Part 11

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.

Ohokimi no 1 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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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U tsu kafu uta.