k. _tsumagomoru_ (wife-secluding) applied to the homophon
_ya_ (house) of Yakami cannot be rendered.
31 Must be read parenthetically.
The m. k. (1) is applied to _Iha[mi]_, of (33) to _hi_.
For _tsunusahafu_, _kotosaheku_, _tamamonasu_, _fukamiruno_,
_kimomukafu_, _ohobuneno_, _amatsutafu_, _shikitaheno_ see List m. k.
MAKI II NAKA
Afumi no Ohotsu no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no
mi-yo.
18
Sumera mikoto kamuagarimaseru toki wominame ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Utsusemi shi 1
kami ni taheneba
sakari-wite
asa nageku kimi
hanare-wite 5
aga kofuru kimi
tama naraba
te ni maki-mochite
kinu naraba
nuku toki mo naku 10
aga kohimu
kimi so kiso no yo
ime ni miyetsuru.
There are no m. k.
1 _shi_ is the usual emphatic or slightly illative form-word.
_Utsusemi_, _utsusomi_ = _utsutsu_ or _wotsutsu mi_.
2 _taheneba_, _taheru_, be able to, capable of, &c.
4 For _asa_, _mawi_ may be read.
13 Observe force of _tsuru_ implying that the vision is still in part
existent, unforgotten.
12 _kiso_ = _kisu_ = _sakujitsu_.
For _utsusemi_ see List m. k.
19
Sumera mikoto no oho-araki no toki no uta yotsu [sono uchi] Ohokisaki
no mi-uta hitotsu.
Isanatori 1
Afumi no umi wo
oki sakete
kogi-kuru fune
he tsukite 5
kogi-kuru fune
okitsu kai
itaku na hane so
hetsu kai
itaku na hane so 10
wakakusano
tsuma no mikoto no
omofu tori tatsu.
12 _tsuma_ = _otto_.
1-5 are introductory, 6-10 hortatory, 11-13 give the motive, 13 being
the climax.
For _isanatori_ and _wakakusano_ see List m. k.
20
Yamashina no mi-sasagi yori agareru toki Nukata no Ohokimi yomitamaheru
uta hitotsu.
Yasumishishi 1
wago ohokimi no
kashikoki ya
omi-haka tsukafuru
Yamashina 5
Kagami no yama ni
yoru ha mo
yo no kotogoto
hiru ha mo
hi no kotogoto 10
ne nomi wo
nakitsutsu arite ya
momoshiki no
ohomiya hito ha
yuki wakarenamu. 15
2 _wago_ = _waga_.
3 _ya_ = _yo_.
4 Read this line in connexion with 13, 14, 15.
For _yasumishishi_ and _momoshiki_ see List m. k.
Asuka no Kiyomihara no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera
mikoto no mi-yo.
21
Sumera mikoto no kamuagarimaseru toki Ohokisaki no yomimaseru mi-uta
hitotsu.
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi no
yufu sareba
meshitamafurashi
akekureba 5
tohitamafurashi
Kamiwoka no
yama no momichi wo
kefu mo ka mo
tohitamahamashi 10
asu mo ka mo
meshitamahamashi
sono yama wo
furisake mitsutsu
yufu sareba 15
aya ni kanashimi
akekureba
urasabi kurashi
arataheno
koromo no sode ha 20
hiru toki mo nashi.
There are pauses after each of the forms in _rashi_ and _mashi_.
4 _meshi_ = _mishi_, hon. caus.
1-12 form an introduction to 13 ff.
For _yasumishishi_ and _arataheno_ see List m. k.
Fujihara no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo.
22
Hinami no miko no mikoto no araki no miya no toki Hitomaro ga yomeru
uta hitotsu.
Ame tsuchi no 1
hazhime no toki shi
hisakatano
ama no kahara ni
yahoyorodzu 5
chi yorodzu kami no
kamu-tsudohi
tsudohi imashite
kamu agachi
agachi shi toki ni 10
Amaterasu
Hirume no mikoto
ame wo ba
shiroshimesu to
Ashihara no 15
Midzuho no kuni wo
ame tsuchi no
yori-ahi no kihami
shiroshimesu
kami no mikoto to 20
amakumono
ya he kaki wakete
kami kudari
imase matsurishi
takahikaru 25
hi no miko ha
Asuka no
Kiyomi no miya ni
kamu nagara
futoshikimashite 30
Sumerogi no
shikimasu kuni to
ama no hara
ihato wo hiraki
kamu nobori 35
nobori imashinu
waga ohokimi
miko no mikoto no
amenoshita
shiroshimeshiseba 40
haru hana no
tafutokaramu to
mochi-tsuki no
tatahashikemu to
amenoshita 45
yomo no hito no
ohobuneno
omohi tanomite
amatsumidzu
afugite matsu ni 50
ikasama ni
omohoshimese ka
tsuremonaki
Mayumi no woka ni
miya hashira 55
futoshiki imashi
mi araka no
takashirimashite
asa goto ni
mi koto tohasazu 60
tsuki-hi no
maneku narinure
soko yuwe ni
miko no miyabito
yuku-he shirazu mo! 65
5 _yaho_, eight hundred, i.e. countless.
9 _agachi_ = _wakachi_ (_tsu_).
18 _kihami_, in sense of _kagiri_, extent.
46 _yomo_, the four quarters, in or from every quarter.
53 _tsuremonaki_, alone, unattended.
57 _mi araka_ seems to mean here a new royal palace.
60 _mi koto_, royal words or commands. _tohasazu_; _tohasu_ = _tofu_,
converse, speak with.
62 _maneku_ = many.
Line 23 refers to _Ninigi no mikoto_, line 30 to _Temmu tennô_, 37
_ohokimi_ is _Hinami no miko_ (see XIX, notes).
For _hisakata_, _amakumono_, _takahikaru_, _ohobuneno_, _amatsumidzu_
see List m. k.
23
[Kahashima no miko no araki no miya no toki] Hitomaro ga Hatsusebe no
hime miko to [Osakabe no miko] tatematsureru uta hitotsu.
Tobutorino 1
Asuka no kaha no
kamitsu se ni
ofuru tamamo ha
shimotsu se ni 5
nagare-furafu
tamamonasu
ka yori kaku yori
nabikahishi
tsuma no mikoto no 10
tatanadzuku
niki-hada sura wo
tsurugitachi
mi ni sohe-neneba
nubatamano 15
yo toko mo aruramu
soko yuwe ni
nagusame-kanete
kedashiku mo
afu ya to ’mohoshite 20
tamatareno
Wochi no ohonu no
asa tsuyu ni
tamamo ha hidzuchi
yufu-giri ni 25
koromo ha nurete
kusamakura
tabi-ne ka mo suru
ahanu kimi yuwe.
6 _furafu_ = _furu_.
9 = _nabiku_.
10 _tsuma_, karizhi for _otto_.
11 _nikihada_ = _nikoyaka_, _yaharaku naru hada_.
16 _aruramu_ = _areru_, to waste, desolate.
19 _kedashiku_ = _moshi_.
For _tobutorino_, _tamamonasu_, _tatanadzuku_, _tsurugitachi_,
_nubatamano_, _tamatareno_, _kusamakura_ see List m. k.
24
Takechi no miko no mikoto no Kinohe no araki no miya no toki Hitomaro
ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Kakemaku mo 1
yuyushiki ka mo
ihamaku mo
aya ni kashikoki
Asuka no 5
Makami no hara ni
hisakatano
amatsu mikado wo
kashikoku mo
sadame-tamahite 10
kamusabu to
iha kakurimasu
yasumishishi
waga ohokimi no
kikoshimesu 15
sotomo no kuni no
makitatsu
Fuhayama koyete
komatsurugi
Wazami ga hara no 20
kari-miya ni
amori imashite
amenoshita
osame-tamahi
wosu-kuni wo 25
sadame-tamafu to
toriganaku
Adzuma no kuni no
mi ikusa wo
meshitamahite 30
chihayaburu
hito wo yahase to
matsurohanu
kuni wo osame to
miko nagara 35
makitamaheba
ohomi mi ni
tachi tori-obashi
ohomi te ni
yumi tori-motashite 40
mi ikusa wo
adomohi-tamahi
totonofuru
tsutsumi no oto ha
ikatsuchi no 45
kowe wo kiku made
fuki-naseru
kuda no oto mo
atamitaru
tora ka hoyuru to 50
moro hito no
obiyuru made ni
sasagetaru
hata no nabiki ha
fuyukomori 55
haru sarikureba
nu goto ni
tsukite aru hi no
kaze no muta
nabiku ga gotoku 60
tori-motaru
yu hazu no sawaki
mi yuki
furu
fuyu no hayashi ni 65
tsumushi ka mo
i-maki wataru to
omofu made
kiki no kashikoku
hiki-hanatsu 70
ya no shigekeku
ohoyuki no
midarete kitare
matsurohazu
tachi-mukahishi mo 75
tsuyu shimo no
kenaba kesubeku
yukutori no
arasofu hashi ni
Watarahi no 80
ihahi no miya yu
kamu kaze ni
i-fuki-madohashi
amakumo wo
hinomemomisezu 85
tokoyami ni
ohohi-tamahite
sadameteshi--
Midzuho no kuni wo
kamu nagara 90
futoshiki imashi[te]
yasumishishi
waga ohokimi no
amenoshita
mawoshi tamaheba 95
yorodzu yo ni
shikashi mo aramu to
yufuhanano
sakayuru toki ni
waga ohokimi 100
miko no mikado wo
kamu miya ni
yosohi matsurite
tsukahashishi
mikado no hito mo 105
shirotaheno
asa koromo kite
Haniyasu no
mikado no hara ni
akanesasu 110
hi no kotogoto
shishi zhi mono
ihahi fushitsutsu
nubatamano
yufuhe ni nareba 115
ohotono wo
furisake mitsutsu
udzuranasu
ihahi motohori
samorahedo 120
samorahi kanete
harutorino
samayohinureba
nageki mo
imada suginu ni 125
omohi mo
imada tsukineba
kotosaheku
Kudara no hara yu
kamu hafuri 130
hafuri-i mashite
asamoyoshi
Kinohe no miya wo
toko miya to
sadame-matsurite 135
kamu nagara
shidzumarimashinu
shikaredomo
waga ohokimi no
yorodzu yo to 140
omohoshimeshite
tsukurashishi
Kagu yama no miya
yorodzu yo ni
sugimu to ’mohe ya 145
ame no goto
furisake mitsutsu
tamatasuki
kakete shinubamu
kashikokaredomo! 150
Hisakata no 1
ame shirashinuru
kimi yuwe ni
tsuki hi mo shirani
kohi-wataru ka mo! 5
Haniyasu no 1
ike no tsutsumi no
komorinu no
yukuhe wo shirani
toneri ha madofu! 5
1 _kakemaku_ = _kakemu_ (_koto_), about to utter.
5 _ihamaku_ = _ihemu_ (_koto_), about to say.
8 _amatsu mikado_, heavenly palace, tomb or mortuary chapel or barrow
of Temmu at Ohouchi (N. II. 387).
14 _ohokimi_ = Temmu.
16 _sotomo_, outer or back face, i.e. north (Mino).
19 _komatsurugi_ is m. k. of Wa(zami).
22 _amori_, _ama ori_, descend from heaven.
27 The m. k. applies to A(dzuma).
35 The _miko_ is Takechi.
36 _maki_ = _makase_, charge with.
37 _ohomi mi_, great self.
42 Pause at end of this line.
59 under force of the wind.
60 Another pause.
62 _yumi no hadzu_.
66 _ka_ = _kaze_.
69 Another pause.
73 Pause.
84 Read this line after 86.
88 Pause, but taken as a sort of pivot, may be connected with _Midzuho
no kuni_ in the next line.
90 A god, as god.
93 _ohokimi_ is Jitô.
95 The indirect object of _mawoshi …_ is not expressed, it is Jitô (A.D.
690-6).
98 A quibble is seen by some commentators in _yufu_ (_ifu_).
101 _miko no mikado_, the mortuary chapel of Takechi.
102 _kamu miya_, as a god-shrine.
105 the watchers.
108-9 The _hara_ before the _Kagu yama no miya_ (143).
116 _ohotono_, the _mikado_ already mentioned.
129 _yu_ = _yori_.
130 _hafuri_, officials at funerals and interments; _hafuru_, to
conduct obsequies.
132 m. k. of Ki[nohe].
137 pause.
139 _ohokimi_ must be Takechi.
142 _tsukurishi_.
145 would outlast, they think belike.
149 _[kokoro ni] kakete._
150 Read before 148.
The syntax of this lay is not always clear. The _Kogi_ in its explanation
does not refer to Jitô, and almost seems to regard the _mawoshi_ of 95 as
addressed to Temmu.
For _hisakatano_, _yasumishishi_, _komatsurugi_, _toriganaku_,
_chihayaburu_, _fuyukomori_, _tsuyushimono_, _yukatorino_, _yufuhanano_,
_shirotaheno_, _akanesasu_, _nubatamano_, _udzuranasu_, _harutorino_,
_kotosaheku_, _asamoyoshi_, _tamatasuki_ see List m. k.
MAKI II SHIMO
25
Yuge no miko no sugimaseru toki Okisome no Adzuma-hito ga yomeru uta
hitotsu.
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi
takahikaru
hi no miko
hisakatano 5
ama tsu miya ni
kamu nagara
kami to imaseba,
soko wo shi mo
aya ni kashikomi 10
hiru ha mo
hi no kotogoto
yoru ha mo
yo no kotogoto
fushi-wi nagekedo 15
aki-taranu ka mo!
ohokimi ha 1
kami nishimaseba
amakumono
iho he ga shita ni
kakuri-tamahinu! 5
4 _iho he_, 500 folds, countless folds or layers; _shita_ = _ura_, within
or behind.
For _yasumishishi_, _takahikaru_, _hisakatano_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.
26
Asuka no himemiko no Kinohe no araki no miya no toki Hitomaro ga yomeru
uta hitotsu.
Tobutorino 1
Asuka no kaha no
kamitsu se ni
iha-hashi watari
shimotsu se ni 5
uchi-hashi watasu
ihahashi ni
ohi-nabikeru
tamamo mo so
tayureba ofuru 10
uchi-hashi ni
ohi-wowoheru
kahamo mo so
karureba hayaru
nani shi ka mo 15
waga ohokimi no
tataseba
tamamo no gotoku
koro-fuseba
kahamo no gotoku 20
nabikahishi
yoroshiki kimi ga
asa miya wo
wasuretamafu ya
yufu miya wo 25
somukitamafu ya
utsusomi to
omohishi toki ni
haru he ha
hana wori-kazashi 30
aki tateba
momiji-ba kazashi
shikitaheno
sode tadzusahari
kagaminasu 35
miredomo akani
mochi-dzuki no
iya medzurashimi
omohoshishi
kimi to tokidoki 40
idemashite
asobitamahishi
mikemukafu
Kinohe no miya wo
toko miya to 45
sadametamahite
ajisahafu
me koto mo tahenu
soko wo shi mo
aya ni kanashimi 50
nuyetori no
katakohishitsutsu
asatorino
kayohasu kimi ga
natsukusano 55
omohishi nayete
yufudzudzuno
ka yuki kaku yuki
ohobuneno
tayutafu mireba 60
nagusamuru
kokoro mo arazu
soko yuwe ni
semusube shirani
oto nomi wo 65
na nomi mo tayezu
ame tsuchi no
iya tohonagaku
shinubi yukamu
mi-na ni kakaseru 70
Asuka-gaha
yorodzu yo made ni
hashikiyoshi
waga ohokimi no
katami ni koko wo. 75
vv. 1-14 compare the Princess with the _mo_ and hint at her death, the
water-weeds will be renewed in due course, but she will not come back
to life; 15 is best understood by being read in connexion with 24;
16-21 describe the grace of the Princess; 22-26 suggest the fault of
the Prince which interrupted the relations of the pair; 27-42 describe
the happiness of the pair during the Princess’ life; 43-60 picture the
grief of the Prince at her loss, and 61 to end add the reflections of
the poet.
The m. k. (1) applies to Asu[ka], of (43) to Ki[nohe], of (47) to
_me_ (taken as contraction of _mure_), of (55) to _nayete_.
For _tobutorino_, _utsusomi_, _shikitaheno_, _kagaminasu_, _mikemukafu_,
_ajisahafu_, _asatorino_, _natsukusano_, _yufudzudzuno_, _ohobuneno_
see List m. k.
27-28
Hitomaro ga me no mi-makarishi nochi kanashimi yomeru uta futatsu.
Amatobuya 1
Karu no michi ha
wagimoko ga
sato ni shi areba
nemokoro ni 5
mimakuhoshikedo
yamazu yukaba
hito me wo ohomi
maneku yukaba
hito shirinubemi 10
sanekadzura
nochi wo ahamu to
ohobuneno
omohi tanomite
kagirohi no 15
ihakaki fuchi no
komori nomi
kohitsutsu aru ni
wataru hi no
kure yuku ga goto 20
teru tsuki no
kumo kakuru goto
okitsu mo no
nabikishi imo ha
momiji-ba no 25
sugite inishi to
tamadzusano
tsukahi no iheba
adzusa-yumi
oto nomi wo kikite 30
ihamu sube
semusubeshirani
oto nomi wo
kikite ariyeneba
waga kofuru 35
chihe no hitohe mo
nagusamuru
kokoro mo ari ya to
wagimoko ga
yamazu idemishi 40
Karu no ichi ni
waga tachi-kikeba
tamatasuki
Unebi no yama ni
nakutorino 45
kowe mo kikoye
tamahokono
michi yuku hito mo
hitori dani
niteshi yukaneba 50
sube wo nami
imo-gara yobite
sode so furitsutsu.
Akiyama no 1
momiji wo shigemi
madohaseru
imo mo motomemu
yama-ji shirazu mo. 5
Momiji-ba no 1
chirinuru nabe ni
tamadzusano
tsukahi wo mireba
ahishi hi omohoyu. 5
1 _ya_ = _yo_.
3 _waga imoko_.
6 _miru koto wo hoshiku omohedo_.
8 = _hito me ga ohoki_, _wo_ often thus used with forms in _mi_.
9 _tabitabi yukaba_.
13, 14 A word-quibble may, possibly, be intended, _omohi omoki_.
15, 16 These form a sort of m. k. of _komori_.
26 has passed away (died).
36 _chihe no hitohe_, one plait of a thousand plaits (or layers or
parts) = one thousandth.
40 _imo ga kimi wo yamazu idemishi_ Kami, &c.
51 _sube wo nami_, cp. 8, _hito me wo ohomi_.
2 (second _hanka_) _nabe_ has force of together with, upon.
For _amatobuya_, _sanekadzura_, _ohobuneno_, _tamadzusano_,
_tamatasuki_, _nakutorino_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.
28
Utsusemi to 1
omohishi toki ni
tadzusahete
aga futari mishi
washiri-de no 5
tsutsumi ni tateru
tsuki no ki no
kochi-gochi no ye no
haru no ha no
shigeki ga gotoku 10
omoherishi
imo ni ha aredo
tanomerishi
kora ni ha aredo
yo no naka wo 15
somukishi yeneba
kagirohino
moyuru ara-nu ni
shirotahe no
amahire kakuri 20
tori zhi mono
asa tachi-i-mashite
irihinasu
kakuri ni shikaba
wagimoko ga 25
katami ni okeru
wakaki ko no
kohi-naku goto ni
tori atafu
mono shi nakereba 30
wotoko mono zhi
waki hasami mochi
wagimoko to
futari aga neshi
makuradzuku 35
tsumaya no uchi ni
hiru ha mo
urasabi kurashi
yoru ha mo
iki-dzuki akashi 40
nagekedomo
semu subeshirami
kofuredomo
afu yoshi wo nami
ohotori no 45
Hakahi no yama ni
aga kofuru
imo ha imasu to
hito no iheba
ihane sakumite 50
nadzumi koshi
yokeku mo so naki
utsusemi to
omohishi imo ga
kagirohino 55
honoka no dani mo
miyenu omoheba.
Kozo miteshi 1
aki no tsukuyo ha
teraseredo
ahimishi imo ha
iya toshi sakaru. 5
Ihe ni kite 1
tsumaya wo mireba
tamatokono
to ni mukahikeri
imo ga ko-makura. 5
vv. 1-11 are introductory to _imo_; 12-16 declare impossibility of
escaping the fate of all mankind; 17-20 refer to the funeral of the
_imo_; 21-24 to her burial; 25-32 to the father’s endeavour to comfort
the child; 33-42 to the desolation of his home; 43 to end to the ascent
of the hill of interment in the vain hope of seeing her spirit.
2 _omohishi_, here, as often, is little more than _narishi_.
22 _i-mashite_, _i_ is here merely a prefix.
30 _shi_ is an emphatic particle.
31 _zhi_ = _nasu_ (so in 21).
34 A past of _neru_.
42 A common phrase = _shikata ga nai_.
52 = _yoki, koto naki_.
55 Note the application of the m. k. to _ho_(_noka_). Read the latter
verses as _honoka ni sahe mo imo ga miyenu wo omoheba kurushiku
hatarakite koshi kahi mo naku yoki koto so naki_.
5 Written wooden (_ko_) pillow--I venture to read it as (_ko_) little
pillow.
For _utsusemi_, _kagirohino_, _shirotaheno_, _irihinasu_,
_makuradzuku_, _ohotorino_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.
29
Shinatsu no unebe ga mi-makareru toki Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Akiyama no 1
shitaberu imo
nayotakeno
towoyoru kora ha
ikasama ni 5
omohimase ka
takunahano
nagaki inochi wo
tsuyu koso ha
ashita ni okite 10
yufube ha
kenu to ihe
kiri koso ha
yufube ni tachite
ashita ha 15
usu to ihe
adzusayumi
oto kiku are mo
oho ni mishi
koto kuyashiki wo 20
shikitaheno
ta-makura makite
tsurugitachi
mi ni sohenekemu
wakakusano 25
sono tsuma no ko ha
sabushimi ka
omohite nuramu
kuyashimi ka
omohikofuramu 30
toki narazu
suginishi kora ga
asa tsuyu no goto
yufu giri no goto.
Sasanamino 1
Shigatsu no kora ga
makari nishi
kaha se no michi wo
mireba sabushi mo. 5
vv. 1-6 introduction; 7-16 impermanence of life; 17-20 regret of
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.
30
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.
31
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.
32
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.
33
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.
34
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!