ko-tachi mo miyezu
furi-midasu
yuki ni sawakite
mawiraku yoshi mo. 5
9 Here _yuki_ is ‘snow,’ as in 4; in 10 it is ‘go, come.’
For _yasumishishi_, _takahikaru_, _hisakatano_ see List m. k.
35
Yayohi bakari Yoshinu no totsu-miya ni idemaseru toki naka no
mono-mawosu tsukasa Ohotomo no mahetsukimi (Ohotomo no kiyau)
mikotonori wo uketamaharite yomitamaheru uta hitotsu.
Mi Yoshinu no 1
Yoshinu no miya ha
yama kara shi
tafutoku arashi
kaha kara shi 5
sayakeku arashi
ame tsuchi to
nagaku hisashiku
yorodzu yo ni
kaharadzu aramu 10
idemashi no miya!
Mukashi mishi 1
Kisa no wo-gaha wo
ima mireba
iyo-iyo sayakeku
nari nikeru ka mo! 5
5 _kara_, cp. _nagara_; also _kare_, reason, cause.
6 _arashi_ = _arurashi_.
36
Yamabe no Sukune Akahito ga Fujinoyama wo mite [yomeru] uta hitotsu.
Ame tsuchi no 1
wakareshi toki yu
kamusabite
takaku tafutoki
Suruga naru 5
Fugi no takane wo
ama no hara
furisake mireba
wataru hi no
kage mo kakurohi 10
teru tsuki no
hikari mo miyezu
shirakumo mo
i-yuki habakari
tokizhiku 15
yuki ha furikeru
katari-tsugi
ihi-tsugi yukamu
Fuji no takane ha!
Tago no ura yu 1
uchi-dete mireba
ma-shiroku so
Fuji no takane ni
yuki ha furikeru! 5
37
Fuji no yama wo yomeru uta hitotsu.
Namayomino 1
Kahi no kuni
uchi-yosuru
Suruga no kuni to
kochigochi ni 5
kuni no mi naka yu
ide-tateru
Fuji no takane ha
amakumono
i-yuki habakari 10
tobutori mo
tobi mo nobarazu
moyuru hi wo
yuki mochi-kechi
furu yuki wo 15
hi mochi-kechitsutsu
ihi mo kane
nadzuke mo shirani
kusushiku mo
imasu kami ka mo 20
Se no umi to
nadzukete aru mo
sono yama no
tsutsumeru umi so
Fuji kaha to 25
hito no wataru mo
sono yama no
midzu no tagichi so
Hinomoto no
Yamato no kuni no 30
shidzume to mo
imasu kami ka mo
takara to mo
nareru yama ka mo
Suruga naru 35
Fuji no takane ha
miredo akanu ka mo.
Fuji no ne ni 1
furi-okeru yuki ha
minadzuki no
mochi ni kenureba
sono yo furikeri. 5
18 lit. one can give no adequate name to Fuji.
21 Read with 24.
For _namayomino_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.
38
Akahito ga Iyo no yu ni yukite yomeru uta hitotsu.
Sumerogi no 1
Kami no mikoto no
shikimasu
kuni no kotogoto
yu ha shi mo 5
saha ni aredomo
shima yama no
yoroshiki kuni to
kogoshi ka mo
Iyo no takane no 10
Izaniha no
woka ni tatashite
uta omohi
koto omohashishi
mi yu no he no 15
ko-mura wo mireba
Omi no ki mo
ohi-tsugi ni keri
naku tori no
kowe mo kaharazu 20
tohoki yo ni
kamusabi yukamu
idemashi tokoro.
1-14 refer to _Uhe no miya_ (Shôtoku Taishi).
4 All the provinces or lands.
9 _kogoshi_ applies to _Iyo no takane_.
39
Kamiwoka ni noborite Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Mimoro no 1
Kaminabi yama ni
iho ye sashi
shizhi ni ohitaru
tsuganokino 5
iya tsugitsugi ni
tamakadzura
tayuru koto naku
aritsutsu mo
yamazu kayohamu 10
Asuka no
furuki miyako ha
yama takami
kaha tohoshiroshi
haru no hi ha 15
yama shi migahoshi
aki no yo ha
kaha shi sayakeshi
asa-kumo ni
tadzu ha midare 20
yufu-giri ni
kahadzu ha sawaku
miru goto ni
ne nomi shi nakayu
inishihe omoheba. 25
Asuka-gaha 1
kaha yodo sarazu
tatsukirino
omohi-sugubeki
kohi ni aranaku ni. 5
1-10 are introductory to _Asuka no furuki miyako_.
13-22 describe the _miyako_.
23-25 express the poet’s regret.
1-3 are introductory to 4.
5 lit. there is no _kohi_ (affection) from which may be chased thoughts
(of the past).
For _tsuganokino_, _tamakadzura_, _tatsukirino_ see List m. k.
MAKI III, NAKA
40
Tsunuga no tsu nite fune ni noreru toki Kasa no Asomi Kanamura ga
yomeru uta hitotsu.
Koshi no umi no 1
Tsunuga no hama yu
ohobune ni
ma kaji nuki-oroshi
isanatori 5
umiji ni idete
abekitsutsu
waga kogi-yukeba
masurawono
Tayuhi ga ura ni 10
ama wotome
shiho yaku keburi
kusamakura
tabi nishi areba
hitori shite 15
miru shiru shi nami
watatsumi no
te ni makashitaru
tamatasuki
kakete shinubitsu 20
Yamato shima-ne wo.
12 After _keburi_ supply _areba_.
16 _nami_ is _nashi_, not--_miru_-(_koto_) _shiru_ (_koto_) _shi
nashi_. Another reading, however, is possible.
17-19 are introductory to _kakete_ (20), as the arm-bands are set to
the arms of the sea-god (or arm-bands to those who serve the god?), to
my heart is set regret for Yamato. The m. k. (9) applies to Ta(yuhi);
17, 18 are epithetical of _tama_, part of the m. k. _tamatasuki_
applied to _kakete_ (20).
21 _shimane_ is a designation of Yamato.
For _isanatori_, _masurawono_, _kusamakura_, and _tamatasuki_ see List
m. k.
41
Akahito ga Kasuga nu ni noborite yomeru uta hitotsu.
Haruhiwo 1
Kasuka no yama no
takakurano
Mikasa no yama ni
asa sarazu 5
kumowi tanabiku
kaho tori no
ma naku shiba naku
kumowinasu
kokoro isayohi 10
sono tori no
kata-kohi nomi ni
hiru ha mo
hi no kotogoto
yoru ha mo 15
yo no kotogoto
tachite wite
omohi so aga suru
ahanu ko yuwe ni.
1 See N. i. 402, the second lay. Perhaps _wo_ should be, as there, _no_.
5 not missing a morning.
17 standing or lying down, i.e. continually. The m. k. (3) applies to
Mi[kasa] taken as _mi_, person.
For _haruhiwo_, _takakurano_, _kumowinasu_ see List m. k.
42
Ohotomo no Sakanohe no Iratsume ga kami matsuri no uta hitotsu.
Hisakatano 1
ama no hara yori
are koshi
kami no mikoto
okuyama no 5
sakaki no yeda ni
shiraga tsuku
yufu tori-tsukete
ihahi-he wo
ihahi hori suwe 10
takatama wo
shizhi ni nukitari
shishi zhi mono
hiza ori-fuse
tawayame no 15
osuhi tori-kake
kaku dani mo
are ha kohinamu
kimi ni ahanu ka mo.
3 _are_, _arahare_, _koshi_ past of _ki_(_kuru_).
6 Cleyera japonica.
7 _shiraga_ (_shirage_) might mean white, or pure tresses.
18 _are_, _ware_.
For _hisakata_ see List m. k.
43
Tsukubane ni noborite Tajihi no Mabito Kunihito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Tori ga naku 1
Adzuma no kuni ni
takayama ha
saha ni aredomo
Futakami no 5
tafutoki yama no
nami-tachi no
migahoshi yama to
kami-yo yori
hito no ihi-tsugi 10
kuni-mi suru
Tsukuba no yama wo
fuyukomori
haru sari-kuredo
shira-yuki no 15
tokizhiku toki to
mizute yukaba
mashite kohishimi
yuki-ke suru
yama michi sura wo 20
nadzumi are koshi.
1-11 are introductory to 12, after _wo_ supply _omohite_ or _omoheba_.
7 double-peaked.
14, 15 are interpolations of Keichiu.
16 Explained by Kogi as = _toki naranu toki tote_--the snow is lasting
later than usual down to the second month where the ascent is made.
For _toriganaku_, _fuyukomori_ see List m. k.
44
Tabi no uta hitotsu.
Watatsumi ha 1
ayashiki mono ka
Ahaji shima
naka ni tate-okite
shiranami no 5
Iyo ni motohoshi
wimachitsuki
Akashi no to yu ha
yufu sareba
shiho ni mitashime 10
ake sareba
shiho wo hishimu
shiwo sawi no
nami wo kashikomi
Ahaji shima 15
iso-gakuri-wite
itsushika mo
kono yo no akemu
to samorafu ni
i no ne kateneba 20
Tagi no he no
Asanu no kigishi
akenu to shi
tachi-toyomurashi
iza kodomo 25
ahete kogidemu
niha mo shidzukeshi.
Shima-dzutahi 1
Minume no saki wo
kogi-tameba
Yamato kohoshiku
tadzu saha ni naku. 5
7 See notes translation.
13 _shiho-sawi_, _shiho-saki_, flood-tide.
19 _samorafu_ (_saburafu_) here means _haberu_.
22 _kigishi [ha yo] akenu_ (past of _akuru_).
4 _kohoshiku_, _kohishiku_.
5 _saha ni_, in flocks or flights, numerous.
For _wimachitsuki_ see List m. k.
MAKI III, SHIMO
Kanashimi uta.
45
Ihata no Ohokimi usetamaheru toki Nifu no Ohokimi no yomitamaheru uta
hitotsu.
Nayutakeno 1
towoyoru miko
sanidzurafu
waga ohokimi ha
komorikuno 5
Hatsuse no yama ni
kamusabite
itsuki imasu to
tamadzusano
hito so ihitsuru 10
oyodzure ka
waga kikitsuru
tahagoto ka
waga kikitsuru mo
ame tsuchi ni 15
kuyashiki koto no
yo no naka no
kuyashiki koto ha
amakumono
sokuhe no kihami 20
ame tsuchi no
itareru made ni
tsuwe tsuki mo
tsukazu mo yukite
yufuke tohi 25
ishi-ura mochite
waga yado ni
mi moro wo tatete
makura he ni
ihahihe wo suwe 30
takatama wo
shizhi ni nukitari
yufu tasuki
kahina ni kakete
ame naru 35
Sasara no wo-nu no
ihahi suge
te ni tori-mochite
hisakatano
ame no kahara ni 40
ide-tatete
misogite mashi wo
Takayama no
ihaho no uhe ni
imasetsuru ka mo! 45
Oyodzure no 1
tahagoto to ka mo
Takayama no
Ihaho no uhe ni
kimi ga koyaseru. 5
Isonokami 1
Furu no yama naru
sugimura no
omohi sugubeku
kimi ni aranaku ni. 5
1 _oyodzure_ and _tahagoto_ seem nearly synonymous, the former rather
‘false’, the latter ‘vain’ news.
For _nayutakeno_, _sanidzurafu_, _komorikuno_, _tamadzusano_,
_amakumono_, _hisakatano_, _Isonokami_ see List m. k.
46
Oyazhi [Ihata no Ohokimi use-tamaheru] toki Yamakuma no Ohokimi
kanashimi yomimaseru uta hitotsu.
Tsunusahafu 1
Ihare no michi wo
asa sarazu
yukikemu hito no
omohitsutsu 5
kayohikemaku ha
hototogisu
ki naku sa-tsuki ha
ayame-gusa
hana tachibana wo 10
tama ni nuki
kadzura ni semu to
naga tsuki no
shigure no toki ha
momichi ba wo 15
ori-kazasamu to
hafukudzuno
iya toho-nagaku
yorodzu yo ni
tayezhi to omohite 20
kayohikemu
kimi wo asu yo ha
yoso ni ka mo mimu.
[In _dai_] _oyazhi_ = _onazhi_.
4 _hito_ is Ihata.
6 The subject is the poet.
For _tsunusahafu_ (m. k. of _iha_ in Ihare) _hafukudzuno_ see List m.
k.
47
Katsushika no Mama wotome ga haka wo tohoreru toki Akahito ga yomeru
uta hitotsu.
Inishihe ni 1
arikemu hito no
shidzuhata no
obi toki-kahete
fuseya tate 5
tsuma-dohi shikemu
katsushika no
Mama no tekona ga
okutsuki wo
koko to ha kikedo 10
maki no ha ya
shigemitaruramu
matsuganeno
tohoku hisashiki
koto nomi mo 15
na nomi mo ware ha
wasuraye naku ni.
Katsushika no 1
Mama no iriye ni
uchi nabiku
tamamo karikemu
tekona shi omohoyu. 5
2 _hito_ = a suitor.
5 The translation is based on the Kogi explanation.
For _matsuganeno_ see List m. k.
48
Temuhiyau (Tempyô) hazhime no toshi tsuchi no to mi Tsu no kuni no
Agachi-da no Fumihito Hasetsukabe no Tatsumaro ga wanakishi toki
matsurigoto hito (Hanguwan) Ohotomo no Sukune Minaka ga yomeru uta
hitotsu.
Amakumono 1
muka-fusu kuni no
masurawo to
ihayeshi hito ha
Sumerogi no 5
kami no mikado ni
to no he ni
tachi-samorahi
uchi no he ni
tsukahe matsuri 10
tamakadzura
iya toho-nagaku
oya no na mo
tsugi-yuku mono to
omo chichi ni 15
tsuma ni kodomo ni
katarahite
tachi nishi hi yori
tarachineno
haha no mikoto ha 20
ihahi-he wo
mahe ni suwe-okite
hito te ni ha
yufu tori-mochi
hito te ni ha 25
nikitahe matsuri
tahirakeku
masakiku mase to
ame tsuchi no
kami ni kohi nomi 30
ikani aramu
toshi tsuki hi ni ka
tsutsuzhihana
nihoheru kimi ga
nihodorino 35
nadzusahi komu to
tachite wite
machikemu hito ha
ohokimino
mikoto kashikomi 40
oshiteru
Naniha no kuni ni
aratamano
toshi furu made ni
shirotahe no 45
koromode hosazu
asa yohi ni
aritsuru kimi ha
ikasama ni
omohi-mase ka 50
utsusemino
woshiki kono yo wo
tsuyushimono
okite inikemu
toki-narazu shite! 55
Kinofu koso 1
kimi ha arishi ka
omohanu ni
hama-matsu no he no
kumo ni tanabiku. 5
4 _hito_ = Tatsumaro.
7 _to_, _soto_.
28 _mase_, _koso mase_.
38 _hito_, household of Tatsumaro.
48 _aritsuru_, goes on or went on being.
50 = _omohimaseba_.
51 m. k. of _yo_.
52 m. k. of _okite_.
For _amakumono_, _tamakadzura_, _tarachineno_, _tsutsuzhihana_,
_nihodorino_, _ohokimino_, _oshiteru_, _aratamano_, _shirotaheno_,
_tsuyushimono_ see List m. k.
49
[Temuhiyau (Tempyô)] nana tose to ifu toshi kinoto no wi Ohotomo no
Sakanohe no Iratsume ga ama no Riguwamu (Rigwan) no mi-makareru wo
kanashimi yomeru uta hitotsu.
Takutsunu no 1
Shiraki no kuni yu
hito goto wo
yoshi to kikashite
tohi-sakuru 5
ugara haragara
naki kuni ni
watari-kimashite
ohokimi no
shikimasu kuni ni 10
uchihisasu
Miyako shimimi ni
sato ihe ha
saha ni aredomo
ikasama ni 15
omohikeme ka mo
tsure mo naki
Saho no yama he ni
nakukonasu
shitahi kimashite 20
shikitaheno
ihe wo mo tsukuri
aratamano
toshi no wo nagaku
sumahitsutsu 25
imashishi mono wo
umarureba
shinu chifu koto ni
nogaroyenu
mono ni shi areba 30
tanomarishi
hito no kotogoto
kusamakura
tabi naru hodoni
Saho kaha wo 35
asa kaha watari
Kasuga nu wo
so-gahi ni mitsutsu
ashihikino
yamabe wo sashite 40
kura-yami to
kakuri mashinure
ihamu sube
semusubeshirani
tamotohori 45
tada hitori shite
shirotaheno
koromo-de hosazu
nagekitsutsu
aga naku namida 50
Arima yama
kumo wi tanabiku
ame ni furiki ya!
5 Converse, utter, talk with.
8 The subject is Rigwan, also of verbs in 25, 26.
26 After _mono_ supply _omohite_ or _omoheba_.
34 _hodoni_ = whilst.
36 sqq. The subject of the verbs is the party of mourners who accompany
the corpse of Rigwan.
44 Subject of _tamotohori_ (go up and down, to and fro) is Sakanohe.
For _takutsunu_, _uchihisasu_, _nakukonasu_, _shikitaheno_,
_aratamano_, _kusamakura_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.
50
Mata Yakamochi ga yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Waga yado ni 1
hana so sakitaru
so wo miredo
kokoro mo yukazu
hashikiyashi 5
imo ga ariseba
mikamonasu
futari narabi-wi
taworite mo
misemashi mono wo 10
utsusemino
kareru mi nareba
tsuyushimono
kesuru ga gotoku
ashihikino 15
yamaji wo sashite
irihinasu
kakuri ni shikaba
soko ’mofu ni
mune koso itame 20
ihi mo kane
nadzuke mo shirani
atomonaki
yo no naka nareba
semu sube mo nashi. 25
Toki ha shimo 1
itsu mo aramu wo
kokoro itaku
i-yuku wagimo ka
wakaki ko wo ’kite. 5
Ide-yukasu 1
michi shiramaseba
arakazhime
imo wo todomemu
seki wo okamashi wo. 5
Imo ga mishi 1
yado ni hana saku
toki ha henu
aga naku namida
imada hi naku ni. 5
3 _so_ = _sore_.
10 Supply _omohite_ (_oheba_).
4 _i_ is prefix.
5 _’kite_ = _okite_.
1 Read _mishi_ with _hana_.
For _mikamonasu_, _utsusemino_, _tsuyushimono_, _ashihikino_,
_irihinasu_, _atomonaki_ see List m. k.
51-52
(Oyazhi) to tose amari mu tose to ifu toshi kinoye saru kisaragi Asaka
no miko no sugitamaheru toki uchi-toneri Ohotomo no Sukune Yakamochi
yomeru uta mutsu.
Kakemaku mo
aya ni kashikoshi
ihamaku mo
yuyushiki ka mo
waga ohokimi 5
miko no mikoto
yorodzu yo ni
woshi-tamahamashi
Oho-Yamato
Kuni no miyako ha 10
uchinabiku
haru sarinareba
yama he ni ha
hana-saki wowori
kaha se ni ha 15
ayu-ko sa-hashiri
iya hi ke ni
sakayuru toki ni
oyodzure no
tawagoto to ka mo 20
shirotahe ni
toneri yosohite
Wadzuka yama
mi koshi tatashite
hisakatano 25
ame shirashinure
koi-marobi
hidzuchi nakedomo
semu sube mo nashi.
Waga ohokimi 1
ame shirasamu to
omohaneba
oho ni so mikeru
Wadzuka soma yama. 5
Ashihikino 1
yama sahe hikari
saku hana no
chirinuru gotoki
waga ohokimi ka mo. 5
24 _koshi_, coffin.
For _uchinabiku_, _hisakatano_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.
52
Kakemaku mo 1
aya ni kashikoshi
waga ohokimi
miko no mikoto
mononofuno 5
yaso tomo no wo wo
meshitsudohe
adomohi-tamahi
asa-kari ni
shishi fumi-okoshi 10
yufu-kari ni
tori fumi-tate
oho mi ma no
kuchi osahe-tome
mi kokoro wo 15
meshi akirameshi
Ikuji yama
ko-dachi no shizhi ni
saku hana mo
utsurohi ni keri 20
yo no naka ha
kaku nomi narashi
masurawono
kokoro furi-okoshi
tsurugitachi 25
koshi ni tori-haki
adzusayumi
yuki tori-ohite
ame tsuchi to
iya tohonaga ni 30
yorodzu yo ni
kaku shi mo ka mo to
tanomerishi
Miko no Mikado no
sabahenasu 35
sawaku toneri ha
shirotahe ni
koromo tori-kite
tsune narishi
wemahi furumahi 40
iya hi ke ni
kaharafu mireba
kanashiki ro ka mo.
For _mononofuno_, _masurawono_, _tsurugitachi_, _sabahenasu_,
_shirotaheni_ (equiv. _shirotaheno_) see List m. k.
53
Usetaru me wo kanashimi Takahashi no Asomi ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Shirotaheno 1
sode sashi-kahete
nabiki-neshi
waga kurokami no
ma-shiraga ni 5
kaharamu kihami
arata yo ni
tomo ni aramu to
tamanowono
tayezhi i-imo to 10
musubiteshi
koto ha hatasazu
omoherishi
kokoro ha togedzu
shirotaheno 15
tamoto wo wakare
nikibi ni shi
ihe yu mo idete
midori-ko no
naku wo mo okite 20
asa-kiri no
oho ni naritsutsu
Yamashiro no
Sagaraka yama no
yama no ma yu 25
yuki-suginureba
ihamu sube
semusubeshirani
wagimoko to
sa-neshi tsuma-ya ni 30
asa niha ni
ide-tachi shinubi
yufube ni ha
iri-wi nagekahi
waki-hasamu 35
ko no naku goto ni
wotoko-zhi mono
ohi-mi udaki-mi
asatorino
ne nomi naki-tsutsu 40
kofuredomo
shirushi wo nami to
koto tohanu
mono ni ha aredo
wagimoko ga 45
iri ni shi yama wo
yosuka to so ’mofu.
47 _yosuka_ is better than _yosuga_.
For _shirotaheno_, _tamanowono_ see List m. k.
MAKI IV, KAMI
Shitashimi uta.
54
Wokamoto no Sumera mikoto no mi-yomimaseru [ohomi] uta hitotsu.
Kami-yo yori 1
are tsugitareba
hito saha ni
kuni ni ha michite
ajimurano 5
sawaki ha yukedo
aga kofuru
kimi nishi araneba
hiru ha
hi no kururu made 10
yoru ha
yo no akuru kihami
omohitsutsu
ine kate ni nomi
akashitsuraku mo 15
nagaki kono yo wo
Yama no ha ni 1
ajimura sawaki
yuku naredo
are ha sabushi we
kimi ni shi araneba. 5
Afumi-ji no 1
Toko no yama naru
Isaya kaha
ke no kono goro ha
kohitsutsu mo aramu. 5
2 _are_ = _arahare_.
15 _akashitsuru_.
4 _we_, an exclamation of pain or regret.
For _ajimurano_ see List m. k.
55
Tajihi no Mabito Kasamaro ga Tsukushi no kuni ni kudaru toki yomeru uta
hitotsu.
Omi no me no 1
kushige ni itsuku
kagaminasu
Mitsu no hamabe ni
sanidzurafu 5
himo toki-sakezu
wagimoko ni
kohitsutsu woreba
ake-gure no
asa-kiri kakuri 10
nakutadzuno
ne nomi shi nakayu
aga kofuru
chihe no hitohe mo
nagusamuru 15
kohoro mo are ya to
ihe no atari
aga tachi-mireba
awohatano
Kadzura-ki yama ni 20
tanabikeru
shira-kumo kakuri
amazakaru
hina no kuni-he ni
tada-mukafu 25
Ahaji wo sugi
Ahashima wo
sogahi ni mitsutsu
asa nagi ni
kako no kowe yobi 30
yufu nagi ni
kaji no ’to shitsutsu
nami no he wo
i-yuki sa-gukumi
iha no ma wo 35
i-yuki motohori
Inabitsuma
ura mi wo sugite
tori zhi mono
nadzusahi yukeba 40
Ihe no shima
ariso no uhe ni
uchi-nabiki
shizhi ni ohitaru
nanori-so no 45
nado ka mo imo ni
norazu ki ni kemu.
Shirotahe no 1
sode toki-kahete
kaheri-komu
tsuki hi wo yomite
yukite komashi wo. 5
1-3 are introductory to _mi_ (Mitsu).
45 _nanori-so_ involves a word-play with _norazu_ (47).
For _kagaminasu_, _sanidzurafu_, _nakutadzuno_, _awohatano_,
_amazakaru_, _shirotahe_ see List m. k.
56
Aki no Obokimi no uta hitotsu.
Toho-dzuma no 1
koko ni araneba
tamahokono
michi wo tadohomi
omofu sora 5
yasukaranaku ni
nageku sora
yasukaranu mono wo
mi-sora yuku
kumo ni mo ga mo 10
takatobu
tori ni mo ga mo
asu yukite
imo ni kototohi
aga tame ni 15
imo mo kotonaku
imo ga tame
are mo kotonaku
ima mo mishi goto
taguhite mo ga mo. 20
5-7 _sora_, metaphorical for state, condition.
9 _sora_, atmosphere, what exists between heaven and earth.
19 _ima_ = _tadaima_ (nuper).
20 _mo ga mo_ = _mo gana_?
For _tamahokono_ see List m. k.
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Zhimuki (Jinki) hazhime no toshi kinoye ne kaminadzuki Ki no kuni ni
idemaseru toki mi-tomo no hito ni okuramu tame wotome ni atsuraherayete
Kasa no Asomi Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Ohokimi no 1
idemashi no ma ni
mononofuno
yaso tomo no wo to
ide-yukishi 5
utsukushi tsuma ha
amatobuya
Karu no michi yori
tamatasuki
Unebi wo mitsutsu 10
asamoyoshi
Ki-ji ni iritachi
Matsuchi yama
koyuramu kimi ha
momiji-ba no 15
chiri-tobu mitsutsu
shitashikeku
a wo ba omohazu
kusamakura
tabi wo yoroshi to 20
omohitsutsu
kimi ha aramu to
asoso ni ha
katsu ha shiredomo
shikasu ga ni 25
moda mo ye araneba
aga ’seko ga
yuki no ma ni ma ni
ohamu to ha
chi tabi omohedomo 30
tawayame no
aga mi ni shi areba
michi-mori no
tohamu kotahe wo
ihi-yaramu 35
sube wo shirani to
tachite tsumadzuku!
12 _Ki-ji_ = _Kii no michi_.
17, 18 Read _a wo ba shitashikeku omohazu_.
23 _asoso_ or _azoso_ = _usu-usu_ = _wadzukani_--_asoso ni ha shire …
katsu ha_ … but the text here appears corrupt.
For _mononofuno_, _amatobuya_, _tamatasuki_, _asamoyoshi_, _kusamakura_
see List m. k.
58
Futatose to ifu toshi (Zhimuki = Jinki) kinoto no ushi yayohi Mika no
hara no totsumiya idemaseru toki wotome wo yete Kanamura ga yomeru uta
hitotsu.
Mika no hara 1
tabi no yadori ni
tamahokono
michi no yukiahi ni
amakumono 5
yoso nomi mitsutsu
koto-tohamu
yoshi no nakereba
kokoro nomi
muse-tsutsu aru ni 10
ame tsuchi no
kami koto-yosete
shikitaheno
koromo-de kahete
ono tsuma to 15
tanomeru ko-yohi
aki no yo no
momo yo no nagaku
arikosenu ka mo.
Amakumo no 1
yoso ni mishi yori
wagimoko ni
kokoro mo mi sahe
yori nishi mono wo. 5
12 _kotoyoseru_ strictly means to pretend, but I take it as involving a
committal (of the lover’s fortunes) to the gods.
19 _ari koso ne_ (_kibô no kotoba_), Oh, that it might or may be so!
For _tamahokono_, _amakumono_, _shikitaheno_ see List m. k.
59
Sakanohe no Iratsume ga urami no uta hitotsu.
Oshiteru 1
Naniha no suge no
nemokoro ni
kimi ga kikoshite
toshi fukaku 5
nagaku shi iheba
masokagami
togishi kokoro wo
yurushiteshi
sono hi no kihami 10
nami no muta
nabiku tamamo no
ka ni kaku ni
kokoro ha motazu
ohobuneno 15
tanomeru toki ni
chihayaburu
kami ya sakekemu
utsusemino
hito ka safuramu 20
kayohashishi
kimi mo kimasazu
tamadzusano
tsukahi mo miyezu
narinureba 25
ita mo sube nami
nubatamano
yoru ha sugara ni
akarabiku
hi mo kururu made 30
nagekedomo
shirushi wo nami
omohedomo
ta-dzuki wo shirani
tawayame to 35
ihaku mo shiruku
tawarahano
ne nomi nakitsutsu
tamotohori
kimi ga tsukahi wo 40
machi ya kanetemu.
1, 2 Introductory to _nemokoro_.
4 _kikoshite_ = _notamahite_.
12 This line serves as m. k. to the next.
13 swerving neither this nor that way.
29 _akarabiku_, the _ra_ is of unknown value, perhaps = _akarashiki wo
hiku_, lead in earliest dawn.
For _oshiteru_, _masokagami_, _ohobuneno_, _chihayaburu_, _utsusemino_,
_tamadzusano_, _nubatamano_, _akarabiku_, _tawarahano_ see List m. k.
MAKI IV, SHIMO
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Sakanohe no Iratsume ga Tomi no todokoro yori ihe ni todomareru musume
no Oho Iratsume ni okureru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Toko-yo ni to 1
aga yukanaku ni
wo-kanato ni
mono kanashirani
omoherishi 5
aga ko no tozhi wo
nubatamano
yoru hiru to ihazu
omofu nishi
aga mi ha yasenu 10
nageku nishi
sode sahe nurenu
kaku bakari
motona shi kohiba
furu sato ni 15
kono tsuki-goro mo
ari katemashi wo.
Asakamino 1
omohi midarete
kaku bakari
nane ga kofure so
ime ni miyekeru. 5
1 though ’tis not as though I went to the Eternal Land, yet on parting
with thee at the door overcome with grief was I, &c.
14 as ’tis of no avail to love thee.
17 _ari katemashi wo_ = _ari-katai koto kana!_
4 _nane_ = _nanzhi ane_, a term of endearment and respect.
5 Read _kofureba so nane ga_ &c.
For _nubatamano_, _asakamino_ see List m. k.
MAKI V, KAMI
61
Kanashimi no Yamato-uta hitotsu.
Ohokimi no 1
toho no Mikado to
shiranuhi
Tsukushi no kuni ni
nakukonasu 5
shitahi kimashite
iki dani mo
imada yasumezu
toshi tsuki mo
ikuda mo araneba 10
kokoro yu mo
omohanu ahida ni
uchi-nabiki
koyashinure
ihamu sube 15
semu sube shirani
iha ki wo mo
tohi-sake shirazu
ihe naraba
katachi ha aramu wo 20
urameshiki
imo no mikoto no
are wo ba mo
ika ni seyo to ka
nihotorino 25
futari narabi-wi
katarahishi
kokoro somukite
ihe-zakari imasu.
For _shiranuhi_, _nakukonasu_, _nihotorino_ see List m. k.
62
Madoheru kokoro wo kahesashimuru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Chichi haha wo 1
mireba tafutoshi
me ko mireba
megushi utsukushi
nogaroyenu 5
haakara ukara
nogaroyenu
oimi itokemi
tomo kaki mo
koto-tohi kahasu 10
yo no naka ha
kaku so kotowari
mochitorino
kakarahashi mo yo
[haya kaha no 15
yuku he shiraneba]
uke-gutsu wo
nukitsuru gotoku
fumi-nukite
yuku chifu hito ha 20
iha ki yori
nariteshi hito ka
na ga na norasane
ame he yukaba
na ga ma ni ma ni 25
tsuchi nareba
ohokimi imasu
kono terasu
hi tsuki no shita ha
amakumono 30
mukafusu kihami
taniguku no
sa-wataru kihami
kikoshiwosu
kuni no mahora so 35
kani kaku ni
hoshiki ma ni ma ni
shika ni ha arazhi ka.
Hisakatano 1
ama-ji ha tohoshi
naho naho ni
ihe ni kaherite
nari wo shimasani. 5
5 Supply _koto_, must not be avoided or shirked.
6, 8, 9, 10 The relations indicated are meant.
15 A sort of proverb.
19 i.e. trampling on the ethical rules (of Confucianism).
22, 23 are heptasyllabic, they conclude the first part of the lay.
23 _nanji ga na wo na-norasane_.
25 _na_ = _nanji_.
35 _mahora, kuni no_ is an emphatic expression for _kuni_, land;
_mahora_ seems to mean mountain-secluded, central, or recessed portion
of land.
5 _nari_, occupation, duty in life; _shimasani_ = _shimasane_.
For _mochitorino_, _amakumono_, _hisakatano_ see List m. k.
63
Kora wo shinubu uta hitotsu.
Urihameba 1
kodomo omohoyu
kuri hameba
mashite shinubayu
idzuku yori 5
kitarishi mono
manakahi ni
motona kakarite
yasu-i shi nasanu.
shirokane mo 1
kugane mo tama mo
nani semu ni
masareru takara
ko ni shikame ya mo. 5
7 _manakahi_ = _ma na kahi_ = _me no ahida ni sono omokage no musamusa
to kakarite_.
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Yo no naka no todomarigataki wo kanashimeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika
uta.