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_.