Part 10

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_.

100 _kaku no gotoku so shite kitarishi_.

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.