waga ohokimi no
ame no shita
Yashima no uchi ni
kuni ha shi mo 5
ohoku aredomo
sato ha shi mo
saha ni aredomo
yama nami no
yoroshiki kuni to 10
kaha nami no
tachi-afu sato to
Yamashiro no
Kase-yama no ma ni
miya-hashira 15
futoshiki matsuri
takashirasu
Futagi no miya ha
kaha chikami
se no to so kiyoki 20
yama chikami
tori ga ne-doyomu
aki sareba
yama mo todoro ni
sawoshika ha 25
tsuma yobi-doyome
haru sareba
woka be no shizhi ni
ihaho ni ha
hana saki-wowori 30
ana omoshiro
Futagi no hara
ito tafuto
ohomiya tokoro
ubeshi koso 35
waga ohokimi ha
kimi no mani
kikashitamahite
sasudakeno
ohomiya koko to 40
sadamekerashi mo.
For _akitsukami_, _sasudakeno_ see List m. k.
94
Waga ohokimi 1
kami no mikoto no
takashirasu
Futagi no miya ha
momo ki moru 5
yama ha ko-dakashi
ochi-tagitsu
se no ’to mo kiyoshi
uguhisu no
ki naku haru he ha 10
ihaho ni ha
yama shita-hikari
nishiki nasu
hana saki wowori
sawoshika no 15
tsuma yobu aki ha
ama-girafu
shigure wo itami
sanidzurafu
momichi chiritsutsu 20
yachi tose ni
are tsukashitsutsu
ame no shita
shiroshimesamu to
momo yo ni mo 25
kaharubekaranu
ohomiya tokoro.
Wotomera ga 1
umi wo kaku chifu
Kase no yama
toki shi yukereba
miyako to narinu. 5
5 The meaning of _moru_ is disputed. The Kogi follows Motowori, taking
_moru_ as equivalent to _shigeru_.
22 = _chôtei ni tsukahematsuru wo_. _are_ = _arahare_.
3 _kase_, homophon of _Kase_, means skein or spool.
For _sanidzurafu_, see List m. k.
95
Haru no koro Mika no hara no miyako no aretaru wo kanashimi yomeru uta
hitotsu.
Mika no hara 1
Kuni no miyako ha
yama takami
kaha no se kiyomi
ari yoshi to 5
hito ha ihedomo
sumi yoshi to
are ha omohedo
furi nishi
sato nishi areba 10
kuni miredo
hito mo kayohazu
sato mireba
ihe no aretari
hashikeyashi 15
kaku arikeru ka
mi moro tsuku
Kase yama no ma ni
saku hana ni
iro medzurashiku 20
momotorino
kowe natsukashiki
ari-gahoshi
sumi yoki sato no
aruraku woshi mo! 25
2 _Kuni_, is City-Royal; in 11 _kuni_ is ‘land’ or ‘country.’
15 must be read, though indirectly, with 18, 16 being parenthetical.
17 Motowori prefers _umi wo kaku_ (see 94).
_tsuku_ = _tsukuru_.
25 _aruraku_ = _aruru_, lie desolate, waste.
For _momotorino_ see List m. k.
96
Naniha no miya nite yomeru uta hitotsu.
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi no
ari-gayofu
Naniha no miya ha
isanatori 5
umi katatsukite
tama hirifu
hama he wo chikami
asa ha furu
nami no ’to sawaki 10
yufu nagi ni
kaji no ’to kikoyu
akatoki no
ne-same ni kikeba
umi chikami 15
shihohi no muta
urasu ni ha
chidori tsuma yobi
ashi-he ni ha
tadzu ga ne-doyomu 20
miru hito no
katari ni sureba
kiku hito no
mimakuhori suru
mikemukafu 25
Ajifu no miya ha
miredo akanu ka wo.
16 _muta_ = _tomo ni_.
22 _ni_ = _wo_.
24 _migahoshiku_.
27 _akanu_, unwearied of.
For _yasumishishi_, _isanatori_, _mikemukafu_ see List m. k.
97
Minume no ura wo suguru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.
Yachihokono 1
kami no mi yo yori
momofuneno
hatsuru tomari to
Yashima kuni 5
momo funa hito no
sadameteshi
Minume no ura ha
asa kaze ni
ura nami sawaki 10
yufu nami ni
tamamo ha ki-yoru
shira manago
kiyoki hama-he ha
yuki kaheri 15
miredomo akazu
ubeshi koso
miru hito goto ni
katari-tsugi
shinubikerashiki 20
momoyo hete
shinubaye yukamu
kiyoki shira hama.
1-7 introductory to 8. 9 to end descriptive and eulogistic.
13 _manago_ = _masago_, sand, pebbles.
For _yachihokono_, _momofuneno_ see List m. k.
MAKI VIII, KAMI
Haru no kusagusa no uta.
98
Kusaka yama no uta.
Oshiteru 1
Naniha wo sugite
uchi nabiku
Kusaka no yama wo
yufu-gure ni 5
aga koye-kureba
yama mo se ni
sakeru ashibi no
ashikaranu
kimi wo itsushika 10
yukite haya mimu.
7 _se ni_, crowdedly, thickly.
8, 9 sound-quibble, _ashibi_ and _ashikaranu_.
10, 11 There is inversion here.
For _oshiteru_ and _uchinabiku_ see List m. k.
99
Sakura no hana no uta.
Wotomera ga 1
kazashi no tame ni
miyabi-wo no
katsura no tame to
shikimaseru 5
kuni no hatate ni
saki nikeru
sakura no hana no
nihohi ha mo ana ni!
Haru no shitashimi uta.
100
(Tempyô) itsutose to ifu toshi midzunoto tori nochi no yayohi Kanamura
ga Morokoshi ni tsukahasu tsukahi ni okureru uta.
Tamatasuki 1
kakenu toki naku
iki no wo ni
aga ’mofu kimi ha
utsusemino 5
[yo no hito nareba
ohokimi no]
mikoto kashikomi
yufu sareba
tadzu ga tsuma yobu 10
Naniha-gata
Mitsu no saki yori
ohobune ni
ma kaji shizhi nuki
shira-nami no 15
takaki arumi wo
shima-dzutahi
i-wakare yukeba
todomareru
are ha nusa tori 20
ihahitsutsu
kimi wo ba matamu
haya kaherimase!
1-8 are a preface.
2 without breach of truce.
3 _iki no wo_, thread of life.
6, 7 Interpolated on the authority of Keichiu.
16 _arumi_ = _aruru umi_.
For _tamatasuki_, _utsusemino_ see List m. k.
Natsu no shitashimi uta.
101
Ohotomo no Yakamochi ga tachibana wo yojite Sakanohe no Oho-Iratsume ni
okureru uta.
Itsushika to 1
matsu waga yado ni
momo-ye-zashi
ofuru tachibana
tama ni nuku 5
sa-tsuki wo chikami
ayenu gani
hana saki ni keri
asa ni ke ni
ide-miru goto ni 10
iki no wo ni
aga ’mofu imo ni
masokagami
kiyoki tsuki-yo ni
tada hito me 15
misemu made ni ha
chiri-kosu na
yume to ihitsutsu
kokodaku mo
aga moru mono wo 20
uretaki ya
shiko hototogisu
akatoki no
urakanashiki ni
ohedo ohedo 25
naho shi ki-nakite
itadzura ni
tsuchi ni chiraseba
sube wo nami
yojite ta-woritsu 30
mimase wagimoko!
Mochi kudachi 1
kiyoki tsuku yo ni
wagimoko ni
misemu to ’mohishi
yado no tachibana! 5
7 _ayenu_ = _ayenuru_, ready to set for fruit?
_gani_ = _yô_, _sama_.
19 _kokodaku_ = _ikubaku_.
1 _mochi kudachi_ = _michikudari_ = full and on the turn.
For _masokagami_ see List m. k.
MAKI VIII, SHIMO
Aki no kusagusa no uta.
102
Yamanohe no Omi Okura ya nanuka no yo [Tanabata] no uta towo amari
futatsu (naga-uta hitotsu).
(5)
Hisakatano 1
ama no kaha se ni
fune ukete
koyohi ka kimi ga
agari ki-masamu. 5
(6)
Hiko-hoshi ha 1
Tanabata tsu me to
ame tsuchi no
wakareshi toki yu
inamushiro 5
kaha ni mukitachi
omofu sora
yasukaranaku ni
nageku sora
yasukaranaku ni 10
awo nami ni
nozomi ha tayenu
shira kumo ni
namida ha tsukinu
kaku nomi ya 15
ikidzuke woramu
kaku nomi ya
kohitsutsu aramu
sa ni-nuri no
wo bune mo ga mo 20
tama-maki no
ma kai mo ga mo
asa nagi ni
i-kaki-watari
yufu shiho ni 25
i-kogi-watari
hisakatano
ama no kahara ni
amatobuya
hire katashiki 30
matamadeno
tama-de sashikahe
amata tabi
imo neteshi ka mo
aki ni arazu to mo! 35
3 _ukete_, float, launch.
6 _muki-tachi_, stand by.
8, 10 _ni_ is adverbial, in 11, 13 postpositional.
13 Supply _furisake mireba_.
15, 17 _ya_ is dubitative, with a tinge of regret.
24 beat (the water with oar or scull) and cross.
24, 26 _i_ is a prefix of which the original value is lost.
30 _katashiki_, spread out to one side.
For _hisakatano_, _inamushiro_, _amatobuya_, _matamadeno_ see List m. k.
Aki no shitashimi uta.
103
Yakamochi ga Sakanohe no Oho-Iratsume ni okureru uta.
Nemokoro ni 1
mono wo omoheba
ihamu sube
semu sube mo nashi
imo to aga 5
te tadzusaharite
ashita ni ha
niha ni idetachi
yufuhe ni ha
toko uchi-harahi 10
shirotaheno
sode sashikahete
sa-neshi yo ya
tsune ni arikeru
ashihikino 15
yamadori koso ha
wo mukahi ni
tsuma-dohi su to ihe
utsusemino
hito naru are ya 20
nani su to ka
hito hi hito yo mo
sakari-wite
nageki kofuramu
koko ’moheba 25
mune koso itame
soko yuwe ni
kokoro nagu ya to
Takamato no
yama ni mo nu ni mo 30
uchi-yukite
asobi arukedo
hana nomi shi
nihohite areba
miru goto ni 35
mashite shinubayu
ika ni shite
wasuremu mono so
kohi chifu mono wo.
17 _wo mukahi_, over the hills.
28 _nagu_ = _nagusamuru_.
3-9 inversion.
For _shirotaheno_, _ashihikino_, _utsusemino_ see List m. k.
MAKI IX, KAMI
Kusagusa no uta.
104
Kamitsufusa (Kadzusa) Suwe no Tamana no wotome wo yomeru uta
hitotsu-mata mizhika uta.
Shinagatori 1
Aha ni tsukitaru
adzusayumi
Suwe no Tamana ha
muna wake no 5
hirokeki wagimo
koshi hoso no
sugaru wotome no
sono kaho no
kirakirashiki ni 10
hana no goto
wemite tatereba
tamahokono
michi yuku hito ha
ono ga yuku 15
michi ha yukazute
yobanaku ni
kado ni itarinu
sashinarabu
tonari no kimi ha 20
tachimachi ni
ono tsuma ’karete
kohanaku ni
kagi sahe matsuru
hito no mina 25
kaku madohereba
uchi-shinahi
yorite so imo ha
tahasete arikeru.
Kanado ni shi 1
hito no ki-tateba
yo naka ni mo
mi ha tanashirazu
idete so ahikeru. 5
22 _’karete_ = _wakarete_.
24 _kagi_, for the treasure it locks up.
27 seems to be equivalent to _tori-yosofu_ or _katachi tsukurofu_.
The m. k. (1) applies to A[ha], (3) to Suwe (read homophonously as
bow-end).
For _shinagatori_, _adzusayumi_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.
105
Midzunoye no Urashima no ko wo yomeru uta.
Haru no hi no 1
kasumetaru toki ni
Suminoye no
kishi ni idekite
tsuri-bune no 5
tayutafu mireba
inishihe no
koto so omohoyu
Midzunoye no
Urashima no ko ga 10
katsuwo tsuri
tahi tsuri hokori
nanuka made
ihe ni mo kozute
unasaka wo 15
sugite kogi-yuku ni
watatsumi no
kami no wotome ni
tamasaka ni
i-kogi mukahi 20
ahi-katarahi
koto narishikaba
kaki-musubi
toko yo ni itari
watatsumi no 25
kami no miya no
uchi no he no
tahenaru tono ni
tadzusahari
futari iri-wite 30
oi mo sezu
shini mo sezushite
tokoshihe ni
arikeru mono wo
yo no naka no 35
katakuna hito no
wagimoko ni
norite kataraku
shimashiku ha
ihe ni kaherite 40
chichi haba ni
koto wo mo norahi
asu no goto
are ha kinamu to
ihikereba 45
imo ga iheraku
tokoyo he ni
mata kaheri-kite
ima no goto
ahamu to naraba 50
kono kushige
hiraku na yume to
sokoraku ni
katameshi koto wo
Suminoye ni 55
kaheri-kitarite
ihe miredo
ihe mo mi-kanete
sato miredo
sato mo mi-kanete 60
ayashimi to
soko ni omohaku
ihe yo dete
mi tose no hodo ni
kaki mo naku 65
ihe useme ya mo
kono hako wo
hirakite miteba
moto no goto
ihe ha aramu to 70
tama kushige
sukoshi hiraku ni
shirakumo no
hako yori idete
tokoyo he ni 75
tanabikinureba
tachi-washiri
sakebi sode furi
koi-marobi
ashi-zuri shitsutsu 80
tachimachi ni
kokoro ke usenu
wakakarishi
hada wo shihaminu
kurokarishi 85
kami mo shirakenu
yuri-yuri ha
iki sahe tayete
nochi tsuhi ni
inochi shini keru 90
Midzunoye no
Urashima no ko ga
ihe tokoro miyu.
Tokoyo he ni 1
sumubeki mono wo
tsurugitachi
shi ga kokoro-gara
oso ya kono kimi. 5
5 _oso_ = _orosoka_.
The m. k. (3) is applied to _shi_ = _sono_.
For _tsurugitachi_ see List m. k.
106
Kafuchi no Ohohashi wo hitori yuku wotome wo mite [yomeru] uta.
Shinateru 1
Kata-asuha kaha no
sa-ni nuri no
ohohashi no he yo
kurenawino 5
aka mo suso-biki
yama-wi mochi
sureru kinu kite
tada hitori
i-watarasu ko ha 10
wakakusano
tsuma ka aruramu
kashinomino
hitori ka nuramu
tohamaku no 15
hoshiki wagimo ga
ihe no shiranaku.
1 Epithet of _kata_ (Kata-asuha).
3 fine red-stained.
7, 8 rubbed, i.e. dyed with the _yama-wi_ (Polygonum tinctorium).
12 _tsuma_ here = _otto_.
13, 14 Confer translation.
For _shinateru_, _kurenawino_, _wakakusano_, _kashinomino_ see List m.
k.
107
(Kyôun) mitose to ifu toshi hinoye uma yayohi moromoro no
mahetsukimitachi Namiha ni kudareru toki no uta futatsu.
Shirakumono 1
Tatsuta no yama no
Tagi no he no
Wokura no mine ni
saki-woworu 5
sakura no hana ha
yama takami
kaze no yamaneba
haru-same no
tsugite furereba 10
ho tsu ye ha
chiri sugite keri
shi tsu ye ni
nokoreru hana ha
shimashiku ha 15
chiri na midari so
kusamakura
tabi yuku kimi ga
kaheri-komu made.
5 blossoming in falling masses, festoons of flowers.
11 _ho_ is upper part--13 _shi_ is lower part of the tree-mass.
For _shirakumono_, _kusamakura_ see List m. k.
108
Shirakumono 1
Tatsuta no yama wo
yufu-gure ni
uchi-koye yukeba
Tagi no he no 5
sakura no hana ha
sakitaru ha
chiri sugi ni keri
fukumeru ha
saki tsuginubeshi 10
kochi-gochi no
hana no sakari ni
misezu tomo
ka ni kaku ni
kimi no mi yuki ha 15
ima ni shi arubeshi.
13 After this line the Kogi would interpolate--_chiri na midari so_.
14 may = whenever it may be, sooner or later.
15 _ima_, presently, ere long.
For _shirakumono_ see List m. k.
109
Naniha ni yadorite akuru hi kaheru toki no uta.
Shima yama wo 1
i-yuki motohoru
kaha sohi no
woka he no michi yo
kinofu koso 5
aga koye-koshi ka
hito yo nomi
netarishi kara ni
wo no uhe no
sakura no hana ha 10
tagi no se yo
tagi-chite nagaru
kimi ga mimu
sono hi made ni ha
arashi no 15
kaze na fuki so to
uchi-koyete
na ni oheru mori ni
kaza-matsurisena!
4 _yo_ = _yori_, so in 11 where it is to be understood as _ni_.
8 _kara_ = _nagara_ (?).
9 _wo_, summit or ridge.
19 = _kaze [no kami wo] matsurisemu (matsuramu)_.
MAKI IX, SHIMO
110
Kemuzeishi (kenzeishi) Ohotomo no mahetsukimi no Tsukuba yama ni
noboritamaheru toki no uta.
Koromode 1
Hitachi no kuni
futa-narabu
Tsukuba no yama wo
mimakuhori 5
kimi kimaseri to
atsukeku ni
ase-kaki-nage [ki]
ko no ne tori
uso-muki nobori 10
wo no uhe wo
kimi ni misureba
wo no kami mo
yurushitamahi
me no kami mo 15
chihahitamahite
toki to naku
kumo-wi ame furu
Tsukubane wo
saya ni terashite 20
ifukarishi
kuni no mabora wo
tsubaraka ni
shimeshitamaheba
ureshimi to 25
himo no wo tokite
ihe no goto
tokete so asobu
uchinabiku
haru mimashi yo ha 30
natsu kusa no
shigeku ha aredo
kefu no tanushisa.
6 sweating and panting.
17 suddenly, unexpectedly, untimely.
30 Or _mimaku_--_yo_ = _yori_.
For _koromode_, _uchinabiku_ see List m. k.
111
Hototogisu wo yomeru uta.
Uguhisu no 1
kahi-ko no naka ni
hototogisu
hitori umarete
shi ga chichi ni 5
nite ha nakazu
shiga haha ni
nite wa nakazu
u no hana no
sakitaru nu he yo 10
tobi kakeri
ki naki toyomoshi
tachibana no
hana wo wi-chirashi
hinemosu ni 15
nakedo kiki yoshi
mahi ha semu
tohoku na yuki so
waga yado no
hana tachibana ni 20
sumi watari nake.
5 _sore ga_.
6, 8 _nite_, like, resembling.
11 fly high.
112
Tsukuba yama ni noboru uta.
Kusamakura 1
tabi no ukeku wo
nagusamuru
koto mo are ya to
Tsukuba ne ni 5
noborite mireba
wobana chiru
Shidzuku no ta-wi ni
karigane mo
samuku ki-nakinu 10
Nihibari no
Toba no afumi mo
aki kaze ni
shira-nami tachinu
Tsukuba ne no 15
yokeku wo mireba
nagaki ke ni
omohi tsumi-koshi
ukeku ha yaminu.
7 _wobana_ is Miscanthus sinensis.
8 _ta-wi_ = _ta-winaka_ or _inaka_.
9 Either _karigane_ or _kari-ga-ne_, a sort of quibble.
17 _nagaki kihe_.
18 _koshi_, a past of _kuru_, here auxiliary, read with _ukeku_.
_omohi-tsumi_, piled up thoughts (i.e. sorrows of travel).
For _kusamakura_ see List m. k.
113
Tsukubane ni noborite kagahi suru toki yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika
uta.
Washinosumu 1
Tsukuba no yama no
Mohakitsu no
sono tsu no uhe ni
adomohite 5
wotome wotoko no
yuki tsudohi
kagafu kagaki ni
hito-dzuma ni
are mo ahamu 10
aga tsuma ni
hito mo koto-tohe
kono yama wo
ushi-haku kami no
inishihe yo 15
isamenu waza zo
kefu nomi ha
megushi mo nami so
koto mo togamuna
Wo no kami ni 1
kumo tachi nobori
shigure furi
nure-tohoru tomo
are kaherame ya. 5
18 Either _me-gurushiku na mi so_ or _megushi nami so_--the sense is
much the same.
19 _koto togame wo mo suna_.
For _washinosumu_ see List m. k.
114
Shika wo yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Mimoro no 1
Kamunabi yama ni
tachi-mukafu
Mikaki no yama ni
aki-hagi no 5
tsuma wo makamu to
asa-dzuku-yo
akemaku woshimu
ashihiki no
yamabiko-doyome 10
yobitate naku mo.
115
Nanuka no yo no uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Hisakatano 1
ama no kahara ni
kamitsu se ni
tama-hashi watashi
shimotsu se ni 5
fune ukesuwe
ame furite
kaze ha fuku to mo
kaze fukite
ame ha furu to mo 10
mo nurasazu
yamazu kimase to
tama-hashi watasu.
11 _mo_ = skirt, dress.
For _hisakatano_ see List m. k.
116
Kashima no kohori Karunu no hashi nite Ohotomo no mahetsukimi ni
wakaruru uta hitotsu mata mizkiha uta.
Kotohiushi 1
Miyake no ura ni
sashimukafu
Kashima no saki ni
sa ni-nuri no 5
wobune wo make
tama maki no
wo-kaji shizhi nuki
yufu shiho no
michi no todomi ni 10
mi funa ko wo
adomohi tatete
yobitatete
mi fune idenaba
hama mo se ni 15
okure nami wite
koi-marobi
kohi ka mo woramu
ashi-zurishi
ne nomi ya nakamu 20
Unakami no
sono tsu wo sashite
kimi ga kogi-yukeba.
6 _make_ = _môke_.
15 _se ni_ = _semaki hodo ni_.
The m. k. (1) applies to Miyake (= _miyake_, a government granary or
grange), see translation.
For _kotohiushi_ see List m. k.
117
Zhimuki (Jinki) itsutose to ifu toshi tsuchinoye tatsu hatsu tsuki ni
[yomeru] uta hitotsu mata mizhika.
Hito to naru 1
koto ha kataki wo
wakuraba ni
nareru aga mi ha
shinu mo iki mo 5
kimi ga ma ni ma to
omohitsutsu
arishi ahida ni
utsusemino
yo no hito nareba 10
ohokimino
mikoto kashikomu
amazakaru
hina wosame ni to
asatorino 15
asa tatashitsutsu
muratorino
mure tachi-yukeba
tomari-wite
are ha kohimu na 20
mizu hisa naraba.
Mi Koshi ji no 1
yuki furu yama wo
koyemu hi ha
tomareru are wo
kakete shinubase. 5
19 I read--_are ha tomari wite_, &c.
For _utsusemino_, _ohokimino_, _amazakaru_, _muratorino_ see List m. k.
118
Tempyô hazhime no toshi … shihasu ni yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika
uta futatsu.
Utsusemino 1
yo no hito nareba
ohokimi no
mikoto kashikomi
Shikishimano 5
Yamato no kuni no
Iso no kami
Furu no sato ni
himo tokazu
maro-ne wo sureba 10
aga keseru
koromo ha narenu
miru goto ni
kohi ha masaredo
iro ni ideba 15
hito shirisubemi
fuyu no yo no
ake mo kanetsutsu
i mo nezu ni
are ha so kofuru 20
imo ga tadaka ni.
10 A quasi m. k. of _maro-ne_, round-sleep, that is sleeping alone or
taking a careless or hasty sleep in one’s ordinary clothes.
12 _narenu_ is a past, not negative form; the meaning is soiled,
tumbled, disordered, according to Keichiu.
For _utsusemino_, _shikishimano_ see List m. k.
119
[Tempyô] itsutose to ifu toshi … Morokoshi ni tsukahasu tsukahi no fune
Naniha yori idzuru toki haha ga ko ni okureru uta hitotsu mata mizhika
uta.
Akihagiwo 1
tsuma-tofu ga koso
hitori ko wo
motari to ihe
kako-zhi mono 5
aga hitori ko mo
kusamakura
tabi nishi yukeba
takatama wo
shizhi ni nukitari 10
ihahihe ni
yufu torishidete
ihahitsutsu
aga omofu ago
masakiku ari koso. 15
3 I have followed the Kogi reading of the curiously involved script of
this passage, _hitori ko [ni ko] wo_ = _hitori ko [wo ko] wo_.
4 _ihe_ written _i-ho-he_ (500 houses) for _ihe_ (_iheru_).
11 _ihahihe_ is here a jar, not _he_ a place, _ni_ = together with.
12 _[tori] shidete_ = _shidare_, hang down.
For _akihagiwo_, _kusamakura_ see List m. k.
120
Wotome wo shinubite yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta (futatsu).
Shiratamano 1
hito no sono na wo
nakanaka ni
koto no wo hayezu
ahanu hi no 5
maneku sugureba
kofuru hi no
kasanari yukeba
omohi-yaru
tadoki wo shirani 10
kimomukafu
kokoro kudakete
tamatasuki
kakenu toki naku
kuchi yamazu 15
aga kofuru ko wo
tamakushiro
te ni maki-mochite
masokagami
tada me ni mineba 20
Shitahi yama
shita yuku midzu no
uhe ni idezu
aga ’mohi kokoro
yasukaranu ka mo. 25
Kakihonasu 1
hito no yokokoto
shigemi ka mo
ahanu hi maneku
tsuki no henuramu. 5
3 _nakanaka ni_, probably = _namanaka_.
4 _hayezu_, not extend thread of language--give utterance to one’s
thoughts.
The m. k. (19) applies to _me_ (20).
For _shiratamano_, _kimomukafu_, _tamatasuki_, _tamakushiro_,
_masokagami_, _kakihonasu_ see List m. k.
121
Ashigara no saka wo suguru toki mi-makareru hito wo mite yomeru uta.
Wokaki tsu no 1
asa wo hiki hoshi
imo nane ga
tsukuri kisekemu
shirotaheno 5
himo wo mo tokazu
hito-he yufu
obi wo mi-he yuhi
kurushiki ni
tsukahematsurite 10
ima dani mo
kuni ni makarite
chichi haha mo
tsuma wo mo mimu to
omohitsutsu 15
yukikemu kimi ha
toriganaku
Adzuma no kuni no
kashikoki ya
Kami no mi saka ni 20
nigitahe no
koromo samura ni
nubatamano
kami ha midarete
kuni tohedo 25
kuni wo mo norazu
ihe tohedo
ihe wo mo ihazu
masurawono
yuki no susumi ni 30
koko ni koyaseru.
1, 2 form a preface applying to _imo_, (17) to A[dzuma], (29) to _yuki_
or perhaps the whole of 30.
1 _wo_ is not exactly = small, it is a diminutive prefix of intimacy or
endearment; _wokaki tsu_ = _wokaki no uchi_.
3 _nane_ = term of endearment or respect; _na-se_ = _na[-n-imo]
se[-na]_, &c.
25-30 may be regarded as parenthetic.
For _shirotaheno_, _toriganaku_, _nubatamano_, _masurawono_ see List m.
k.
122
Ashiya wotome ga haka wo suguru toki yomeru uta.
Inishihe no 1
masurawo no ko no
ahi-kihohi
tsuma-dohi shikemu
Ashinoya no 5
Unahi wotome no
okutsuki wo
aga tachi-mireba
nagaki yo no
katari ni shitsutsu 10
nochi hito no
shinubi ni semu to
tamahokono
michi no-he chikaku
iha-kamahe 15
tsukureru haka wo
amakumono
soku he no kagiri
kono michi wo
yuku hito goto ni 20
yuki-yorite
i-tachi nagekahi
sato-hito ha
ne ni mo nakitsutsu
katari-tsugi 25
shinubi tsugi koshi
wotomera ga
okutsuki tokoro
are sahe ni
mireba kanashi mo 30
inishihe omoheba!
1-12 introductory, 10 being continuative with 11 … 13-26 declare the
lasting sadness attaching to grave and story. 27 to end, the feelings
of the poet on hearing the story.
7 _okutsuki_, secluded-mound tomb, or grave-place.
For _tamahokono_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.
123
Oto no mimakareru wo kanashimite yomeru uta.
Chichihaha ga 1
nashi no manimani
hashimukafu
oto no mikoto ha
asatsuyuno 5
ke-yasuki inochi
kami no muta
arasohi kanete
Ashihara no
Midzuho no kuni ni 10
ihe nami ya
mata kaheri-konu
tohotsu kuni
yomi no sakahi ni
hafutsutano 15
momo ono mo
amakumono
wakareshi yuketa
yamiyonasu
omohi madohahi 20
iyushishino
kokoro wo itami
ashikakino
omohi midarete
haru tori no 25
ne nomi nakitsutsu
umasahafu
[me goto no tayete
nubatamano]
yoru hiru to ihazu
kagirohino
kokoro moyetsutsu 30
nageki so aga suru!
The m. k. are: _hashi-mukafu_ (of _oto_), lit. as like as the members
of a pair of chop-sticks = fraternal relation (of affection);
_asa-tsuyuno_ (of _ke-_ or _kihe-yasuki_), [evanescent as] morning dew;
_hafu-tsutano_ (cling-ivy--of _wakareshi_), parted as reluctantly as
ivy parts from its stem; _amakumono_ (also of _wakareshi_); _yami-yo
nasu_ (of _omohi madohahi_); _iyushishino_ (wounded deer) of _kokoro_;
_ashikakino_ (reed-fence) of _midarete_; _haru-torino_ (of _ne_);
_umasahafu_ (see List m. k.).
2 _nashi_ = bring up.
6 _ke_ = _kihe_.
11 _ihe_ means a place of residence. _nami_ is _nasa_, not-being-ness.
21 _iyu_ = passive of _i_, aim at, shoot; like _miyu_ from _mi_, see;
_kikoyu_ from _kiku_, hear.
27 The Kogi interpolates the verses _me goto mo tayete_ | _nubatama
no_--_nubatama_ being itself a m. k. _Kagirohino_ is a m. k. of
_moyetsuru_, see List m. k., also K. 288.
The construction of the _uta_ offers no particular difficulty.
For _hashimukafu_, _hafutsutano_, _amakumono_, _yamiyonasu_,
_ashikakino_, _umasahafu_, _nubatamano_, _kagirohino_ see List m. k.
124
Katsushika no Mama no wotome wo yomeru uta.
Toriganaku 1
Adzuma no kuni ni
inishihe ni
arikeru koto to
ima made ni 5
tayezu ihitaru
Katsushika no
Mama no tekona ga
asakinu ni
awoyeri tsuke 10
hitase-wo wo
mo ni ha orikite
kami dani mo
kaki ha kedzurazu
katsu wo dani 15
hakazu arukedo
nishiki aya no
naka ni kukumeru
ihahi ko mo
imo ni shikame ya 20
mochi-tsuki no
tareru omowa ni
hana no goto
wemite tatareba
natsu mushi no 25
hi ni iru ga goto
minato iri ni
fune kogu gotoku
yuki-kagahi
hito no tofu toki 30
ikubaku mo
ikerazhi mono wo
nani su to ka
mi wo tanashirite
nami no ’to mo 35
sawaku minato no
okutsuki ni
imo ga koyaseru
tohoki yo ni
arikeru koto wo 40
kinofu shi mo
mikemu ga goto mo
omohoyuru ka mo!
Katsushika no 1
Mama no wi mireba
tachi narashi
midzu kumashikeru
tekona shi omohoyu. 5
23 This reading differs from Motowori’s, which is _yori-kagure_, _yuki_
= _yuki-kaheri_, involving frequency of the action denoted by _kagahi_
= _kake-ahi_, i.e. the meeting of both sexes.
33, 34 are more intelligible if _ka_ is read after _tanashirite_.
3 to stand treading on the ground, stand awhile there--or to stand as
usual there or stand often there?
For _toriganaku_ see List m. k.
125
Unahi wotome ga haka wo mite [yomeru].
Ashinoya no 1
Unahi wotome no
ya tose ko mo
kata-ohi no toki yo
wo-hanari ni 5
kami taku made ni
narabi woru
ihe ni mo miyezu
utsuyufuno
komorite maseba 10
miteshikado
ifusemi toki no
kakihonasu
hito no tofu toki
Chinu wotoko 15
Unahi wotoko no
fuseyataki
susushiki kihohi
ahi-yobahi
shikeru toki ni 20
yaki-tachi no
takami oshineri
shira mayumi
yuki tori ohite
midzu ni iri 25
hi ni mo iramu to
tachi-mukahi
kihoheru toki ni
wagimoko ga
haha ni kataraku 30
shidzu ta-maki
iyashiki a ga yuwe
masurawono
arasofu mireba
ikeritomo 35
afubeku arame ya
shishikushiro
yomi ni matamu to
komorinuno
shitabahe okite 40
uchi nageki
imo ga yukereba
Chinu wotoko
sono yo ime ni mi
tori tsudzuki 45
ohi yukereba
okuretaru
Unahi wotoko-i
ame afugi
sakebi orabi 50
tsuchi ni fushi
kikamu takebite
mokoro wo ni
makete ha arazhi to
kakihaki no 55
wo-tachi tori-haki
tokorotsura
tadzune yukereba
ya gara dochi
i-yuki tsudohi 60
nagaki yo ni
shirushi ni semu to
to hoki yo ni
katari tsugamu to
wotome haka 65
naka ni tsukuri oki
wotoko haka
konata kanata ni
tsukuri okeru
yuweyoshi kikite 70
shiranedomo
nihi mo no goto mo
ne nakitsuru ka mo!
Haka no ’he no 1
ko no ye nabikeri
kikishi goto
Chinu wotoko ni shi
yori ni kerashi mo. 5
2 _Unahi_ is in Musashi.