[68] _haberu … naho_, omitted in some texts.
[69] _saitsutoshi_.
[70] Omitted in some texts.
[71] Omitted in some texts.
[72] Or _umi_.
[73] Or _makarishi_.
[74] In some texts omitted.
[75] In some texts omitted and so throughout the sentence.
[76] In some texts _su_ and so throughout the sentence.
[77] Or _shirade_.
[78] Or _mukutsukege_.
[79] Or _tasuketamafubeki_.
[80] Or _kata_.
[81] Or _sura_--a better reading.
[82] Or _nihaka_.
[83] _yori_.
[84] Or _omohite_.
[85] _ifu_.
[86] Or _sobadzura_.
[87] Or _kore_.
[88] Some texts omit this.
[89] Or _omoshiroku_.
[90] Or _yohoka amari_, perhaps a better reading.
[91] Or _tachi_.
[92] A _makura kotoba_ of _yo_.
[93] Or _mizhi_.
[94] Or _domo_ omitted.
[95] Or _tari_ omitted.
[96] Or _fubasami_ (_hasami_).
[97] Or _tsukumodokoro-kumo-mu-tsukasa no takumi_ or
_tsukumo-dokoro-moku-tsukasa_.
[98] _ko koku wo tachite_.
[99] _tamahite_.
[100] _waroki_, or omitted.
[101] In some texts, _kihe wi-tamaheri_, the intervening words being
omitted.
[102] Omitted in some texts.
[103] Or _tamaharamu_.
[104] _no_ inserted in some texts.
[105] Or _warahi_.
[106] Sometimes omitted.
[107] Or _unadzukite_.
[108] The whole of this sentence is omitted in some texts.
[109] Omitted in some texts.
[110] Or _totonohe sase_.
[111] _Mimuraji_.
[112] Or _te_.
[113] Or _Kara_.
[114] Or _kane_.
[115] Omitted in some texts.
[116] _mukashi_, &c., omitted in some texts.
[117] Or _tabi_.
[118] Or _sukoshi nite_.
[119] Or _amere_.
[120] In some texts these words are omitted.
[121] Or _ureshikute_.
[122] Or _kajori_.
[123] Or _to mo are kaku mo are_.
[124] Or _daijin_, or _oho-omi_.
[125] Omitted in some texts.
[126] Or _omobahe_.
[127] Or _ware_.
[128] Or _hitodomo_.
[129] _notamahasetari_.
[130] Or _yukamu_.
[131] Or _tamaharasetaru_.
[132] Or _mahari_.
[133] Omitted in some texts.
[134] _te_ omitted in some texts.
[135] Or _beshi_.
[136] roll over and tumble in.
[137] unexpected.
[138] _sozoro susuro_.
[139] Or _arunari_.
[140] Or _otonaku_, _omonaku_.
[141] Sometimes omitted.
[142] Words of praise.
[143] Or _ifu_.
[144] Or _taguhi_.
[145] Or _sokobaku_.
[146] Or _katahara itaku_.
[147] Or _Morotari_.
[148] Or _tsukafuru_.
[149] Or _yau_.
[150] Or _tsubakurame to mausu mono ha_--probably a more correct
reading.
[151] Or _tsutsu_.
[152] being wild will not come near.
[153] Sometimes omitted.
[154] Or _ma_.
[155] Or _kuri_.
[156] Or _tamahinaba_, omitting _namu_.
[157] Or _tohase-tamafu_.
[158] _sagete_.
[159] Or _ohashimashite_.
[160] Or _on_, or _omu_.
[161] right time.
[162] Or _kano_.
[163] Here = a place.
[164] Or _nobosete_.
[165] Some texts omit _tsubakurame … sasete_.
[166] Or _saharikeru_.
[167] Or _toki ni_.
[168] _mi kuchi ni_ omitted in some texts.
[169] Some texts add _dani_.
[170] Or _irare_.
[171] Some texts omit _yori … keri_.
[172] 請.
[173] Or _geru_.
[174] Or omit _meshi_, _mashi_.
[175] Or _go henji_.
[176] That is, _ohosetama hamu yau ni maushi haberamu_.
[177] Or _tamahasezaramu_.
[178] Sometimes omitted.
[179] Sometimes omitted.
[180] Sometimes omitted.
[181] Some texts omit _te mo_.
[182] Or _chikaku nari_.
[183] Some texts omit _chikaku … ni_.
[184] Or _on tomo_.
[185] This seems a corrupt passage.
[186] Or _idzuru_.
[187] i.e. _chikaku aru_.
[188] 制.
[189] _to mo kaku mo_.
[190] 人間, where men are not, i.e. solitary place, or simply 一間.
[191] 切.
[192] Or _tsune_.
[193] Or _tamahedomo_.
[194] Or _tatematsure_.
[195] _najô_ = _naze_.
[196] Or _Kaguyahime_, included in the speech, and _tsuki wo_ omitted.
[197] Or _toki ni_.
[198] Or add _to_.
[199] _koto kana!_ seems to have dropped out.
[200] 目.
[201] Or _ni ha_ omitted.
[202] Or _tsuiji_.
[203] 外.
[204] _sore ga_.
[205] Some texts omit _domo_.
[206] Or _hi-goro_.
[207] In some texts _zuru_ (_zo aru_?) _mo_ omitted.
[208] 内外.
[209] Words of Kaguya.
[210] This seems the best of several obscure readings.
[211] Or _ifu_.
[212] Or _kisetsuru_.
[213] 異.
[214] Or _chiyufu_.
KOKIN WAKASHIU ZHIYO[215]
TEXT TRANSLITERATED
Yamato uta ha hito no kokoro wo tane to shite yorodzu no koto no ha to
so narerikeru.
Yo no naka ni aru hito kotowaza shigeki mono nareba kokoro ni omofu
koto miru mono kiku mono ni tsukite ihi-idaseru nari. Hana ni naku
uguhisu midzu ni sumu kahadzu no kowe wo kikeba iki to shi ikeru mono
idzure ka uta wo yomimazarikeru.
Chikara wo mo irezu shite ame tsuchi wo ugokashi me ni miyenu oni
kami wo mo ahare to omohase wotoko ouna no naka wo mo yaharage takeki
mononofu no kokoro wo mo nagusamu kono uta ame tsuchi no hirake
hazhimarikeru toki yori ide ki ni keri shika aredomo yo ni tsutaharu
koto ha hisakata no[216] ame ni shite ha Shitateruhime ni hazhimari
araganeno[217] tsuchi ni shite ha Susa no wo no mikoto yori zo
okarikeru.
[Chihayaburu[218] kami yo ni ha uta no mozhi mo sadamarazu sunaho ni
shite koto no kokoro waki-katakarikerashi hito no yo to narite Susanowo
no mikoto yori zo miso mozhi amari hito mozhi ha yomikeru]
Kakute zo hana wo mede tori wo urayami[219] kasumi wo aharebi tsuyu wo
kanashibu kokoro kotoba ohoku samazama ni nari ni keru.
Tohoki tokoro mo ide-tatsu ashi moto yori hazhimarite toshi tsuki wo
watari takaki yama mo fumoto no chirihiji yori narite ama kumo tanabiku
made ohi-noboreru ga gotoku ni kono uta mo kaku no gotoku narubeshi.
Naniha tsu no uta ha mikado no on hazhime nari. Asaka yama no koto no
ha ha uneme no tahamure yori yomite kono futa uta ha uta no chichi haha
no yô (yau) nite zo te-narafu hito no hazhime ni mo shikeru.
Somosomo uta no sama mutsu nari. Kara no uta ni mo kaku zo arubeki.
Sono mu kusa no hitotsu ni ha sohe uta futatsu ni ha kazoye uta mitsu
ni ha nazurahe uta yotsu ni ha tatohe uta itsutsu ni ha tadagoto uta
mutsu ni ha ihahi uta nari.
Ima no yo no naka iro ni tsuki hito no kokoro hana ni nari ni keru
yori ada naru uta hakanaki koto nomi ide-kureba iro konomi no ihe
ni umore-gi no hito shirenu koto to narite mame naru tokoro ni ha
hana-susuki ho ni idasubeki koto ni mo arazu nari ni keri[220].
Sono hazhime wo omoheba kakarubeku namu aranu.
Inishihe no yoyo no mikado haru no hana no ashita aki no tsuki no
yo goto ni saburafu hitobito wo meshite koto ni tsuketsutsu uta
wo tatematsurashimetamafu. Aruha hana wo sofu [moteasobu] tote
tayori naki tokoro ni madohi aruha tsuki wo omofu tote shirube naki
kuraki ni tadoreru kokorogokoro wo mitamahite sakashi oroka nari to
shiroshimeshikemu[221]. Shika aru nominarazu sazare ishi ni tatohe
Tsukuba yama ni kakete kimi wo negahi yorokobi mi ni sugi tanoshimi
kokoro ni amari Fuji no kemuri ni yosohete hito wo tanoshibi matsu
mushi no oto ni tomo wo shinobi Takasago Suminoye no matsu mo ahiohi
no yau ni oboye Wotokoyama no mukashi wo omohi-ide wominameshi no
hito-doki wo kuneru ni mo uta wo ihite zo nagusamekeru.
Mata haru no ashita ni hana no chiru wo mi aki no yufugure ni ki no
ha no otsuru wo kiki aruha toshigoto ni kagami no kage ni miyuru yuki
to nami to wo nageki kusa no tsuyu midzu no aha wo mite waga mi wo
odoroki aruha ki [kinofu] no ha sakaye ogorite kefu ha toki wo ushinahi
yo ni wabi shitashikarishi utoshiku nari. Aruha matsuyama no nami wo
kake no naka no midzu wo kumi aki hagi no ochiba wo nagame akadzuki no
shige no hanekaki wo kazoye aruha kuretake no ukifushi wo hito ni ihi
Yoshinogaha wo hikite yo no naka wo urami kitsuru ni ima ha Fuji no
yama no kemuri mo tatazu nari Nagara no hashi mo tsukuru nari to kiku
hito ha uta ni nomi zo kokoro wo nagusamekeru.
Inishihe yori kaku tsutaharu uchi ni mo Nara no mi toki
yori zo hiromari ni keru. [Kano ohon yo ha uta no kokoro wo
shiroshimeshitarikemu.] Kano mi toki ni [Ohokimi tsu no kurai]
Kakinomoto no Hitomaro namu uta no hizhiri narikeru [kore ha kimi mo
hito mo mi wo ahasetari to ifu narubeshi. Aki no yufube Tatsutagaha ni
nagaruru momiji wo ba mikado no ohon me ni ha nishiki to mitamahi haru
no ashita Yoshino no yama no sakura ha Hitomaro ga kokoro ni ha yuki
ka to nomi namu oboyekeru].
Mata Yamanohe no Akahito to ifu hito ari uta ni ayashiku tahenarikeri.
Hitomaro ha Akahito ga uhe ni tatamu koto kataku Akahito ha Hitomaro ga
shita ni tatamu koto kataku namu arikeru. Kono hitobito wo okite mata
suguretaru hito mo kuretake[222] no yoyo ni kikoye kata-ito[223] no
yoriyori ni tayezu zo arikeru. Kore yori saki no uta wo atsumete namu
Manyefushiu to nadzukeraretarikeru. Kano mi toki yori toshi ha momo
tose ni amari yo ha to tsugi ni namu nari ni keru. Koko ni inishihi no
koto wo mo uta no kokoro wo mo shireru hito yomu hito ohokarazu wadzuka
ni hitori futari nariki. Shika aredo kore kare yetaru tokoro yenu
tokoro tagahi ni namu aru.
Ima kono koto wo ifu ni tsukasa kurai takaki hito wo ba tayasuki[224]
yau nareba irezu sono hoka ni chikaki yo ni sono na kikoyetaru hito
ha sunahachi Sôjô Henjô ha uta no sama ha yetaredomo makoto sukunashi
tatoheba ye ni kakeru onna wo mite itadzura ni kokoro wo ugokasu ga
gotoshi Arihara Narihira ha sono kokoro amarite kotoba tarazu ihaba
shibomeru hana no iro nakute niho-nokoreru ga gotoshi Bunya no Yasuhide
ha kotoba ha takumi nite sono sama mi ni ohazu ihaba aki-hito no yoki
kinu kitaramu ga gotoshi. Ujiyama no sou Kisen ha kotoba kasuka ni
shite hazhime wohari tashika narazu ihaba aki no tsuki wo miru ni
akadzuki no kumo ni aheru ga gotoshi.
[yomeru uta ohoku kikoyeneba kore kare wo kayohashite yoku shirazu.]
Wononokomachi ha [inishihe no Sotohori hime no nagare[225] nari]
ahare naru yau nite tsuyokarazu ihaba yoki ouna no nayameru tokoro aru
ni nitari [tsuyokaranu ha ouna no uta nareba narubeshi]. Ohotomo no
Kuronushi ha kokoro ha wokashikute sono sama iyashi ihaba takigi oheru
yamabito no hana no kage ni yasumeru ga gotoshi.
Kono hoka no hitobito sono na kikoyuru no-be ni ofuru katsura no
hahi-hirogori hayashi ni shigeki ki no ha no gotoku ohokaredo uta
to nomi omohite sono sama shiranu narubeshi. Kakaru ni ima suberagi
no amenoshita shiroshimesu koto yotsu no toki kokono kaheri ni namu
narinuru amaneki ohon utsukushimi no nami Yashima no hoka made nagare
hiroki no ohon megumi no kage Tsukubayama no fumoto yori mo shigeku
ohashimashite yorodzu no matsurigoto wo kikoshimesu itoma moromoro
no koto wo sutetamahanu amari ni inishihe no koto wo mo wasurezhi
furinishi koto wo mo okoshi tamafu tote ima mo mi sonahashi nochi no yo
ni mo tsutahare tote Yengi 5 nen 4 guwatsu 18 nichi ni Dainagon Kino
Tomonori mi kaki no tokoro no adzukari Ki no Tsurayuki Saki no Kahi no
Soukwan Ofushi Kafuchi no Mitsune Uyeimon no Fushô Mifu no Tadamine
ra ni ohoserarete Manyefushiu ni iranu furuki uta midzu kara no wo mo
tatematsurashimetamahite namu.
Sore ga naka ni ume wo kazasu yori hazhimete hototogisu wo kiki momiji
wo wori yuki wo miru ni itaru made mata tsuru kame ni tsukete kimi
wo omohi hito wo mo ihahi aki hagi natsu kusa wo mite tsuma wo kohi
Afusakayama ni itarite Tamuke wo inori aruha haru natsu aki fuyu ni mo
iranu kusagusa no uta wo namu yerabasetamahikeru. Subete chi uta hata
ken nadzukete Kokinwakashiu to ifu.
Kaku kono tabi atsume-yerabarete yama shita midzu mo tayezu hama no
masago kazu ohoku tsumorinureba ima ha Asukagaha no se ni naru urami mo
kikoyezu sazare ishi no iha hodo naru no yorokobi nomi zo arubeki.
Sore makura[226] kotoba ha haru no hana niho sukunaku shite munashiki
na nomi aki no yo no nagaki wo kakotereba katsu ha hito no mimi ni
osori katsu ha uta no kokoro ni haji omohedo tanabiku kumo no tachi-wi
naku shika no oki fushi ha Tsurayukira ga kono yo ni umarete kono koto
no toki ni aheru wo namu yorokobinuru.
Hitomaro nakunaritaredo uta no koto todomareru kana. Tatohi toki utsuri
koto sari tanoshibi kanashimi yukikafu to mo kono uta no mozhi ara wo
ya! Awonagi no ito tayezu matsu no ha no chiriushinahi sezushite masaki
no kadzura nagaku tsutahari tori no ato hisashiku todomareraba kono uta
no sama wo mo shiri koto no kokoro wo mo yetaramu hito ha ohosora no
tsuki wo miru ga gotoku ni inishihe wo afugite ima wo kohizarame ka mo.
_Zhiyo (jo) no ohari._
FOOTNOTES
[215] The text is that of the modern edition of the ‘Kokin’ by Kaneko
Genshin. The bracketed portions are said to be interpolations. See
volume of Translations.
[216] _hisakata no_--a _makura kotoba_ of _ame_.
[217] _araganeno_--m. k. of _tsuchi_.
[218] _chihayaburu_--m. k. of _kami_.
[219] _urayamu_ (_ura-nayamu_) here = admire, wonder at.
[220] As to the whole of this sentence see the translation, which is as
close as possible to the primary meaning of the passage--a secondary
meaning of a moral character may also have been intended. _Iro_,
colour, may signify poetic decoration; _hana_, flower, evanescence or
superficiality.
[221] judge, determine--past quasi-future or dubitative.
[222] _kuretake no_, m. k. of _yo_.
[223] _kata-ito no_, m. k. of _yori_.
[224] _tayasuki_ = _karugarushiki_ = lightly, inconsiderately.
[225] _nagare_ = _ryu_, style, school.
[226] _makura_ seems to be a mistake for _warera_ (= we).
NÔ NO UTAHI TAKASAGO
TEXT TRANSLITERATED
TAKASAGO _furuna_ AHIOHI[227].
SHITE (_protagonist_), Okina (Spirit of the Pine of Sumiyoshi).
TSURE (_companion protagonist_), Uba (Spirit of the Pine of
Takasago).
ATO SHITE (_deuteragonist_), God of Sumiyoshi.
WAKI (_tritagonist_), Aso no Kannushi.
JI (_chorus_).
TOKORO (_scene_), Harima.
(_tsugi shidai_)[228]--
Ima wo hazhime no
tabigoromo
hi mo yuku suwe mo
hisashiki--
(_kotoba_)[229]--
Somosomo kore ha Kishiu Higo no kuni Aso no miya no kannushi Tomonari
to ha aga koto nari. Ware imada miyako wo mizu safurafu hodo ni kono
tabi omohitachi miyako ni nobori-safurafu mata yoki tsuide nareba
Banshiu Takasago no ura wo mo ikken sebaya to zonzhi-safurafu.
(_michiyuki_)[230]--
Tabigoromo
suwe harubaru no
miyakoji wo
kefu omohitatsu--
ura no nami
funaji nodokeki
haru kaze mo
iku ka kinuran
ato suwe mo
iza shirakumo no
harubaru to
sashi mo omohishi
Harima-gata
Takasago no ura ni
tsuki ni keri
tsuki ni keri.
_Shite tsure_ (_hito kowe_)--
Takasago no
matsu no haru kaze
fukikurete
Wonohe no kane mo
hibiku nari.
_Tsure_--
nami ha kasumi no
isogakure--
_Futari_--
oto koso shiho no
michi hi nare.
_Shitesashi_--
Tare wo ka mo
shiruhito ni semu
Takasago no
matsu mo mukashi no
tomo narade
sugikoshi yoyo ha
shirayuki no
tsumori tsumorite[231]
oi no tsuru no
negura ni nokoru
ariake no
haru no shimo yo no
oki-wi ni mo
matsu kaze wo nomi
kiki-narete
kokoro wo tomo to
sugamushiro no
omohi wo noburu
bakari nari.
(_futari utafu_)--
otodzure ha
matsu ni kototofu
urakaze no
ochiba-goromo no
sode sohete
kokage no chiri wo
kakau yo
kakau yo
tokoro ha Takasago no
Wonohe no matsu mo
toshi furite
oi no nami mo
yorikuru ya
ko no shita kage no
ochiba kaku
naru made inochi
nagarahete
naho itsu made ka
iki no matsu
sore mo hisashiki
meisho kana
meisho kana!
_Waki_ (_kotoba_)--
Satobito wo ahimatsu tokoro ni rauzhin fuufu kitareri ika ni koko naru
rauzhin ni tadzunubeki koto no safurafu.
_Shite_ (_kotoba_)--
Konata no koto nite safurafu ka nanikoto nite safurafu zo.
_Waki_--
Takasago no matsu to ha idzure no ki wo maushi safurafu zo.
_Shite_--
Tadaima kokage wo kiyome safurafu koso Takasago no matsu nite safurahe.
_Waki_--
Takasago Suminoye no matsu ni ahiohi no na ari tausho to Sumiyoshi to
ha kuni wo hedateru ni nani tote ahiohi no matsu to ha maushi safurafu
zo.
_Shite_--
Ohose no gotoku Kokin no zhiyo ni Takasago Suminoye no matsu mo ahiohi
no yau ni oboye to ari. Sarinagara kono zheu ha Tsu no kuni Sumiyoshi
no mono kore naru uba koso tausho no hito nare shiru koto araba mausase
tamahe.
_Waki_--
Fushigi ya mireba rauzhin no fuufu issho ni ari nagara tohoki Suminoye
Takasago no ura yama kuni wo hedatete sumu to ifu ha ika naru koto
yaran!
_Tsure_--
Utate no ohose safurafu ya sansenbanri wo hedatsuredomo tagahi ni
kayofu kokorodzukahi no imose no michi ha tohokarazu.
_Shite_--
Madzu anzhite mo goran-zeyo!
_Shite tsure_--
Takasago Suminoye no matsu ha hizhiyau no mono dani mo ahiohi no na ha
aru zo kashi mashite ya shiyau aru hito to shite toshi hisashiku mo
Sumiyoshi yori kayohinaretaru zheu to uba ha matsu morotomo ni kono
toshi made ahiohi no fuufu to naru mono wo!
_Waki_--
Ihare wo kikeba omoshiroya. Sate sate saki ni kikoyetsuru ahiohi no
matsu no monogatari wo tokoro ni ihioku ihare ha naku ka?
_Shite_--
Mukashi no hito no maushishi ha kore ha medetaki yo no tameshi nari.
_Tsure_--
Takasago to ifu ha zhiyaudai no Manyefushiu no inishihe no gi--
_Shite_--
Sumiyoshi to mausu ha ima kono miyo ni sumi-tamafu Yengi no ohon koto--
_Tsure_--
matsu to ha tsukinu koto no ha no--
_Shite_--
sakaye ha kokon ahionazhi to--
_Shite tsure_--
miyo wo agamuru tatohe nari.
_Waki_--
Yoku yoku kikeba arigataya ima koso fushin haru no hi no.
_Shite_--
hikari yaharagu nishi no umi no--
_Waki_--
kashiko ha Suminoye--
_Shite_--
koko ha Takasago--
_Waki_--
matsu mo irosohi--
_Shite_--
haru mo--
_Waki_--
nodoka ni--
_Ji_--
shikai nami
shidzuka nite
kuni mo osamaru
tokitsu kaze
yeda wo narasanu
mi yo nare ya
ahi ni ohiohi no
matsu koso
medetakarikere
ge ni ya afugite mo
koto mo oroka ya
kakaru yo ni
sumeru tami tote
yutaka naru
kimi no megumi
arigataki.
_Waki_ (_kotoba_)--
Nahonaho Takasago no matsu no medetaki ihare kuhashiku on monogatari
safurabe.
_Jikuri_[232]--
Sore saumoku kokoronashi to ha mausedomo kuwazhitsu no toki wo tagahezu
yaushyau no toku wo sonahete nanshi hana hazhimete hiraku.
_Shite_ (_sashi_)--
Saredomo kono matsu ha sono keshiki tokoshinahe ni shite kuwayefu toki
wo wakazu.
_Ji_--
Yotsu no toki itarite mo issen nen no iro yuki no uchi ni fukaku mata
ha shiyoukuwa no iro to kaheri to mo iheri.
_Shite_--
Kakaru tayori wo matsu ga ye no--
_Ji_--
koto no ha gusa no tsuyu no tama kokoro wo migaku tane to narite---
_Shite_--
iki to shi ikeru mono goto ni--
_Ji_--
Shikishima no kaze ni yoru to ka ya.
(_kuse_)?--
Shikaru ni Chiyaunou ga kotoba ni mo uzhiyau hizhiyau no sono kowe
mina uta ni mo moruru koto nashi. Saumoku dosha fuusei suwion made
bambutsu no komoru kokoro ari. Haru no hayashi no toufuu ni ugoki aki
no mushi no hokuro ni naku mo mina waka no sugata narazuya. Naka ni
mo kono matsu ha bammoku ni sugurete zhiyu hachi kou no yosohohi sen
shiu no midori wo nashite kokon no iro mo mizu Shikwau no on shaku
adzukaru hodo no ki nari tote ikoku ni mo honchiyau ni mo bammin kore
wo shiyaukwansu.
_Shite_--
Takasago no
Wonohe no kane no
oto su nari!
_Ji_--
Ake kakete
shimo ha okedomo
matsu ga ye no
ha iro ha onazhi
fukamidori
tachi-yoru kage no
asa yufu ni
kakedomo ochiba no
tsukisenu ha
makoto nari
matsu no ha mo
chiri usezu shite
iro ha naho
masaki no kadzura
nagaki yo no
tatohe narikeru
tokiha-gi no
naka ni mo na ha
Takasago no
matsudai no tameshi
ni mo
ahiohi no matsu zo
medetaki.
(_rongi_) _Ji_--
Ge ni na wo yetaru matsu ga ye no
oi-ki no mukashi arahashite
sono na wo nanori tamahe ya!
_Shite tsure_--
Ima ha nani wo ka tsutsumubeki kore ha Takasago Suminoye no ahiohi no
matsu no sei,
_Ji_--
Me oto genzhi kitarikeri.
_Ji_--
Fushigi ya sate ha nadokoro no matsu no kidoku wo arahashite.
_Shite tsure_--
saumoku kokoro nakeredomo--
_Ji_--
kashikoki yo tote--
_Shite tsure_--
kusa mo ki mo--
_Ji_[233]--
Waga ohokimi no
kuni nareba
itsumade kimi ga
yo ni Sumiyoshi ni
madzu yukite are nite
machi mausan to
yufu nami no
migiha naru
ama no wobune
ni uchi norite
ohi kaze ni
makase tsutsu
oki no kata ni
ide ni keri ya
oki no kata ni
ide ni keri.
_Waki_ (_utafu_)--
Takasago ya
kono ura fune ni
ho wo agete
tsuki morotomo ni
ide shiho no
nami no Ahaji no
shima kage ya
tohoku Naruwo
oki sugite
haya Suminoye ni
tsuki ni keri
tsuki ni keri.
(_ato_) _Shite_--
Ware mite mo
hisashiku narinu
Sumiyoshi no
kishi no himematsu
iku yo henuran
mutsumashi to
kimi ha shirazu ya
mizugaki no
hisashiki yoyo no
kami kagura
yoru no tsudzumi no
hiyaushi wo sorohete
suzushime tamahe
miyatsuko-tachi.
_Ji_--
Nishi no umi
Awoki ga hara no
nami ma yori--
_Shite_--
arahare ideshi
kami matsu no
haru nare ya
nokon no yuki no
Asaka-gata.
_Ji_--
Tamamo karu
naru kishi kage no--
_Shite_--
shiyaukon ni yorite
koshi wo sureba--
_Ji_--
sennen no midori
te ni michiteri--
_Shite_--
baikwa wo otte
kaube ni saseba--
_Ji_--
zhi getsu no yuki
koromo ni ochitsu.
(_rongi_) _Ji_--
Arigata no yekau ya tsuki Sumiyoshi no Kami asobi mi kage wo wogamu
arata sa yo.
_Shite_--
Ge ni samazama no mahi-hime no kowe mo sumu nari Suminoye no matsukage
mo utsuru naru seigaiha to ha kore naran.
_Ji_--
Kami to kimi to no michi sugu ni Miyako no haru ni yukubeku ha.
_Shite_--
Sore zo genzhiyauraku no mahi--
_Ji_--
sate banzei no--
_Shite_--
womigoromo--
_Ji_--
sasu kahi ni ha akuma wo harahi wosamuru te ni ha zhiyufuku wo idaki
senshiu raku ha tami wo nade manzai raku ni ha inochi wo nobu ahiohi no
matsu kaze satsusatsu no kowe zo tanoshimu.[234]
_Takasago no ohari._
FOOTNOTES
[227] The text is that of the Yôkyoku Tsûge. The old name, _furuna_,
was Ahiohi (grow old together).
[228] A stage direction, it seems to mean, entry in order of actors and
songmen (_utahigata_).
[229] Prose recitation.
[230] Description of the Journey, by a member of the chorus? The syntax
of this passage and of similar passages that follow is irregular, there
is much ellipsis and some inversion. Most probably too the text--if
there ever was a settled text--is more or less corrupt. Though the
syntax and phrasing is of a rather fragmentary and disjointed character
the meaning is not usually hard to get at, if somewhat vague.
[231] This passage, like some others, must be understood metaphorically
as well as literally--here, in reference to the age of the tree and
that of the speaker. The _sashi_ of _shitesashi_ seems to indicate a
coming forward or interruption by the protagonist. _Rongi-ji_ is a sort
of dialogal chorus, and _kuse_, a statement of the precept or argument
of the _utahi_, made by one of the chorus.
[232] Chorus again.
[233] From this point the verse is irregular.
[234] Poetized prose.
MAKURA KOTOBA
A list of all the Makura kotoba contained in the Manyôshiu.
Brief explanations only are given, sufficient to suggest the meaning
which can never be strictly defined.
In the companion volume of Translations a short essay on the Makura
kotoba will be found, and in the notes to the Translations some of the
more difficult or interesting examples are discussed.
The figures denote some of the long lays in which the m. k. to
which they are attached are employed. The literal renderings are of
the characters, read _mana_, with which the m. k. are more often
written--but not so in all cases. Of many of the m. k. the meanings
are, and must remain conjectural.
Place-names are thus indicated (pl. n.).
=adzusayumi=, bow of white-wood (Catalpa, Prunus?); applied to _hiki_
(draw); compounds of _hiki_; _-- hiki-toyokuni_ = _hiki-toyomu-kuni_
(resounding land); _-- Yora no yama he_, _Yora_ hill, _yora_ resembling
_yoru_ (night-time when twang of bow more distinct); _-- suwe ha
yorinemu_ (at the end will rest--end = bow-end); _-- suwe_ (end);
_-- haru_ (stretch or bend, as bow); _-- oto_ sound (as twang of bow),
3, 29, 31, 104.
=agakokoro=, my heart or feelings; used with following place-names,
Kiyosumi no ike, Akashi no ura, Tsukushi no yama. The application is
obvious, 199.
=Ahajishima=, Awaji island; applied by sound-quibble to _ahare_, alas!
oh!
=Ahashimano=, millet-island; applied to _awazhi mono_, one who is not
met--_zh_ is _sh_ voiced.
=ajimurano=, like flock of teal (Anas formosa); _-- sawaku_, make noise
like flock of teal, 54.
=ajinosumu=, where teal resort; _-- Susa no irije_ (creek); _ajisahafu_,
where teal are abundant, 26; with _mure_ (crowd) or _me_ (contraction
of _mure_) confer _umasahafu_, 68.
=akahoshi=, red-star, Venus, bright-star; _-- akuru ashita_,
bright-star-morrow’s-daybreak.
=akanesasu=, red-wort-dyed, madder-red or ruddy, comely; _-- hi_
(sun),--_hiru_ (noon); _-- tereru tsukuyo_ (bright moonlight
night); _-- murasaki_ (purple); _-- kimi_ (lord), 24, 154, 240.
=akarabiku= (_aka wo hiku_), ruddy, rosy; with _hi_ (sun); _shikitahe
no ko_ (pretty young girl); _kimi_ (lord); _hada_ (naked skin), 59--in
this and preceding m. k. _ra_ and _ne_ may have same value.
=akihagino=, like autumnal bush-clover (Lespedeza), 119, 201;
_shinahite aramu_, bending like --.
=akikashiha=, like autumn oak; or ‘vendible oak’ (_aki_); applied to
_uru_, sell, of Uruha River.