Part 12

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

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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.

25-43 the tidings from City-Royal; 39, 40 see note 2, translation; 49 to end, his grief. The envoy is an exhortation to bear the ills of this fleeting world as a leal man should.

For _utsusomino_, _ashihikino_, _tamahokono_, _tarachineno_, _masokagami_, _tamanowono_, _tatsukirino_, _tamamonasu_ see List m. k.

252

Miyako yori okoseru uta.

Hatatsumi no 1 kami no mikoto no mi kushige ni takuhahi okite itsuku tofu 5 tama ni masarite omoherishi aga ko ni ha aredo utsusemino yo no kotowari to 10 masurawono hiki no manimani shinazakaru Koshi ji wo sashite hafutsutano 15 wakare nishi yori okitsunami towomu mayo-biki ohobuneno yukura yukura ni 20 omokage ni motona miyetsutsu kaku kohiba oi-dzuku aga mi kedashi ahemu ka mo! 25

17-20 must be read with _omokage_, somewhat thus--_ohobune no_ | _yukura yukura ni_ | _okitsu nami_ | _towomu mayobiki_ | _omokage ni_ |--the syntax is loose: _towomu_ = _tawamu_, the m. k. _okitsunami_ applies to _towomu_.

25 _kedashi_ is here almost ‘doubtfully’; _ahemu_ = _tahemu_.

For _utsusemino_, _shinazakaru_, _okitsunami_, _ohobuneno_ see List m. k.

253

Ametsuchi no 1 kami ha nakare ya utsukushiki aga tsuma sakaru hikaru-kami 5 Narihata wotome te tadzusahi tomo ni aramu to omohishi ni kokoro tagahinu 10 ihamu sube semu sube shirani yufu tasuki kata ni tori-kake shitsu nusa wo 15 te ni tori-mochite na sake so to ware ha nomeredo makite neshi imo ga tamoto ha 20 kumo ni tanabiku.

2 _nakare_, supply _koso_ (_naku are_).

5 m. k. of _nari_ (Narihata).

9 _omohishi_: here, as often, the relative form is used instead of the predicative.

18 _nomeredo_ = _nomedo_ (_inoru_).

254

Tempyô itsutose to ifu toshi Morokoshi ni tsukahasu tsukahi ni okureru uta.

Soramitsu 1 Yamato no kuni awoniyoshi Nara no miyako yu oshiteru 5 Naniha ni kudari Suminoye no mi tsu ni funa nori tada watari hi no iru kuni ni 10 tsukahasaru waga se no kimi wo kakemaku no yuyushiki kashikoki Suminoye no 15 aga oho mi kami funa no he ni ushi-haki imashi funa domo ni mi tatashi-mashite 20 sashi-yoramu iso no saki-zaki kogi-hatemu tomari tomari ni araki kaze 25 nami ni ahasezu tahirakeku wite kaherimase moto no mikado ni.

For _soramitsu_, _awoniyoshi_, _oshiteru_ see List m. k.

255

Miyako ni mawi-noboru michi nite koto ni tsuke arakazhime yomeru toyo no agari ni haberite mikotonorite uketamaharu uta.

Akitsushima 1 Yamato no kuni wo ama kumo ni iha fune ukabe tomo ni he ni 5 ma-kai shizhi nuki i-kogitsutsu kuni-mi shi seshite amori-mashi harahi tahirage 10 chiyo kasane iya tsugitsugi ni shirashikuru ama no hitsugi to kamu nagara 15 waga ohokimi no ame no shita wosame tamaheba mononofuno yaso tomo no wo wo 20 nade-tamahi totonohe-tamahi wosu kuni no yomo no hito wo mo abusahazu 25 megumi-tamaheba inishihe yo nakarishi shirushi tabi maneku mawoshi-tamahinu 30 te udakite kotonaki mi yo to ametsuchi tsuki to tomo ni yorodzu yo ni 35 shirushi tsukamu so yasumishishi waga ohokimi aki no hana shi ga iroiro ni 40 meshi-tamahi akirame-tamahi saka mi-dzuki sakayeru kefu no aya ni tafutosa. 45

39 I take _aki no hana_ to refer to the season merely.

For _akitsushima_, _mononofuno_, _yasumishishi_ see List m. k.

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256

Hiroki yotsu no kurawi kamitsu shina (jiushii jô) Koma no Asomi Fukushima ni mikotonorishite Naniha ni tsukahashi ohomiki sakana wo Morokoshi ni tsukahasu tsukahi Fujihara no Asomi Kiyokaha-ra ni tamaheru ohomi-uta.

Soramitsu 1 Yamato no kuni ha midzu no he ha tsuchi yuku gotoku funa no he ha 5 toko ni woru goto ohokami no ihaheru kuni so yotsu no fune funa no he narabe 10 tahirakeku haya watarite kite kaheri koto mawosamu hi ni ahi nomamu ki so kono toyomiki ha. 15

3 _midzu no he_, _midzu no uhe_, i.e. on the sea.

5 _funa no he_, _funa no uhe_, i.e. on shipboard.

10 _funa no he_, prow.

15 _toyo-mi-ki_ = rich-royal-_sakè_.

For _soramitsu_ see List m. k.

257

Mikotonori wo uketamaharu ga tame ni arakazhime yomeru uta.

Ashihikino 1 yatsuwo no uhe no tsuganokino iya tsugitsugi ni matsuganeno 5 tayuru koto naku awoniyoshi Nara no miyako ni yorodzu yo ni kuni shirasamu to 10 yasumishishi waga ohokimi no kamu nagara omohoshimeshite toyo no agari 15 mesu kefu no hi ha mononofuno yasotomo no wo no Shima yama ni akaru tachibana 20 udzu ni sashi himo toki sakete chitose hoki hosaki-toyomoshi werawera ni 25 tsukahematsuru wo miru ga tafutosa.

1-13 Praise of the Mikado. 14 to end, appeal to the loyalty of those invited to the Presence.

23, 24 _hoki_, _hosaki_ (_hogi_, _hosagi_) = _ihafu_.

For _ashihikino_, _tsuganokino_, _matsuganeno_, _awoniyoshi_, _yasumishishi_, _mononofuno_ see List m. k.

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258

[Tempyô shôhô shichi nen] kisaragi nanuka no hi Sagamu no kuni no Sakimori Kotori tsukahi kami hiroki itsutsu no kurawi no shimotsu shina Fujihara no Asomi Sukunamaro ga tatematsureru uta no kadzu yatsu tada tsutanaki uta itsutsu ha kore wo agezu.

Sakimori no wakare no kokoro wo itamite yomeru uta.

Sumerogi no 1 toho no mikado to shiranuhi Tsukushi no kuni ha ata mamoru 5 osahe no ki so to kikoshiwosu yomo no kuni ni ha hito saha ni michi ni ha aredo 10 toriganaku Adzuma wonoko ha ide mukahi kaheri-misezute isamitaru 15 takeki ikusa to negitamahi make no manimani tarachineno haha ga mekarete 20 wakakusano tsuma wo makazu aratamano tsuki hi yomitsutsu ashigachiru 25 Naniha no mi tsu ni ohobune ni ma-kai shizhi nuki asa nagi ni kako totonohe 30 yufu shiho ni kaji hiki wori adomohite kogi yuku kimi ha nami no ma wo 35 i-yuki sa-kukumi masakiku mo hayaku itarite ohokimi no mikoto no manima 40 masurawono kokoro wo mochite ari-meguri koto shi woharaba tsutsumahazu 45 kaheri-kimasu to ihahihe wo toko he ni suwete shirotaheno sode wori-kaheshi 50 nubatamano kurokami shikite nagaki ke wo machi ka mo kohimu hashiki tsumara ha. 55

Argument (_dai_), _sakamori_ (_sakahi mamori_), garrison soldier or warrior, frontier defence.

6 _osahe no ki_, defensive fort = garrison, military post.

13 go forth to meet, i.e. the enemy.

17 _negi_ = _negirafu_, seems to mean to thank, recompense, reward.

25 A sort of m. k. of Naniha.

53 _nagaki ki-he_.

For _toriganaku_, _tarachineno_, _wakakusano_, _aratamano_, _ashigachiru_, _masurawono_, _shirotaheno_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.

259

Omohi wo noburu uta.

Sumerogi no 1 tohoki mi yo ni mo oshiteru Naniha no kuni ni ame no shita 5 shirashimeshiki to ima no yo ni tayezu ihitsutsu kakemaku mo aya ni kashikoshi 10 kamu nagara wago ohokimi no uchinabiku haru no hazhime ha yachi kusa ni 15 hana saki nihohi yama mireba mi no tomoshiku kaha mireba mi no sayakeku 20 mono goto ni sakayuru toki to meshi tamahi akirame-tamahi shikimaseru 25 Naniha no miya ha kikoshimesu yomo no kuni yori tatematsuru mi-tsuki no fune ha 30 Horiye yori miwo-biki shi-tsutsu asa nagi ni kaji hiki nobori yufu shiho ni 35 sawo sashi-kudari ajimura no sawaki kihohite hama ni idete una-hara mireba 40 shiranami no yahe woru ga uhe ni ama wo-bune harara ni ukite oho-mi-ke 45 tsukahematsuru to wochi-kochi ni isari-tsurikeri sokidaku mo ogironaki ka mo 50 kokibaku mo yutakeki ka mo koko mireba ubeshi kami yo yu hazhimekerashi wo. 55

50 _ogironaki_, a doubtful word--vast, boundless.

52 _yutakeki_, abundant, prosperous.

For _oshiteru_ see List m. k.

260

Ashigara no 1 mi saka tamahari kaheri-mizu are ha kuye-yuku arashi-wo mo 5 tashi ya habakaru Fuha no seki kuyete wa ha yuku muma no tsume Tsukushi no saki ni 10 chimari wite are ha ihahamu moromoro ha sakeku to mawosu kaheri-ku made ni. 15

2 _ta-mahari_, _ta_ is intensitive (as in _ta-motohori_). This lay is in the dialect affected by officials in the Adzuma (Eastland).

4 _kuye_ = _koye_.

5 _arashi-wo_, vir ferox, fortis (_masurawo_).

5, 6 Descriptive of Fuha no seki.

8 = _tachi yo_, &c.

10 This line is epithetical of _tsuku_ (stamp, as hoofs do); part of place-name, Tsukushi.

11 _chimari_ = _tomari_.

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261

Sakimori no kokoro ni narite omohi wo nobite yomeru uta.

Ohokimi no 1 mikoto kashikomi tsuma wakare kanashiku ha aredo masurawono 5 kokoro furi-okoshi tori-yosohi kado-de ha sureba tarachineno haha ha kaki-nade 10 wakakusano tsuma ha tori-tsuki tahirakeku ware ha ihahamu masakikute 15 haya kaheri-ko to ma-sode mochi namida wo nogohi musebitsutsu koto-dohi sureba 20 muratorino ide-tachi-kate ni todokohori kaheri-mishitsutsu iya toho ni 25 kuni wo ki-hanare iya taka ni yama wo koye-sugi ashigachiru Naniha ni ki-wite 30 yufu shiho ni fune wo ukesuwe asa-nagi ni he muke kogamu to samorafu 35 waga woru toki ni haru kasumi shima-mi ni tachite tadzuganeno kanashiku nakeba 40 haro-baro ni ihe wo omohi-de ohi so-ya no soyo to naru made nageki tsuru ga mo. 45

18 _nogohi_ = _nuguhi_.

43 _so-ya_, war-arrows, as distinct from hunting-arrows.

44 _soyo_, noise of rustling--is there a quibble here?--_soya_, _soyo_, one fears there is.

For _masurawono_, _tarachineno_, _wakakusano_, _muratorino_, _ashigachiru_, _tadzuganeno_ see List m. k.

262

Sakimori no wakare no kokoro wo noburu uta.

Ohokimi no 1 make no manimani saki-mori ni waga tachi-kureba hahasobano 5 haha no mikoto ha mi mo no suso tsumi-age kaki-nade chichinomino chichi no mikoto ha 10 takudzununo shirahige no uhe yu namida tari nageki notabaku kako zhi mono 15 tada hitori shite asa-to-de no kanashiki aga ko aratamano toshi no wo nagaku 20 ahi-mizu ha kohishiku arubeshi kefu dani mo koto-tohi semu to woshimitsutsu 25 kanashibi imase wakakusano tsuma mo kodomo mo wochi kochi ni saha ni kakumi wi 30 harutorino kowe no samayohi shirotaheno sode naki nurashi tadzusahari 35 wakare kate ni to hiki-todome shitahishi mono wo ohokimino mikoto kashikomi 40 tamahokono michi ni ide-tachi woka no saki i-tamuru goto ni yorodzu tabi 45 kaheri-mi shitsutsu harobaro ni wakare shi kureba omofu sora yasuku mo arazu 50 kofuru sora kurushiki mono wo utsusemino yo no hito nareba tamakiharu 55 inochi mo shirazu unahara no kashikoki michi wo shima-dzutahi i-kogi watarite 60 ari-meguri waga kuru made ni tahirakeku oya ha imasane tsutsumi-naku 65 tsuma ha matase to Suminoye no aga sume kami ni nusa matsuri inori maushite 70 Naniha tsu ni fune wo ukesuwe yaso ka nuki kako totonohete asabiraki 75 wa ha kogi-denu to ihe ni tsuge koso.

5, 6 sound-play, _hahaso-ba_, _haha_. _hahaso_ = Quercus dentata.

9, 10 sound-play, _chichi no mi_, _chichi no mi[koto]_. _chichi no ki_ = _ichô_ = Ginkgo biloba (maiden-hair tree).

11 _takudzunu_ is m. k. of _shira[hige]_.

15 _kako_ = _shika_ (_no_) _ko_.

44 _i-tamuru_ = _i-tamotohoru_.

73 _ka_ = _kaji_.

For _chichinomino_, _takudzununo_, _aratamano_, _wakakusano_, _harutorino_, _shirotaheno_, _ohokimino_, _tamahokono_, _utsusemino_, _tamakiharu_ see List m. k.

MAKI XX, SHIMO

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Yagara wo satosu uta.

Hisakatano 1 ama no to hiraki; Takachiho no take ni amorishi Sumerogi no 5 kami no mi yo yori hazhi-yumi wo tanigiri motashi makagoya wo tabasami sohete 10 Ohokume no masuratake-wo wo saki ni tate yuki tori-ohose yama kaha wo 15 iha-ne sakumite fumi tohori kuni-magi shitsutsu chihayaburu kami wo kotomuke 20 matsurohanu hito wo mo yahashi haki-kiyome tsukahematsurite Akitsushima 25 Yamato no kuni no Kashibara no Unebi no miya ni miya-bashira futoshiritatete 30 ame no shita shirashimeshikeru Sumerogi no ama no hitsugi to tsugite kuru 35 kimi no miyo miyo kakusahanu akaki kokoro wo sumera he ni kihame tsukushite 40 tsukahekuru oya no tsukasa to kotodatete sadzuke-tamaheru umi no ko no 45 iya tsugitsugi ni miru hito no katari tsugitete kiku hito no kagami ni semu wo 50 atarashiki kiyoki sono na so ohoroka ni kokoro omohite muna koto no 55 oya no na tatsuna Ohotomo no uji to na ni oheru masurawo no tomo.

8 _ta-nigiri_, _ta_ is emphatic.

18 _kuni-magi_ appears to mean, opening the country.

20 _kotomuke_.

22 _yahashi_, quell.

39 _he_ = _kata_.

45 _umi no ko_, progeny, descendants.

48 Note the rare form _tsugitete_ (_tsugitsutsu_).

53 Seems to = _ohohoshiku_, with _omofu_, treat lightly.

55 _muna koto_ = _munashiki kotoba_.

56 _oya no na wo tatsuna_ = expose not the family name.

For _hisakatano_, _chihayaburu_, _Akitsushima_ see List m. k.

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Mi tose to ifu toshi mutsuki no tsukitachi no hi Inaba no kuni no matsurigoto-tono nite tsukasa hitora wo ahesuru no utage no uta hitotsu ohari no mizhika uta.

Aratashiki 1 toshi no hazhime no hatsu haru no kefu furu yuki no iya shige yogoto. 5

Kozhiki uta hitotsu (K. App. VI)