102 = _sasameku_, I who was rumoured about of old as a handsome fellow.…
105 _isa-iza_, _ideya_. I am now pointed at by the girls saying--Oh,
look at that old fellow!
109 _sakashiki_, sage, wise.
112 _oi-hito_, _Genkoku_, confer translation.
For _tarachishi_, _minanowata_, _kurenawino_, _utsusoyashi_,
_arikinuno_, _shikimonasu_, _tobutorino_, _amakumono_, _uchihisasu_,
_sasudakeno_ see List m. k.
204
[Wotome ga] se no kimi wo kofuru uta.
Sanidzurafu 1
kimi ga mi koto to
tamadzusano
tsukahi mo koneba
omohi-yamu 5
aga mi hitotsu so
chihayaburu
kami ni mo na ohose
urabe mase
kame mo na yaki so 10
kohoshiku ni
itaki aga mi so
ichishiroku
mi ni shimi-tohori
murakimono 15
kokoro kudakete
shinamu inochi
nihaka ni narinu
imasara ni
kimi ka a wo yobu 20
tarachineno
haha no mikoto ka
momotarazu
yaso no chimata ni
yufu-ke ni mo 25
ura ni mo so tofu
shinubeki a ga yuwe.
Urabe wo mo 1
yaso no chimata mo
ura tohedo
kimi wo ahimimu
tadoki shirazu mo. 5
2 _chimata_, the road-forks, crossways--there more wayfarers would be
met.
6 _hitotsu_ = _hitori_, alone, lonely.
8, 10 _na_ is neg. imperative particle.
9, 10 to be read together.
11 _kohoshiku_ = _kohishiku_.
14 _shimi-tohori_ = _some-tohori_, dye through, penetrate deeply.
For _sanidzurafu_, _tamadzusano_, _chihayaburu_, _murakimono_,
_tarachineno_, _momotarazu_ see List m. k.
MAKI XVI, SHIMO
205
Se no kimi wo kofuru uta.
Ihi-hamedo 1
umaku mo arazu
arukedomo
yasuku mo arazu
akanesasu 5
kimi ga kokoro shi
wasure kanetsu mo.
For _akanesasu_ see List m. k.
206
Umasakewo 1
Oshitaru wo-nu yu
idzuru midzu
nuruku ha idezu
mashimidzuno 5
kokoro mo keya ni
omohoyuru
oto no sukunaki
michi ni ahanu ka mo
sukunaki yo 10
michi ni ahasaba
iro keseru
suga kasa wo-kasa
waga unageru
tama no nanatsu wo 15
tori-kahe mo
mawosamu mono wo
sukunaki [yo]
michi ni ahanu ka mo.
1 _umasake_, sweet, pure (sweet or delicious _sake_).
2 _Oshitaru_, _oshi-shitaru_, written as fall or flow down, but here a
place-name.
4 _nuruku_ here = gentle.
6 _kokoro mo keya ni_ = _kokoro mo isagiyoku oboyuru kiyoki midzu_.
10 _sukunaki_, _oto no sukunaki yoshi_.
12 _iro_ is the _iro_ of _irose_, _irodo_--also _ira_, _iri_, a word of
endearment and respect.
15 _nanatsu wo_, seven, i.e. many beads.
17 _mawosamu_ = _mairasemu_, a woman’s word.
1-7 are an introduction to _oto_.
For _umasakewo_, _mashimidzuno_ see List m. k.
207
Noto no kuni no uta.
Hashitate no 1
Kumaki no yara ni
Shiraki wono
otoshi-ire wa shi
kakete kakete 5
na nakashi so ne
uki-idzuru ya to
mimu wa shi.
4 _wa shi_, an exclamation common in _saibara_ plays. According to
Keichiu it means here _nanji_, thou. The Kogi takes it as _yo shi_.
208
Noto no kuni no uta.
Hashitate no 1
Kumaki saka-ya ni
ma-nuraru
yatsuko wa shi
sasuhi tate 5
wite ki-namashi wo
ma-nuraru
yatsuko wa shi.
3 _ma-nuraru_ = _ma noraru_; _noru_ means revile, abuse (_nonoshiru_).
5 _sasuhi tate_ = _sasohi_ (_sasofu_), invite--_tate_ has the usual
force.
6 _ki-namashi_, _namashi_ has an optative meaning.
209
Kashima ne no 1
Tsukuwe no shima no
shitatami wo
i-hirihi mote-kite
ishi mochi 5
tsutsuki hafuri
haya kaha ni
arahi susuki
kara shiho ni
koko to momi 10
takatsuki ni mori
tsukuwe ni tatete
haha ni matsuritsu ya
metsuko no tozhi
chichi ni matsuritsu ya 15
mi metsuko no tozhi.
2 _Tsukuwe_, word-play with _tsukuwe_ (12)?.
6 scoop out (the flesh).
10 _koko_, the noise of pounding.
11 _mori_ must here mean pile up, heap up.
13 _tatematsuri_, offer, present.
14 _metsuko_. How to render this word is not clear. It may be a title
only, 女津子. But (I.) gives it as = _utsukushimu ko_.
210
Shika no tame ni omohi wo nobete yomeru uta.
Itoko 1
nase no kimi
wori wori te
mono ni i-yuku to
Kara kuni no 5
tora tofu kami wo
ike-tori ni
ya tsu tori mochi-ki
sono kaha wo
tatami ni sashi 10
yahe tatami
Heguri no yama ni
u-tsuki to
sa-tsuki no hodo ni
kusuri-gari 15
tsukafuru toki ni
ashihikino
kono kata-yama ni
futatsu tatsu
ichihi ga moto ni 20
adzusayumi
yatsu tabasami
hime kabura
yatsu tabasami
shishi matsu to 25
aga woru toki ni
sawo-shika no
ki-tachi nagekaku
tachimachi ni
are ha shinubeshi 30
ohokimi ni
are ha tsukahemu
aga tsunu ha
mi kasa no hayashi
aga mimi ha 35
mi sumi no tsubo
aga mera ha
ma sumi no kagami
aga tsume ha
mi yumi no yubazu 40
aga kera ha
mi fude no hayashi
aga kaha ha
mi hako no kaha ni
aga shishi ha 45
mi namasu hayashi
aga kimo mo
mi namasu hayashi
aga migi ha
mi shiho no hayashi 50
oi-hatenu
waga mi hitotsu ni
nana-he hana saku
ya-he hana saku to
mawoshi-hayasane 55
mawoshi-hayasane.
1-10 make a phrasal m. k. to 11, 12.
1, 2 _itoko nase_, terms of endearment (_itohoshi ko nanji no se_?).
3 _wori-worite_ implies long union of husband and wife.
4 _mono ni i-yuku_; an exclamatory phrase denoting an intention or wish
to go somewhere or do something.
8 _ya tsu_, eight head of, i.e. many-head of.
17 _ashihiki_ = m. k.
18 _kata-yama_, out of the way, remote mountain, i.e. from City-Royal.
But Heguri is in Yamato.
34 _hayashi_, to complete, adorn, make flourish, finish off.
38 _ma sumi_, right clear, the script is _kariji_.
41 _kera_, ‘hairs’, like _mera_ above, ‘eyes’.
46, 48, 50 _hayashi_, chop, mince.
55 _hayasane_ or _hayazane_, precative imperative; _hayasu_, to praise.
For _ashihikino_, _adzusayumi_, see List m. k.
211
Kani no tane ni omohi wo nobete yomeru uta.
Oshiteruya 1
Naniha no Woye ni
iho tsukuri
namarite woru
ashi kani wo 5
ohokimi mesu to
nani semu ni
a wo mesurame ya
akirakeku
a ha shiru koto wo 10
utahito to
wa wo mesurame ya
fuye-fuki to
wa wo mesurame ya
koto-hiki to 15
wa wo mesurame ya
ka mo kaku mo
mi koto ukemu to
kefu kefu to
Asuka ni itari 20
okanedomo
Okina ni itari
tsukanedomo
Tsukunu ni itari
himukashi no 25
naka no mikado yu
mawiri-kite
mi koto ukureba
uma ni koso
fumodashi kaku mono 30
ushi ni koso
hana naha hakure
ashihikino
kono kata yama no
momu nire wo 35
iho ye hagitari
ama-teru ya
hi no ke ni hoshi
sahidzuru ya
Kara usu ni tsuki 40
niha ni tatsu
suri usu ni tsuki
oshiteruya
Naniha no Woye no
hatsu-tare wo 45
karaku-tari kite
suwe hito no
tsukureru kame wo
kefu yukite
asu tori-mochi-ki 50
waga mera ni
shiho nuritamahi
mochi-hayasu mo
mochi-hayasu mo.
Hito-tama no 1
sawo naru kimi ga
tada hitori
aherishi ama yo [ha
hisashiku omohoyu]. 5
4 _namarite_, an old word, obscure, retired, remote (_namari_, dialect,
and _namari_, lead (the metal) are probably the same word--something
far away [from City-Royal]).
22 _oki_, rise, stand up.
30 _fumodashi_ (_fumi wo hodashi_).
32 _hakure_, _haku_, string a bow.
34 _kata yama_, see 210.
35 _momu_ = _momo_.
39 _sahidzuru_ = _koto sahegu_.
45 _hatsu-tare_ = _hazhime-taretaru_.
5 The part in [] is probably corrupt.
For _oshiteruya_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.
212
[Tempyô] 13 nen 2 gwatsu Mika no hara no nihi miyako wo homuru uta.
Yamashiro no 1
Kuni no miyako ha
haru sareba
hana saki wowori
aki sareba 5
momichi-ba nihohi
obaseru
Idzumi no kaha no
kami tsu se ni
uchi hashi watashi 10
yodo se ni ha
uki-hashi watashi
ari-gayohi
tsukahematsuramu
yorodzu yo made ni. 15
10 _uchi-hashi_ (I), rough or temporary bridge; so too Motowori.
12 _uki-hashi_, floating bridge, hanging bridge, boat-bridge.
213
Mimakareru oto wo kanashimu uta.
Amazakaru 1
hina wosame ni
ohokimi no
make no manimani
idete koshi 5
ware wo okuru to
awoniyoshi
Nara yama sugite
Idzumi kaha
kiyoki kahara ni 10
uma todome
wakareshi toki ni
ma-sakikute
are kaheri komu
tahirakeku 15
ihahite mate to
katarahite
koshi hi no kihami
tamahokono
michi wo ta-tohomi 20
yama kaha no
he narite areba
kohishikeku
ke nagaki mono wo
mimakuhori 25
omofu ahida ni
tamadzusano
tsukahi no kereba
ureshimi to
aga machi tofu ni 30
oyodzure no
tahagoto to ka mo
hashikiyashi
na oto no mikoto
nani shika mo 35
toki shi ha aramu
hata-susuki
ho ni ’dzuru aki no
hagi no hana
nihoheru yado wo 40
asa niha ni
idetachi narashi
yufu niha ni
fumi-tahiragezu
Saho no uchi no 45
sato wo yuki-sugi
ashihikino
yama no konure ni
shirakumo ni
tachi-tanabiku to 50
are ni tsugetsuru!
18 _koshi hi_ = _wakareshi hi yore_.
20 _ta-tohomi_, _ta_ is an intensitive prefix.
22 _he_, short for _hedate_.
24 _ke nagaki_ = _ki-he nagaki_.
33 _hashikiyashi_ (_hashi-ke ya-shi_--_ya_ = _yo_).
34 _na_ is the _na_ (_nanji_?) of _na se_, _na imo_, &c.
42-4 The negative of _tahiragezu_ is implied also in _narashi_.
For _amazakaru_, _awoniyoshi_, _tamahokono_, _tamadzusano_,
_ashihikino_ see List m. k.
214
[Tempyô] 19 nen Kisaragi no tsuki hatsuka no hi tachimachi yamahi ni
shidzumi hotohoto mi-usenamu to su kare uta wo yomite kanashimi wo
noburu hito uta.
Ohokimi no 1
make no manimani
masurawono
kokoro furi-okoshi
ashihikino 5
yama saka koyete
amazakaru
hina ni kudariki
iki dani mo
imada yasumezu 10
toshi tsuki mo
ikura mo aranu ni
utsusemino
yo no hito nareba
uchi-nabiki 15
toko ni koi-fushi
itakeku shi
hi ni ke ni masaru
tarachineno
haha no mikoto no 20
ohobuneno
yukura yukura ni
shita-gohi ni
itsu ka mo komu to
matasuramu 25
kokoro sabushiku
hashikiyoshi
tsuma no mikoto mo
akekureba
kado ni yori-tachi 30
koromodewo
wori-kaheshitsutsu
yufu sareba
toko uchi-harahi
nubatamano 35
kurokami shikite
itsushika to
nagekasuramu so
imo mo se mo
wakaki kodomo ha 40
wochi-kochi ni
sawaki nakuramu
tamahokono
michi wo ta-dohomi
ma-tsukahi mo 45
yaru yoshi mo nashi
omohoshiki
koto tsute yarazu
kofuru nishi
kokoro ha moyenu 50
tamakiharu
inochi woshikedo
semu sube no
tadoki wo shirani
kaku shite ya 55
arashi-wo sura ni
nageki fuseramu.
15 That is, _yamahi ni_.
18 = _ki-he ni-masaru_ = pass on--increase.
23 _shita-gohi_ = inner or deep, desire, love or yearning.
28 _mikoto_ = here a title of respect applied to the wife.
38 _nagekasuramu_, honour-causative. Compare with the ordinary form
below, _nakuramu_.
45 _ma-tsukahi mo nashi_, no messenger one way or the other.
56 = _masurawo_.
57 _ya_ being removed to a position after _fuseramu_, makes the sense
clearer.
vv. 6-20 relate to the poet’s illness.
For _masurawono_, _ashihikino_, _amazakaru_, _utsusemino_,
_tarachineno_, _ohobuneno_, _koromodewo_, _nubatamano_, _tamahokono_,
_tamakiharu_ see List m. k.
215
Yakamochi (mizhika uta).
Haru no hana 1
ima ha sakari ni
nihofuramu
worite kazasamu
ta-jikara mo ga mo! 5
Uguhisu no 1
naki chirasamu
haru no hana
itsushika kimi to
wori kazasamu! 5
Ikenushi (mizhika uta).
Yama-gahi ni 1
sakeru sakura wo
tada hito me
kimi ni miseteba
nani wo ka omohamu! 5
Uguhisu no 1
ki naku yamabuki
utakata mo
kimi ga te furezu
hana chirame ya mo! 5
Yakamochi’s mizhika, 4, 5 _wori_, break.
Ikenushi’s mizhika, 3 _utakata_ = _shibaraku_--_utakata_ is foam; the
expression is probably a metaphor.
215 (naga-uta)
20 Tempyô 3 guwatsu mi ka no hi Yakamochi ga uta.
Ohokimi no 1
make no manimani
shinazakaru
Koshi wo wosame ni
idetekoshi 5
masurahare sura
yo no naka no
tsune shinakereba
uchi nabiki
toko ni koi-fushi 10
itakeku no
hi no ke ni maseba
kanashikeku
koko ni omohi-de
iranakeku 15
soko ni omohi-de
nageku sora
yasukeku naku ni
omofu sora
kurushiki monowo 20
ashihikino
yama kihe narite
tamahokono
michi ni tohokeba
ma-tsukahi mo 25
yaru yoshi mo nami
omohoshiki
koto mo kayohazu
tamakiharu
inochi woshikedo 30
semu sube no
tadoki mo shirani
komori-wite
omohi nagekahi
nagusamuru 35
kokoro ha nashi ni
haru hana no
sakeru sakaru ni
omofu dochi
tawori kazasazu 40
haru no nu no
shigemi tobikuku
uguhisu no
kowe dani kikazu
wotomera ga 45
haru na tsumasu to
kurenawino
akamo no suso no
harusame ni
nihohi hidzuchite 50
kayofuramu
toki no sakari wo
itadzura ni
sugushi yaritsure
shinubaseru 55
kimi ga kokoro wo
uruhashimi
kono yo sugara ni
i mo nezu ni
kefu mo shimirani 60
kohitsutsu so woru.
6 _masurawo ware_.
14, 16 _koko_, _soko_, here and there, variously.
15 _iranakeku_ = _irairashi_, vexed, sad.
16 _omohi-de_, thought-go-forth, think of, dwell upon.
22 Read as if _yama mawiri hedatari_.
42 fly in and out in crowds.
55 Hon. caus.
56 _kimi_ is Ikenushi; _kokoro_, that is, of his letter, &c.
60 = _owarazu_.
1-6 Exordium.
9-12 are copied from 214.
9-20 Yakamochi’s illness.
21-36 His regrets.
37-54 Regrets he cannot enjoy the spring.
55 to end, addressed to Ikenushi.
13, 14, 15, 16 are found thus arranged (15, 16, 13, 14) in K. App. LI.
56 _kimi_ is Ikenushi.
For _shinazakaru_, _ashihikino_, _tamahokono_, _tamakiharu_ see List m.
k.
MAKI XVII, SHIMO
216
Ikenushi.
Ohokimi no 1
Mikoto kashikomi
ashihikino
yama nu saharazu
amazakaru 5
hina mo osamuru
masurawoya
nani ka mono ’mofu
awoniyoshi
Nara ji ki-kayofu 10
tamadzusano
tsukahi tayeme ya
komori kohi
iki-dzuki watari
shita ’mohi ni 15
nagekefu waga se
inishihe yu
ihi-tsugi kuraku
yo no naka ha
kazu naki mono so 20
nagusamuru
koto no aramu to
sato-bito no
are ni tsugeraku
yamabi ni ha 25
sakurabana chiri
kaho-tori no
ma-naku shiba-naku
haru no nu ni
sumire wo tsumu to 30
shirotaheno
sode wori-kaheshi
kurenawino
aka-mo suso-biki
wotome ha 35
omohi-midarete
kimi matsu to
ura-gohi su nari
kokoro-gushi
iza mi ni yukana 40
koto ha tanashire!
1-12 For the comfort of Yakamochi; 13-20 Ikenushi’s sympathy; 21-38
sympathy of the sato-hito; 39 to end, Ikenushi’s sick friend shall
still enjoy the beauties of spring.
16 _waga se_ is Yakamochi, so too _kimi_ in 37.
39 _kokoro-gushi_ is not here _kokoro-kurushi_, but = _kokoro ni
natsukashimaruru_, thou art heart-beloved.…
For _ashihikino_, _amazakaru_, _masurawoya_, _awoniyoshi_,
_tamadzusano_, _shirotaheno_, _kurenawino_ see List m. k.
The value of some only of these m. k. is incorporated in the
translation.
217
Yakamochi.
Imo mo are mo 1
kokoro ha oyaji
taguheredo
iya natsukashiku
ahi-mireba 5
toko hatsu hana ni
kokoro-gushi
megushi mo nashi ni
hashikeyashi
aga oku tsuma 10
ohokimi no
mikoto kashikomi
ashihikino
yama koye nu yuki
amazakaru 15
hina wosame ni to
wakare koshi
sono hi no kihami
aratamano
toshi yuki-kaheri 20
hana haru no
utsurofu made ni
ahi-mineba
ita mo subenami
shikitaheno 25
sode kaheshitsutsu
nuru yo ochizu
ime ni ha miredo
utsutsu ni shi
tada ni araneba 30
kohishikeku
chihe ni tsumorinu
chikaku araba
kaheri ni dani mo
uchi-yukite 35
imo ga ta-makura
sashi-kahete
nete mo komashi wo
tamahokono
michi ha shi tohoku 40
seki sahe ni
he narite are koso
yoshiweyashi
yoshi ha aramu so
hototogisu 45
ki-nakamu tsuki ni
itsushika mo
hayaku narinamu
u no hana no
nihoheru yama wo 50
yoso nomi mo
furi-sake mitsutsu
Afumi ji ni
i-yuki nori-tachi
awoniyoshi 55
Nara no wagihe hi
nuye tori no
ura nageshitsutsu
shita-kohi ni
omohi urabure 60
kado ni tachi
yufu ke tohitsutsu
a wo matsu to
nasuramu imo wo
ahite haya mimu. 65
7 _gushi_ = _natsukashi_.
8 _nashi_ (_nasu_) = _gotoku_.
10 _oku_, here respectful for ‘my wife’.
23 _ahi-mineba_: the object is _aga oku tsuma_, v. 10.
30 _tada ni_, really, verily, actually.
38 _komashi_, from _kuru_.
43 _yoshiweyashi_ = _yoshiya_.
51 _yoso_ = _hoka_, _soto ni_.
54 _tachi_ gives force of ‘get on board’, &c.
58 _ura_, inward, i.e. deeply.
For _ashihikino_, _amazakaru_, _aratamano_, _shikitakeno_,
_tamahokono_, _awoniyoshi_ see List m. k.
218
Yakamochi.
Futagami yama no uta.
Imidzu kaha 1
i-yuki megureru
tamakushige
Futagami yama ha
haruhanano 5
sakeru sakari ni
aki no ha no
nihoheru toki ni
ide-tachite
furi-sake mireba 10
kamu kara ya
sokoba tafutoki
yama kara ya
migahoshikaramu
sume kami no 15
suso mi no yama no
Shibutani no
saki no ariso ni
asa nagi ni
yosuru shiranami 20
yufu nagi ni
michi kuru shiho no
iya mashi ni
tayuru koto naku
inishihe yu 25
ima no wotsutsu ni
kaku shi koso
miru hito goto ni
kakete shinubame!
3 m. k. of Futa (gami) as homophon of _futa_, lid.
11, 13 _kara_ = _gara_.
12 _sokoba_ = _sokobaku_.
15 _sume kami_ = _Futa kami_, _kami_ being taken as ‘god’.
16 _mi_ = neighbourhood.
26 _wotsutsu_ = _utsutsu_.
For _tamakushige_, _haruhanano_ see List m. k.
219
U-tsuki no towoka ’mari muka no hi no yo haruka ni hototogisu no kowe
wo kikite omohi wo noburu uta hitotsu.
Migi Yakamochi ga kore wo yomeru.
Ohoki fumihito Hada no Imiki Yachishima no tachi nite Yakamochi wo
umanohanamuke suru utage no uta futatsu.
Migi no Yakamochi ga Shôzeichô wo mochite miyako ni mawiramu to su kare
kono uta wo yomite wakare no nageki wo noburu.
Fuse no midzu-umi asoberu uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta hitotsu.
Yakamochi.
Mononofuno 1
yaso tomo no wo no
omofu dochi
kokoro yaramu to
uma namete 5
uchi-kuchi-buri no
shiranami no
ariso ni yosuru
Shibutani no
saki tamotohori 10
Matsudaye no
naga-hama sugite
Unahi gaha
kiyoki se goto ni
u kaha tachi 15
ka yuki kaku yuki
mitsuredomo
soko mo akani to
Fuse no umi ni
fune uke-suwete 20
oki-he kogi
he ni kogi mireba
nagisa ni ha
ajimura sawaki
shima-mi ni ha 25
konure hana saki
kokobaku mo
mi no sayakeki ka
tamakushige
Futa-gami yama ni 30
hafutsutano
yuki ha wakarezu
ari-gayohi
iya-toshi no ha ni
omofu dochi 35
kaku shi asobamu
ima mo miru goto.
3 _dochi_ = _tomo_, comrade, friend.
4 _kokoro yaramu_, give one’s heart, abandon oneself to enjoyment.
6 _uchi-kuchi-buri_ = _wochi-kochi_.
15 set up a cormorant fishery.
25 about the islands.
28 _mi_ = miru.
34 _toshi no ha_ (_shi_) to end of a year, or years.
For _mononofuno_, _tamakushige_, _hafutsutano_ see List m. k.
220
Ikenushi.
Fuse no midzu-umi no uta ni kotahe-mawosu uta.
Fujinami ha 1
sakite chiri niki
u no hana ha
ima so sakari to
ashihikino 5
yama ni mo nu ni mo
hototogisu
naki shi toyomeba
uchi-nabiku
kokoro mo shinu ni 10
soko wo shi mo
ura-kohishimi to
omofu dochi
uma uchi-murete
tadzusahari 15
ide-tachi mireba
Imidzu kaha
minato no su-dori
asa nagi ni
kata ni asarishi 20
shiho miteba
tsuma yobi kahasu
tomoshiki ni
mitsutsu sugi-yuki
Shibutani no 25
ariso no saki ni
okitsu nami
yose-kuru tamamo
katayori ni
katsura ni tsukuri 30
imo ga tame
te ni maki-mochite
uraguhashi
Fuse no midzu-umi ni
ama-bune ni 35
ma-kaji kai nuki
shirotaheno
sode furi kaheshi
adomohite
waga kogi yukeba 40
Wofu no saki
hana chiri magahi
nagisa ni ha
ashi-gamo sawaki
sazare nami 45
tachite mo wite mo
kogi meguri
miredomo akazu
aki saraba
momiji no toki ni 50
haru saraba
hana no sakari ni
ka mo kaku mo
kimi ga manimani
kaku shi koso 55
mi mo akirameme
tayuru hi arame ya.
2 _niki_ = _iniki_, has gone.
27 Read _okitsu nami no kata yori ni yosekuru sono tamamo_, the seaweed
that the ocean waves fling shorewards.
38 making our sleeves flutter as we ply the sculls.
51 when spring comes forth.
For _ashihikino_, _shirotaheno_ see List m. k.
221
Yakamochi.
Tachiyama no uta hitotsu [kono yama ha Arakaha no kohori ni ari].
Amazakaru 1
hina ni na kakasu
Koshi no naka
kunuchi kotogoto
yama ha shi mo 5
shizhi ni aredomo
kaha ha shi mo
saha ni yukedomo
sume kami no
ushi-haki imasu 10
Nihi kaha no
sono Tachi yama ni
tokonatsu ni
yuki furi shikite
obaseru 15
Katakahi kaha no
kiyoki se ni
asa yohi goto ni
tatsu kiri no
omohi sugime ya 20
arigayohi
iya toshi no ha ni
yoso nomi mo
furi-sake mitsutsu
yorodzu yo no 25
katarahi-gusa to
imada minu
hito ni no tsugemu
oto nomi mo
na nomi mo kikite 30
tomoshiburugane.
2 _na kakasu Koshi_--_Koshi_, that answers to its name; _koshi_ =
_kosu_, to cross (the hills)--referring to the situation of the
province with regard to City-Royal.
4 _kunuchi_, _kuni uchi_.
13 _tokonatsu_ = _hisashiku nodoka_ (Keichiu).
22 as years run on.
26 = _katarahi-tane_, ‘seed’, or subject, or matter of discourse,
narrative, &c.
31 = _urayamashigaru tame ni_.
For _amazakaru_ see List m. k.
222
Ikenushi.
Tachiyama no uta ni kotahe-mawosu uta.
Asahisashi 1
so-gahi ni miyuru
kamu nagara
mi na ni ohaseru
shirakumono 5
chihe wo oshiwake
ama sosori
takaki Tachi yama
fuyu natsu to
waku koto mo naku 10
shirotaheni
yuki ha furi-okite
inishihe yu
ari-ki nikereba
kogoshi ka mo 15
iha no kamusabi
tamakiharu
iku yo he nikemu
tachite wite
miredomo ayashi 20
mine-dakami
tani wo fukami to
ochi-tagitsu
kiyoki kafuchi ni
asa sarazu 25
kiri tachi-watari
yufu sareba
kumo wi-tanabiki
kumowinasu
kokoro mo shinu ni 30
tatsukirino
omohi sugusazu
yuku midzu no
oto mo sayakeku
yorodzu yo ni 35
ihi-tsugi yukamu
kaha shi tayezuba.
1-14 description of Tachi-yama; 15-28 its beauty and majesty; 29 to end
its effect upon the beholder.
1 m. k. of _sogahi_ (see glossary)--_so-gahi ni miyuru_, seen from back
(of house or _tachi_ of Ikenushi?). The m. k. is used in reference to
the dazzling brightness of the morning sun necessitating one’s turning
(_kahi_) one’s back (_so_) to it. I am not, however, satisfied with
this explanation.
For _asahisashi_, _shirakumono_, _tamakiharu_, _kumowinasu_,
_tatsukirino_ see List m. k.
223
Yakamochi.
Miyako ni yaya chikaku mawiramu koto kanashimi no kokoro
harahi-gatakute omohi wo noburu uta.
Kakikazofu 1
Futagami yama ni
kamusabite
tateru tsuga no ki
moto mo ye mo 5
oyazhi tokiha ni
hashikiyoshi
waga se no kimi wo
asa sarazu
ahite koto-dohi 10
yufu sareba
te tadzusaharite
Imidzu kaha
kiyoki kafuchi ni
ide-tachite 15
waga tachi-mireba
ayu no kaze
itaku shi fukeba
minato ni ha
shiranami takami 20
tsuma yobu to
su-dori ha sawaku
ashi-karu to
ama no wobune ha
iri ye kogu 25
kaji no oto takashi
soko wo shi mo
aya ni tomoshimi
shinubitsutsu
asobu sakari wo 30
Sumerogi no
wosu kuni nareba
mikoto mochi
tachi-wakare nareba
okuretaru 35
kimi ha aredomo
tamahokono
michi-yuku ware ha
shirakumono
tanabiku yama wo 40
iha-ne fumi
koye henarinaba
kohishikeku
ke no nagakemu so
soko ’moheba 45
kokoro shi itashi
hototogisu
kowe ni ahe-nuku
tama ni mo ga
te ni maki-mochite 50
asa yoki ni
mitsutsu yukamu wo
okite ikaba woshi.
8 _waga se_ is Ikenushi.
17 east wind, a local term.
23 _ashi wo karu_, gather reeds.
36 _kimi_, Ikenushi.
48, 49 The making of the _kusudama_ at the time of the cuckoo’s song
being heard.
53 I read this as = _[kusu] tama wo nokoshite okite yukaba oshikaramu_,
it would be regrettable to leave behind (or put aside or neglect) the
posy.
For _kakikazofu_, _tamahokono_, _shirakumono_ see List m. k.
224
Ikenushi.
Tachimachi miyako mawiramu omohi wo noburu no yomeru wo mite iki-nagara
wakarura kanashimitari danchô mankwai yenketsu wo nozoki-gatashi
isasaka shoshin wo sôsu uta.
Awoniyoshi 1
Nara wo ki-hanare
amazakaru
hina ni ha aredo
waga seko wo 5
mitsutsu shi woreba
omohiyaru
koto mo arishi wo
ohokimi no
mikoto kashikomi 10
wosu kuni no
koto tori-mochite
wakakusano
ayuhi ta-dzukuri
muratorino 15
asa-dachi inaba
okuretaru
are ya kanashiki
tabi ni yuku
kimi ka mo kohimu 20
omofu sora
yasuku araneba
nagekaku wo
todome mo kanete
mi-wataseba 25
u no hana yama no
hototogisu
ne nomi shi nakayu
asagirino
midaruru kokoro 30
koto ni idete
ihaba yuyushimi
Tonami yama
ta-muke no kami ni
nusa matsuri 35
aga kohi-nomaku
hashikeyashi
kimi ga tadaka wo
ma sakiku mo
ari-tamotohori 40
tsuki tateba
toki mo kahasazu
nadeshiko ga
hana no sakari ni
ahi-mishime to so! 45
Urakohishi 1
waga se no kimi ha
nadeshiko ga
hana ni mo ga mo na
asanasa ni mimu. 5
5 _seko_ is Yakamochi.
14 _ta-dzukuri_ = _tabi-dsukuri_.
31, 32 to express myself in words were a dread thing = _kakemaku mo_,
&c.
34 _ta-muke no kami_, the god to whom offerings are made. The shrine
would be at the top of a pass, hence _ta-muke_ also signified the
summit of a pass or hill.
2 _waga se_ is Yakamochi.
5 _asanasa_ = _asa ni asa ni_.
For _awoniyoshi_, _amazakaru_, _wakakusano_, _muratorino_, _asagirino_
see List m. k.
225
Soraseru taka wo shinubi ime ni mite yorokobi yomeru uta.