toho no mikado to
mi yuki furu
Koshi to na ni oheru
amazakaru 5
hina nishi areba
yama-dakami
kaha tohoshiroshi
nu wo hiromi
kusa koso shigeshi 10
ayu hashiru
natsu no sakari to
shima tsu tori
u-kahi ga tomo ha
yuku kaha no 15
kiyoki se goto ni
kagari sashi
nadzusahi noboru
tsuyu shimo no
aki ni itareba 20
nu mo saha ni
tori sudakeri to
masurawono
tomo izanahite
taka ha shi mo 25
amata aredomo
yakata-wo no
aga ohokuro ni
shira-nuri no
suzu tori-tsukete 30
asa-gari ni
iho tsu tori tate
yufu-gari ni
chidori fumitate
ofu goto ni 35
yusuru koto naku
ta-banare mo
wochi mo kayasuki
kore wo okite
mata ha ari-gatashi 40
sa-naraberu
taka ha nakemu to
kokoro ni ha
omohi hokorite
wemahitsutsu 45
wataru ahida ni
taburetaru
shiko tsu okina no
koto dani mo
are ni ha tsugezu 50
tonogumori
ame no furu hi wo
to-gari su to
na nomi wo norite
Mishima-nu wo 55
sogahi ni mitsutsu
Futa-kami no
yama tobi-koyete
kumo-gakuri
kakeri iniki to 60
kaheri-kite
shiha-bure tsugure
woku yoshi no
soko ni nakereba
ifu sube no 65
tadoki wo shirani
kokoro ni ha
hi sahe moyetsutsu
omohi kohi
iki-dzuki amari 70
kedashiku mo
afu koto ari ya to
ashihikino
wote-mo kono-mo ni
to-nami hari 75
moribe wo suwete
chihayaburu
kami no yashiro ni
teru kagami
shitsu ni tori-sohe 80
kohi-nomite
aga matsu toki ni
wotomera ga
ime ni tsuguraku
naga kofuru 85
sono hotsu taka ha
Matsudaye no
hama yuki-gurashi
tsunashi toru
Himi no ye sugite 90
Tako no shima
tobi-tamotohori
ashi-gamo no
sudaku Furuye ni
wototsu hi mo 95
kinofu mo aritsu
chikaku araba
ima futsuka dami
tohoku araba
nanuka no uchi ha 100
sugime ya mo
kinamu waga seko
nemokoro ni
na kohi so yo to so
ime ni tsugetsuru. 105
The glossary and notes to the translation sufficiently explain the text
of this lay.
98 _dami_ seems to = _bakari_.
For _amazakaru_, _masurawono_, _ashihikino_, _chihayaburu_ see List m.
k.
MAKI XVIII, KAMI
226
Agehari no uchi ni hitori wite hototogisu no ne wo kikite yomeru uta.
Takamikura 1
ama no hitsugi to
Sumerogi no
ami no mikoto no
kikoshiwosu 5
kuni no mahora ni
yama wo shi mo
saha ni ohomi to
momo tori no
ki-wite naku koye 10
haru sareba
kiki no kanashi mo
idzure wo ka
wakite shinubamu
u no hana no 15
saku tsuki tateba
medzurashiku
naku hototogisu
ayame-gusa
tama nuku made ni 20
hiru kurashi
yo watashi kikedo
kiku goto ni
kokoro ugokite
uchi nageki 25
ahare no tori to
ihanu toki nashi.
(3)
Hototogisu 1
ito netakeku ha
tachibana no
hana chiru toki ni
ki-naki toyomuru. 5
1 A sort of m. k. of _ama no hitsugi_.
13, 14 of all the birds the most delightsome.
For _takamikura_ see List m. k.
227
Michinoku no kuni yori kugane wo idaseru mikotonori wo kotohoku uta.
Ashihara no 1
Midzuho no kuni wo
ama kudari
shirashimeshikeru
sumerogi no 5
kami no mikoto no
mi yo kasane
ama no hitsugi to
shirashikuru
kimi no miyo miyo 10
shikimaseru
yo mo no kuni ni ha
yama kaha wo
hiromi atsumi to
tatematsuru 15
mi tsuki takara ha
kazoheyezu
tsukushi mo kanetsu
shikaredomo
waga ohokimi no 20
moro hito wo
izanahi tamahi
yoki koto wo
hazhime tamahite
kukane ka mo 25
tanoshikeku aramu
to omohoshite
shita nayamasu ni
toriganaku
Adzuma no kuni no so 30
Michinoku no
Woda naru yama ni
kugane ari
to maushitamahere
mi kokoro wo 35
akirame tamahi
ame tsuchi no
kami ahi-udzunahi
sumerogi no
mi tama tasukete 40
tohoki yo ni
nakarishi koto wo
waga mi yo ni
arahashite areba
wosu kuni ha 45
sakayemu mono to
kamu nagara
omohoshimeshite
mononofuno
ya so tomo no wo wo 50
matsurobe no
muke no manimani
oi-hito mo
me no waraha ko mo
shi ga negafu 55
kokoro-darahi ni
nade-tamahi
wosame-tamaheba
koko wo shi mo
aya ni tafutomi 60
ureshikeku
iyo-yo omohite
Ohotomo no
tohotsu kamu oya no
sono na wo ba 65
Ohokume nushi to
ohi-mochite
tsukaheshi tsukasa
umi yukaba
midzuku kabane 70
yama yukaba
kusamusu kabane
ohokimi no
he ni koso shiname
kaheri-mi ha 75
sezhi to kotodate
masurawono
kiyoki sono na wo
inishihe no
ima no wotsutsu ni 80
nagasaheru
oya no kodomo so
Ohotomo no
Saheki no uji ha
hito no ’ya no 85
tatsuru kotodate
hito no ko ha
oya no na tatazu
ohokimi ni
matsurofu mono to 90
ihi-tsugeru
koto no tsukasa so
adzusa yumi
te ni tori-mochite
tsurugi tachi 95
koshi ni tori-haki
asa mamori
yufu no mamori ni
ohokimi no
Mikado no mamori 100
ware wo okite
mata hito ha arazhi
to iya-tate
omohishi masaru
ohokimi no 105
mikoto no saki no
kikeba tafutomi.
vv. 1-18 describe Yamato, its line of rulers, its features and wealth;
18-28 the object of the Mikado’s desire for gold; _yoki koto_,
desirable thing; 21-24 see below; 29-50 his gratitude on hearing of the
discovery of gold in Michinoku; 51 to end, the panegyric by Yakamochi
of the Otomo clan to which he belongs. 101 and 102 are plagiarized from
Lay 67.
52 = _iyo-yo_ = _iyo-iyo_.
103 _to iya-tate_, so, more and more raise (_kotodate_).
107 Read _kikeba_ after _tafutomi_.
For _kazoheyezu_, _toriganaku_, _mononofuno_, _masurawono_ see List m.
k.
MAKI XVIII, SHIMO
228
Yoshino no totsumiya ni idemasamu toki no tame ni arakazhime yomeru uta.
Takamikura 1
ama no hitsugi to
ame no shita
shirashimeshikeru
sumerogi no 5
kami no mikoto no
kashikoku mo
hazhime tamahite
tafutoku mo
sadametamaheru 10
Mi Yoshinu no
kono ohomiya ni
ari-gayohi
meshitamafurashi
mononofuno 15
yasotomo no wo mo
ono ga oheru
ono ga na [ohi] na ohi
ohokimi no
make no manimani 20
kono kaha no
tayuru koto naku
kono yama no
iya tsugi-tsugi ni
kaku shi koso 25
tsukahematsurame
iya toho naga ni.
5 _sumerogi_ is the Mikado Ojin (270-310).
13, 14 refer to the reigning Mikado Shômu (724-48).
20 Read in connexion with 26.
For _takamikura_, _mononofuno_ see List m. k.
229
Miyako no ihe ni okuramu ga tame ni shiratama wo horisuru uta.
Susu no ama no 1
okitsu mi kami ni
i-watarite
kadzuki tori to ifu
ahabi tama 5
ihochi mo ga mo
hashikiyoshi
tsuma no mikoto no
koromodeno
wakareshi toki yo 10
nubatamano
yo toko kata sari
asa-ne-gami
kaki mo kedzurazu
idete koshi 15
tsuki-hi yomitsutsu
nagekuramu
kokoro nagusa ni
hototogisu
ki naku sa-tsuki no 20
ayame-gusa
hana tachibana ni
nuki mazhihe
kadzura ni seyo to
tsutsumite yaramu. 25
2 _mi kami_, great god, here = wilds of ocean (great sea-god’s realm).
6 _i-ho-chi_ = _i ho tsu_, compare _hatachi_.
10 _yo_ = _yori_.
12 _yo_ = _yoru_, night; _kata sari_, where one has gone and left the
other of a pair.
13 _asa ne kami_, hair disordered in morning on awaking from sleep.
14 _kakazu mo_, _kedzurazu mo_.
19 _hototogisu ki naku_ is epithetical of _sa-tsuki_ (fifth month).
230
Fumibito Wohari no Woguhi wo satosu uta.
Ohonamuji 1
Sukunabikona no
kami-yo yori
ihitsugikeraku
chichi haha wo 5
mireba tafutoku
me ko mireba
kanashiku megushi
utsusemino
yo no kotowari to 10
kaku sama ni
ihikeru mono wo
yo no hito no
tatsuru koto-date
chisa no hana 15
sakeru sakari ni
hashikeyoshi
sono tsuma no ko to
asa yohi ni
yemimi yemazu mo 20
uchi-nageki
katarikemaku ha
tokoshihe ni
kaku shi mo arame ya
ame tsuchi no 25
kami kotoyosete
haruhanano
sakari mo aramu to
matashikemu
toki no sakari wo 30
sakari-wite
nagekasu to imo ga
itsushika mo
tsukahi mo komu to
matasuramu 35
kokoro sabushiku
minami fuki
yuki ke hafurite
Imidzu kaha
ukabu mi nawa mo 40
yoru he nami
Saburu sono ko ni
himo no wo no
i-tsugari ahite
nihodori no 45
futari narabi-wi
Nago no umi no
oki wo fukamete
sadohaseru
kimi ga kokoro wo 50
sube mo subenasa!
4 = _ihitsugikeru_.
6, 8 To _tafutoku_ and _kanashiku_ (also to _sabushiku_, v. 36), add
_nari_.
15 _chisa_ = _chisha_, lettuce. Wild salads of all kinds were much
esteemed in ancient Japan.
15-36 describe the anxiety of the wife.
18 _ko_ = lady.
20 smiling or not, in all moods.
25, 26 her reliance on the gods.
31 This line is doubtful--sense is possible only by reading _sakari_ as
= _hanare_ or _hanachi_.
37 _minami [kaze]_.
37-41 introductory to Saburu.
38 _yuki_, snow. _ke_ = _kihe_, disappear, melt.
44 _i-tsugari_ = _tsunagu_, _tsunagaru_.
For _utsusemino_, _haruhanano_ see List m. k.
231
Kakemaku mo 1
aya ni kashikoshi
sumerogi no
kami no oho mi yo ni
Tazhima Mori 5
Tokoyo ni watari
ya hoko mochi
mawide koshi tofu
tokizhiku no
kagu no ko no mi wo 10
kashikoku mo
nokoshitamahere
kuni mo se ni
ohi-tachi sakaye
haru sareba 15
hikoye moitsutsu
hototogisu
naku sa-tsuki ni ha
hatsu hana wo
yeda ni taworite 20
wotomera ni
tsuto ni mo yarimi
shirotaheno
sode ni mo kokire
ka-guhashimi 25
okite karashimi
ayuru mi ha
tama ni nukitsutsu
te ni makite
miredomo akazu 30
aki-dzukeba
shigure no amefuri
ashihikino
yama no konure ha
kurenawi ni 35
nihohi chiredomo
tachibana no
nareru sono mi ha
hitateri ni
iya migahoshiku 40
mi yuki furu
fuyu ni itareba
shimo okedomo
sono ha mo karezu
tokihanasu 45
iya sakahaye ni
shikare koso
kami no mi yo yori
yoroshi-nabe
kono tachibana wo 50
tokizhiku no
kaku no ko no mi to
nadzukekerashi mo!
8 _mawide_ = _mawiri-ide_. _koshi_ is past of _kuru_ used as auxiliary.
13 _se_ = _semaku_. _se ni_, closely = abundantly.
6 _hiko-ye_, twigs, lit. descendant-branches.
22 _tsuto_, _tsutsumi to_, bound or arranged as a gift.
24 _kokire_, _koki-ire_, lit. strip-put-in. The value here is somewhat
uncertain, perhaps to strip off the flowers and set them on the sleeve
in some way.
26 _karashi_, caus. of _karu_ wither. _mi_ here, as in 22, has an
iterative force.
39 _hita-teri_, right dazzling.
52 _kaku_, thus, i.e. weathering all the seasons, but _kaku_ may be
read _kagu_, fragrant, i.e. pleasing all the year through, hence by a
word-play the appropriateness of the term _ka-guhashimi_ (25).
For _shirotaheno_, _ashihikino_, _tokihanasu_ see List m. k.
232
Niha no hana wo mite yomeru uta.
Ohokimi no 1
toho no Mikado to
makitamafu
tsukasa no manima
mi yuki furu 5
Koshi ni kudariki
aratamano
toshi no itsu tose
shikitaheno
ta-makura makazu 10
himo tokazu
marone wo sureba
ifusemi to
kokoro nagusa ni
nadeshiko wo 15
yado ni maki-ohoshi
natsu no no no
sa-yuri hiki uwete
saku hana wo
idemiru goto ni 20
nadeshiko ga
sono hana-dzuma ni
sa yuri-bana
yuri mo ahamu to
nagusamura 25
kokoro shinakuba
amazakaru
hina ni hito hi mo
arubeku mo aru ya!
Nadeshiko ga 1
hana miru goto ni
wotomera ga
yemahi no nihohi
omohoyuru ka mo? 5
2 _to_ = _nite_.
3, 4 in execution of service imposed upon me.
8 _tose_ = _toshi he_, passage of years.
9 must be read as m. k. of _makura_.
2 _maro-ne_ = _hitori-ne_.
13 _to_, supply _naru_.
14 _nagusamu_.
16 _maki-ohoshi_ = sow or plant, let grow.
17 _no no no_, the second _no_ = _nu_, moor.
18 _sa-yuri_, the _sa_ of _sa tsuki_--vigorously growing (_sa nahe_),
lily of the fifth month.
24 Here _yuri_ = _yori_ = _nochi_.
For _aratamano_, _shikitaheno_, _amazakaru_ see List m. k.
233
Ohokimi no 1
maki no manimani
tori-mochite
tsukafuru kuni no
toshi no uchi no 5
koto katane mochi
tamahokono
michi ni ide-tachi
ihane fumi
yama koye nu yuki 10
miyako he
mawishi waga se wo
aratamano
toshi yuki-kaheri
tsuki kasane 15
minu hi sa-manemi
kofuru sora
yasuku shi araneba
hototogisu
ki naku sa-dzuki no 20
ayame-gusa
yomogi kadzura ki
saka mi-dzuki
asobi naguredo
Imidzu kaha 25
yuki ke afurite
yuku midzu no
iya mashi ni nomi
tadzu ga naku
Nagoye no suge no 30
nemokoro ni
omohi musuhore
nageki tsutsu
aga matsu kimi ga
koto wohari 35
kaheri makarite
natsu no nu no
sa yuri no hana no
hana wemi ni
nifubu ni wemite 40
ahashitaru
kefu wo hazhimete
kagaminasu
kaku shi tsune mimu
omokaharisezu. 45
6 _katane_, _katanu_ is to settle, arrange, conclude, &c.
10 The syntax here is obscure.
13, 14, 15 lit. fresh years came and went--the months summed up.…
19 _hototogisu ki naku_ is epithetical of _sa-tsuki_.
22 Error for _yanagi_?
25-30 are introductory to _nemokoro_.
41 = _ahi-tamahi_.
44 _kaku shi tsune_ = just as now so always.
45 _omokahari sezu_, without change of face, i.e. keeping health and
youth.
For _tamahokono_, _aratamano_, _kagaminasu_ see List m. k.
234
Amage no kumo wo mite yomeru uta.
Sumerogi no 1
shikimasu kuni no
ame no shita
yo mo no michi ni ha
uma no tsume 5
i-tsukusu kihami
funa no he no
i-hatsuru made ni
inishihe yo
ima no wotsutsu ni 10
yorodzu tsuki
matsuru tsukasa to
tsukuritaru
sono nari-hahi wo
ame furazu 15
hi no kasanareba
uwe shita mo
makishi hatake mo
asa goto ni
shibomi kare-yuku 20
so wo mireba
kokoro wo itami
midori-ko no
chi kofu ga gotoku
amatsumidzu 25
afugite so matsu
ashihikino
yama no tawori ni
kono miyuru
ama no shira kumo 30
watatsumi no
okitsu miya he ni
tachi-watari
tonogumori ahite
ame mo tamahane. 35
4 _yo mo_, four faces or quarters, everywhere.
10 _wotsutsu_ = _utsutsu_.
11 _tsuki_ = tribute, tax.
28 _tawori_, summit.
For _amatsumidzu_ (used here in double sense), _ashihikino_ see List m.
k.
235
Tanabata no uta.
Amaterasu 1
kami no mi yo yori
Yasu no kaha
naga ni hedatete
shika hitachi 5
sode furi kahashi
iki no wo ni
nagekasu kora
watari mori
fune mo maukezu 10
hashi dani mo
watashite araba
sono he yu mo
i-yuki watarashi
tadzusahari 15
unagakeri-wite
omohoshiki
koto mo katarahi
nagusamuru
kokoro ha aramu wo 20
nani shi ka mo
aki nishi araneba
kototohi no
tomoshikikora
utsusemi no 25
yo no hito ware mo
koko wo shi mo
aya ni kusushimi
yuki kaharu
toshi no ha goto ni 30
ama no hara
furi-sake mitsutsu
ihi-tsugi ni sure.
8 _kora_ is an honour-plural, the Webster woman.
13 _sono he yu_ = _sono uhe yori_, here = from that side, the other
side where the Herdman is.
26 I take _ware_ to refer to Yakamochi.
33 _sure_ for _koso sure_.
MAKI XIX, KAMI
236
Ma-shirafu no taka wo yomeru uta.
Ashihikino 1
yama saka koyete
yuki kaharu
toshi no wo nagaku
shinazakaru 5
Koshi ni shi sumeba
ohokimi no
shikimasu kuni ha
miyako wo mo
koko mo oyazhi to 10
kokoro ni ha
omofu mono kara
katari-sake
misakuru hito me
tomoshimi to 15
omohi shi shigeshi
soko yuwe ni
kokoro nagu ya to
aki-dzukeba
hagi saki-nihofu 20
Ihase nu ni
uma tagi-yukite
wochi kochi ni
tori fumi-tate
shiranuri no 25
wo-suzu mo yura ni
ahase-yari
furi-sake mitsutsu
ikitohoru
kokoro no uchi wo 30
omohi-nobe
ureshibi nagara
makuradzuku
tsuma ya no uchi ni
to-gura yuhi 35
suwete so aga kafu
mashirafu no taka!
13 _katari-sake_, utter, give expression to conversation; _misake_,
send forth glance, i.e. look at, perceive.
22 _uma tagi-yukite_, _tagu_ (_taguru_) is to draw (rope, cord, &c.).
27 _ahase-yari_ is taken as referring to _wo-suzu_.
29 See N. I. 241, the _uta_.
37 _ma-shirafu_, shining, white-mottled.
For _makuradzuku_ see List m. k.
237
U tsu kafu uta.
Aratamano 1
toshi yuki kahari
haru sareba
hana saki nihofu
ashihikino 5
yama shita doyomi
ochi tagichi
nagaru Sakita no
kaha no se ni
ayu ko sa-bashiri 10
shima tsu tori
u-kahi tomo nabe
kagari sashi
nadzusahi yukeba
wagimoko ga 15
katami gatera to
kurenawi no
ya shiho ni somete
okosetaru
koromo no suso mo 20
tohorite nurenu.
13 _kagari sashi_, place torch-holders = prepare or light decoy-flares.
14 _nami-tsu[mori]-safu_.
16 _gatera to_ = here, by way of parting gift or souvenir.
For _aratamano_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.
238
Yo no tsune no naki koto no uta.
Ame tsuchi no 1
tohoki hazhime yo
yo no naka ha
tsune naki mono to
katari tsuki 5
nagarahe kitari
ama no hara
furi-sake mireba
teru tsuki mo
michi kakeshikeri 10
ashihikino
yama no konure mo
haru sareba
hana saki nihohi
aki tsukeba 15
tsuyu shimo ohite
kaze mazhiri
momiji chirikeri
utsusemi mo
kaku nomi narashi 20
kurenawi no
iro mo utsurohi
nubatamano
kuro kami kahari
asa no wemi 25
yufube kaharahi
fuku kaze no
miyenu ga gotoku
yuku midzu no
tomaranu gotoku 30
tsune mo naku
utsurofu mireba
nihatadzumi
nagaruru namida
todome kanetsu mo. 35
16 _ohite_ = be or lie on.
31 impermanent.
For _ashihikino_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.
239
Masurawo no na wo furufu wo shitafu uta.
Chichinomino 1
chichi no mikoto
hahasobano
haha no mikoto
ohoroka ni 5
kokoro tsukushite
omofuramu
sono ko nare ya mo
masurawo ya
munashiku arubeki 10
adzusa yumi
suwe-furi-okoshi
nagu ya mochi
chi hiro i-watashi
tsurugi-tachi 15
koshi ni tori-haki
ashihikino
yatsuwo fumi-koye
sashi makuru
kokoro sayarazu 20
nochi no yo no
katari-tsugibeku
na wo tatsubeshi mo.
_furufu_, lit. to brandish, here to display.
1 The line is a sort of phonetic m. k. of _chichi_, father; _chichi
no mi_ is the fruit of Ginkgo biloba (the maiden-hair tree). So
_hahaso-ba_ (leaf of Quercus dentata) is a phonetic m. k. of _haha_.
8 _nare_ = _koso nare_, _ya_ = _ya ha_ (= Lat. _num_).
10 Read as _munaskiku arubeki ya_.
19 = _ninzeraruru_.
20 _sayarazu_ = _sawarazu_ (not stopped from executing duty).
For _ashihikino_ see List m. k.
240
Hototogisu mata toki no hana wo yomeru uta.
Toki goto ni 1
iya medzurashiku
yachi kusa ni
kusa ki hana saki
naku tori no 5
kowe mo kaharafu
mimi ni kiki
me ni miru goto ni
uchi-nageki
shinaye urabure 10
shinubitsutsu
arikuru hashi ni
ko no kure no
u tsuki shi tateba
yo-gomori ni 15
naku hototogisu
inishihe yo
katari tsugitsuru
uguhisu no
utsushi ma-ko ka mo 20
ayame-gusa
hana tachibana wo
wotomera ga
tama nuku made ni
akanesasu 25
hiru ha shimerani
ashihikino
yatsu wo tobikoye
nubatamano
yoru ha sugara ni 30
akatoki no
tsuki ni mukahite
yuki-kaheri
naki toyomuredo
ikade akitaramu! 35
3 _ya chi_, 8,000--i.e. all kinds of.
9, 10, 11, 12 … seem to mean sighing, yielding, reflecting (or
melancholy), and pensive while vying … but I prefer the whole sense as
given in my translation--reading _arisofu_ for _arikuru_, of which I
can make nothing.
20 _ma-ko_, true child, progeny; or _mi-ko_, fair progeny.
28 _yatsu wo_, see 239.
31 _akatoki_ = _akatsuki_.
For _akanesasu_, _ashihikino_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.
241
Me ga Miyako ni imasu haha no mikoto ni okuramu tame ni atsuraherayete
yomeru uta.
Hototogisu 1
ki-naku sa-tsuki ni
saki-nihofu
hana tachibana no
ka-guhashiki 5
oya no mikoto
asa yohi ni
kikanu hi maneku
amazakaru
hina ni shi woreba 10
ashihikino
yama no tawori ni
tatsu kumo wo
yoso nomi mitsutsu
nageku sora 15
yasukeku naku ni
omofu sora
kurushiki mono wo
Nago no ama no
kadzukitoru chifu 20
shiratamano
migahoshi mi omowa
tada mukahi
mimu toki made ha
matsu kahe no 25
sakaye imasane
tafutoki aga kimi.
1-4 are epithetical of 5.
25 _kahe_, an old word for a species of live oak, some say Japanese
yew, Torreya nucifera.
For _amazakaru_, _ashihikino_, _shiratamano_ see List m. k.
242
U tsuki no mika no hi Yechizen Hangwan Ohotomo no Sukune Ikenushi ni
okureru hototogisu no uta kankyu no omohi ni tahezute omohi wo noburu
hito uta.
Waga seko to 1
te tadzusaharite
ake kureba
ide tachi mukahi
yufu sareba 5
furi sake mitsutsu
omohi-nobe
mi-nagishi yama
yatsu wo ni ha
kasumi tanabiki 10
tani he ni ha
tsubaki hana saki
ura-kanashi
haru no sugureba
hototogisu 15
iya shiki nakinu
hitori nomi
kikeba sabushi mo
kimi to are
hedatete kofuru 20
Tonami yama
tobi koye-yukite
ake tataba
matsu no sayeda ni
yufu saraba 25
tsuki ni mukahite
ayame-gusa
tama nuku made ni
naki-doyome
yasu-i shi nasazu 30
kimi wo nayamase.
1 _seko_ is Ikenushi.
8 = _mi nagusamishi_.
18 _ura-kanashi_, deeply _kanashi_, i.e. deeply moved here to joy, not
grief.
19 _kimi_ is Ikenushi.
20 The sentence ends with _kofuru_. The next sentence ends with
_nayamase_ (31), of which the logical subject is, _hototogisu_,
understood.
243
Hototogisu wo yomeru uta.
Haru sugite 1
natsu ki-mukaheba
ashihikino
yama yobi-doyome
sayo naka ni 5
naku hototogisu
hatsu kowe wo
kikeba natsukashi
ayame-gusa
hana tachibana wo 10
nuki mazhihe
kadzuraku made ni
sato-toyome
naki-wataredomo
naho shi shinubayu. 15
15 _shinubayu_ = _shinubayuru_.
244
Yamabuki wo yomeru uta.
Utsusemi ha 1
kohi wo shigemi to
haru makete
omohi-shigekuba
hiki-yojite 5
wori mo worazu mo
miru goto ni
kokoro nagimu to
shige yama no
tani he ni ofuru 10
yamabuki wo
yado ni hiki-uwete
asa tsuyu ni
nihoheru hana wo
miru goto ni 15
omohi ha yamazu
kohi shi shigeshi mo.
8 _nagimu_ (_nagu_) = _nagusamamu_.
16 [love] thoughts.
245
Fuse no midzu-umi ni asobite yomeru uta.
Omofu dochi 1
masurawo no ko no
konokureno
shigeki omohi wo
mi akirame 5
kokoro yaramu to
Fuse no umi ni
wo-bune tsuraname
ma-kai kake
i-yuki megureba 10
Wofu no ura ni
kasumi tanabiki
Taruhime ni
fujinami sakite
hama kiyoku 15
shiranami sawaki
shikushiku ni
kohi ha masaredo
kefu nomi ni
akitarame ya mo 20
kaku shi koso
iya toshi no ha ni
haruhanano
shigeki sakari ni
aki no ha no 25
nihoheru toki ni
ari-gayohi
mitsutsu shinubame
kono Fuse no umi wo.
8 Epithetical of _shigeki_.
28 _shinubame_, we will surely take pleasure in, supply _koso_.
For _konokureno_, _haruhanano_ see List m. k.
246
Yechizen Hanguwan … Ikenushi ni u wo okureru uta.
Amazakaru 1
hina to shi areba
soko koko mo
oyazhi kokoro so
ihezakari 5
toshi no henureba
utsusemi ha
mono ’mohi shigeshi
soko yuwe ni.
kokoro nagusa ni 10
hototogisu
naku hatsu kowe wo
tachibana no
tama ni ahenuki
kadsurakite 15
asobaku yoshi mo
masurawo wo
tomonahe tachite
Shikura kaha
nadzusahi nobori 20
hirase ni ha
sade sashi-watashi
hayase ni ha
u wo kadzuketsutsu
tsuki ni hi ni 25
shika shi asobane
hashiki waga seko.
3 _soko koko_, there or here, everywhere.
17 to end refer more particularly to Ikenushi.
26 Note the precative _ne_.
27 _waga seko_ is Ikenushi.
For _amazakaru_ see List m. k.
247
Hototogisu mata fuji no hana wo yomeru uta.
Momo no hana 1
kurenawi iro ni
nihohitaru
omowa no uchi ni
awo-yagi no 5
kuhashi mayone wo
wemi magari
asa kage mitsutsu
wotomera ga
te ni tori-motaru 10
masokagami
Futagami yama ni
konokureno
shigeki tani he wo
yobi-toyome 15
asa tobi-watari
yufu dzuku-yo
kasokeki nu he ni
harobaro ni
naku hototogisu 20
tachi-kuku to
ha furi ni chirasu
fujinami no
hana natsukashimi
hiki yojite 25
sode ni kokiretsu
shimaba shimu to mo.
1 _momo_, peach.
1-11 are introductory to _futa_ of Futakami. From _futa_ backwards to
_momo_ a literal translation would be good English--a capital instance
of the way in which the order of words in Japanese permits of a telling
climax.
5 _awo yanagi_.
6 _mayone_ = _mayu_, eyebrow.
7 _wemi magari_, smile-arch, smile-curve.
13 _ko_ is _ki_, tree, bush; _kure_, shadow or gloom.
17 _yufudzuku-yo_, evening-moonlight-night.
18 _kasokeki_, shadowy, dim.
19 _harobaro_, at a distance, far.
21 _tachi-kuku_, dart in and out.
22 _ha furi_, wing-shake.
26 _kokire_ = _mushiri-ire_, take off (the blossoms) and put in.
27 _shimaba shimu_ = _somaba somu_.
248
Hironaha ni okureru hototogisu no urami no uta.
Koko ni shite 1
sogahi ni miyuru
waga seko ga
kaki tsu no tani ni
ake sareba 5
hari no sa-yeda ni
yufu sareba
fuji no shigemi ni
harobaro ni
naku hototogisu 10
waga yado no
uwe ki tachibana
hana ni chiru
toki wo matashimi
ki nakanaku 15
soko ha uramizu
shikaredomo
tani kata-dzukite
ihe-woreru
kimi ga kikitsutsu 20
tsuge naku mo ushi!
14 I read _matashimi_ as = _imadashi_.
21 _tsuge_ I take as referring to the cuckoo who does not with his song
herald the approach of summer for the poet.
249
Hototogisu wo yomeru uta.
Tani chikaku 1
ihe ha woredomo
ko-dakakute
sato ha aredomo
hototogisu 5
imada ki nakazu
naku kowe wo
kikamakuhori to
ashita ni ha
kado ni idetachi 10
yufube ni ha
tani wo mi-watashi
kofuredomo
hito kowe dani mo
imada kikoyezu. 15
MAKI XIX, NAKA
250
Wotome haka no uta ni ohite nazorafu uta.
Inishihe no 1
arikeru waza wo
kusuhashiki
koto to ihitsugu
Chinu wotoko 5
Unahi wotoko no
utsusemino
na wo arasofu to
tamakiharu
inochi wo sutete 10
ahi tomo ni
tsuma-dohi shikeru
wotomera ga
kikeba kanashisa
haruhanano 15
nihohe sakayete
akinohano
nihohi ni tereru
atara mi no
sakari wo sura ni 20
masurawo no
koto itohoshimi
chichi haha ni
mawoshi wakarete
ihe-zakari 25
umi he ni detachi
asa yohi ni
michi kuru shiho no
yahe nami ni
nabiku tamamo no 30
fushi no ma no
woshiki inochi wo
tsuyushimono
sugimashi ni kere
okutsuki wo 35
koko to sadamete
nochi no yo no
kiki tsugu hito mo
iya toho ni
shinubi ni seyo to 40
tsuge wo-kushi
shi ga sashikerashi
ohite nabikeru.
3 _kusuhashiki_ = _kusushi_.
1-12 relate to the wooers; 13, 14 are interjectional, expressing pity
for the girl’s fate.
13, 14 _wotomera ga [koto wo] kikeba_.
15-20 describe her beauty, &c. 19, 20 though in the flower of her age;
21-34 her despair and death; 35 to end, her choice of a tomb-place, and
the miraculous growth from the comb wherewith she marked the spot, that
her memory might endure.
For _utsusemino_, _tamakiharu_, _haruhanano_, _akinohano_,
_tsuyushimono_ see List m. k.
251
Kanashimi uta.
Ametsuchi no 1
hazhime no toki yo
utsusomino
yaso tomo no wo ha
ohokimi ni 5
matsurofu mono to
sadametaru
tsukasa nishi areba
ohokimi no
mikoto kashikomi 10
hina-zakaru
kuni wo osamu to
ashihikino
yama kaha henari
kaze kumo ni 15
koto ha kayohedo
tada ni ahanu
hi no kasanareba
omohi kohi
ikidzuki woru ni 20
tamahokono
michi kuru hito no
tsute koto ni
are ni kataraku
hashikiyoshi 25
kimi ha konogoro
urasabite
nagekahi imasu
yo no naka no
ukeku tsurakeku 30
saku hana mo
toki ni utsurofu
utsusemi mo
tsune naku arikeri
tarachineno 35
mi haha no mikoto
nani shi ka mo
toki shi ha aramu wo
masokagami
miredomo akazu 40
tamanowono
woshiki sakari ni
tatsukirino
usenuru gotoku
tamamonasu 45
nabiki koi-fushi
yuku midzu no
todome kaneki to
taha-koto ya
hito no ihitsuru 50
oyodzure ka
hito no tsugetsuru
adzusayumi
tsuma[biku] yo ’to
toho ’to ni mo 55
kikeba kanashimi
niha tadzumi
nagaruru namida
todome kanetsu mo!
Yo no naka no 1
tsune naki koto ha
shiruramu wo
kokoro tsukusuna
masurawo ni shite! 5
1-10 in praise of the Mikado; 11-24 the poet’s seclusion in his
frontier government.
15 _kaze kumo_, wind and clouds, regarded as bearers of tidings.