Part 15

Ihe ni makarite tsuihiji[202] no uhe ni sen nin ya no uhe ni sen nin ihe no hitobito ito ohokarikeru ni awasete akeru hima mo naku mamorasu. Kono mamoru hitobito mo yumi-ya wo tai shite wori moya no uchi ni ha wouna domo wo ban ni suwete mamorasu. Wouna nuri-gome no uchi ni Kaguyahime wo idakahete wori Okina mo nuri-gome no to wo sashite to-guchi ni wori.

Okina no ihaku--

‘Kabakari mamoru tokoro ni ame no hito ni mo makemu ya!’

to ihite, ya no uhe ni woru hitobito ni ihaku--

‘Tsuyu mo mono sora ni kudaraba futo i-koroshite tamahe’

Mamoru hitobito no ihaku--

‘Kabakari shite mamoru tokoro ni kahahori hitotsu dani araba madzu i-koroshite to[203] ni sarasamu to omohihaberu’--to ifu.

Okina kore wo kikite tanomoshigari wori. Kore wo kikite Kaguyahime ha ‘Sashi-komete mamori tatakafubeki shitakumi wo shitari to mo ano kuni no hito wo ye-tatakahanu nari. Yumi-ya shite irasezhi kaku sashi-komete aritomo kano kuni no hito koba mina akinan to su ai-tatakahamu to su to mo kano kuni no hito kinaba takeki kokoro tsukafu hito yo mo arazhi’.

Okina no ifu yau--

‘On mukahe ni komu hito wo ba nagaki tsume shite manako wo tsukami tsutsusamu saga[204] kami wo torite kanaguri otosan saga shiri wo kaki-idete kokora no ohoyake hito ni misete haji misen’ to haradachi wori.

Kaguyahime ihaku--

‘Kowadaka ni na notamahi so ya no uhe ni woru hitodomo no kiku ni ito masa-nashi. Imazukaritsuru kokorozashidomo[205] wo omohi mo shirade makarinamuzuru koto no kuchioshiu habekeru nagaki chigiri no nakarikereba hodonaku makarinubeki nameri to omofu ga kanashiku haberu nari. Oya-tachi no kaheri-miwo isasaka dani tsukaumatsurade makaramu michi mo yasuku mo arumazhiki ni tsuki-goro[206] mo ide-wite kotoshi bakari no itoma wo maushitsuredo sara ni yurusarenu ni yorite namu kaku omohi-nageki-haberu on kokoro wo nomi madohashite sarinamu koto no kanashiku tahegataku haberu nari. Kano miyako no hito ha ito keura nite oi mo sezu namu omofu koto mo naku haberu nari. Saru tokoro he makaramuzuru mo[207] imizhiku mo haberazu oi-otorohe-tamaheru sama wo mi-tatematsurazaramu koso kohishikarami’ to ihite naku.

Okina mune itaki ‘koto na shi-tamahi so, uruhashiki sugata shitaru tsukahi ni mo saharazhi’ to netami wori.

Kakaru hodo ni yohi uchisugite ne no toki bakari ni ihe no atari hiru no akasa ni mo sugite hikaritari mochidzuki no akasa wo towo ahasetaru bakari nite aru hito no ke no ana sahe miyuru hodonari.

Ohosora yori hito kumo ni norite ori-kite tsuchi yori go shaku bakari agaritaru hodo ni tachi-tsuranetari.

Kore wo mite uchi-to[208] naru hito no kokoro-domo mono ni osoharuru yau nite ahi-tatahamu kokoro mo nakarikeri karauzhite omohi-okoshite yumi-ya toritatemu to suredomo te ni chikara mo nakunarite nahekagamaritaru naka ni kokoro-sakashiki mono nemuzhite imu to suredomo hoka-zama he ikikereba are mo tatakahade kokochi tada shire ni shirete mamori-aheri.

Tateru hito-domo ha sauzoku no kiyora naru koto mono ni mo nizu tobu kuruma hitotsu gushitari rakai sashitari sono naka ni wau to oboshiki hito ihe ni ‘Miyatsuko Maro maude-ko’ to ifu ni takeku omohitsuru Miyatsuko Maro mo mono ni wehitaru kokochi shite utsubushi fuseri.

Iwaku--

‘Nanzhi wosanaki hito isasaka-naru kudoku wo Okina tsukurikeru ni yorite namuzhi go tasuke ni tote kata-toki no hodo nite kudashishi wo sokora no toshigoro sokora no kogane tamahite mi wo kahetaru ga gotoku nari nitari. Kaguyahime ha tsumi wo tsukuritamaherikereba kaku iyashiki onore ga moto ni shibashi ohoshitsuru nari tsumino kagiri hatenureba kaku mukafuru wo Okina ha naki-nageku atahanu koto nari haya kaheshi tatematsure!’ to ifu.

Okina kotahete mausu--

‘Kaguyahime wo yashinahi-tatematsuru koto hata tose amari ni narinu kata-toki to notamafu ni ayashiku nari-haberinu. Mata koto tokoro ni Kaguyahime to mausu hito zo ohashimasuramu to ifu koko ni ohasuru Kaguyahime ha omohi yamahi wo shi-tamaheba ye-ide-ohashi-masumazhi’

to mauseba, sono kaheri-goto ha nakute ya no uhe ni tobu kuruma wo yosete,

‘Iza Kaguyahime kitanaki tokoro ni ikade hisashiku ohasemu’ to ifu.

Tatekometaru tokoro no to sunahachi tada aki ni akinu kaushidomo mo hito ha nakushite akinu wouna idakite witaru Kaguyahime to ni idenu ye-todomu-mazhikereba tada sashi-afugite naki-wori.

Taketori kokoro madohite naki-fuseru tokoro ni yorite Kaguyahime ‘koko ni mo kokoro ni mo arade kaku makaru ni noboramu wo dani mi-okuri-tamahe’

to ihedomo,

‘Nani shi ni kanashiki ni mi-okuri-tatematsuramu ware wo ba ika ni seyo tote sutete ha nobori-tamafu zo gushite wite ohasene’

to nakite fusereba, ‘on kokoro madohinu’[209] fumi wo kaki-okite ‘makaramu kohishikaramu wori-wori tori-idete mi-tamahe’ tote, uchi-nakite kaku koto ha--

‘Kono kuni ni umarenuru to naraba nagekase-tatematsuranu hodo made haberubeki wo haberade[210] sugi wakarenuru koto kahesugahesu ho-i-naku koto oboye-habere nugi-oku kinu katami to mi-tamahe tsuki no idetaramu yo ha mi-okose-tamahe mi-sute-tatematsurite makaru sora yori ochinubeki kokochi su--’ to kaki-oku.

Amabito no naka ni motasetaru hako ari. Ama no ha-goromo ireri. Mata aru ha fushi no kusuri ireri. Hitoro no amabito ifu--

‘Tsubo naru mi kusuri tatematsure kitanaki tokoro no mono kikoshimeshitareba on kokochi ashikaramu mono zo’--tote, mote-yoritareba isasaka nametamahite sukoshi katami tote nugi-oku kinu ni tsutsumamu to sureba aru amabito ‘tsutsumasezu’ on zo wo tori-idete kisen to su. Sono toki ni Kaguyahime ‘shibashi mate’ to ihite[211] ‘kinu kitsuru[212] hito ha kokoro koto[213] ni naru nari’ to ifu[214] ‘mono no hito-goto koto ihi-okubeki koto ari’ to ihite, fumi kaku.

Amabito ‘ososhi to kokoro-moto nagari-tamafu’ Kaguyahime ‘mono shiranu koto na shi-tamahi so’ tote, imizhiku shidzuka ni ohoyake ni on fumi tatematsuritamafu awatenu sama nari.

‘Kaku amata no hito wo tamahite, todome-sase-tamahedo yurusanu. Mukahe maude kite tori-wite makarinureba kuchiwoshiku kanashiki koto miyadzukahe tsukaumatsurazu narinuru mo kaku wadzurahashiki mi nite habereba kokoroyezu oboshimeshi tsuramedomo kokoro tsuyoku uketamaharazu nari nishi koto namege-naru mono ni oboshimeshi todomerarenuru namu kokoro ni tomari-haberinuru’ tote,

Ima ha tote Ama no hagoromo kiru wori zo, kimi wo ahare to omohi-idenuru!

tote, tsubo no kusuri sohete tou no chiushiyau wo yobi-yosete tatematsurasu.

Chiushiyau ni amabito torite tsutafu. Chiushiyau toritsureba futo ama no hagoromo uchi-kise-tatematsuritsureba Okina wo itohoshi kanashi to oboshi-tsuru koto mo usenu kono kinu kitsuru hito ha mono-omohi mo nakunari nikereba kuruma ni norite hiyaku nin bakari amabito gushite noborinu.

Sono nochi Okina wouna chi no namida wo nagashite madohedo kahi nashi. Ano kaki-okishi fumi wo yomite kikasekeredo nani sen ni ka inochi mo oshikaramu taga tame ni ka nanigoto mo yau mo nashi tote kusuri mo kuhazu yagate oki mo agarazu yami fuseri.

Chiushiyau hitobito wo hiki-gushite kaheri-mawirite Kaguyahime wo ye-tatakahi-tomezu narinuru koto wo komagoma to sousu.

Kusuri no tsubo ni mi fumi sohete mawirasu. Hirogete goranzhite ito itaku aharegarase-tamahite mono mo kikoshimesezu mi asobi nado mo nakarikeri.

Daizhin kandachibe wo meshite ‘idzure no yama ka ame ni chikaki’ to tohase-tamafu ni aru hito sousu--

‘Suruga no kuni ni aru yama namu kono Miyako mo chikaku ame no chikaku haberu--’

to sousu.

Kore wo kikase-tamahite--

Afu koto mo namida ni ukabu wagami ni ha shinanu kusuri mo nani ni ka ha semu!

Kano tatematsuru shinanu no kusuri no tsubo ni mi fumi gushita mi tsukahi ni tamahasu. Chiyokushi ni ha Tsuki no Iwagasa to ifu hito wo meshite ‘Suruga no kuni ni anaru yama no itadaki ni mote yukubeki’ yoshi ohose-tamafu.

Mine nite subeki yau woshihesasetamafu ‘mi fumi fushi no kusuri no tsubo narabete hi wo tsukete moyasubeki’ yoshi ohosetamafu.

Sono yoshi uke-tamaharite tsuhamonodomo amata gushite yama he noborikeru yori namu. Sono yama wo ba Fuzhi no yama to ha nadzukeru.

Sono keburi imada kumo no naka de tachi-noburu to zo ihi-tsutahetaru.

FOOTNOTES

[10] The footnotes chiefly indicate textual variations.

[11] _iheru_.

[12] _no koto_ often omitted.

[13] From _yorodzu_ sometimes omitted.

[14] Add _no_.

[15] _he_.

[16] Or _toru ni_.

[17] Add _no uchi ni_.

[18] _saushite_, _soushite_, _sousoku shite_, &c.

[19] _kichiyau_.

[20] _kesau_.

[21] _sakaye ni nari_.

[22] _uke_.

[23] _hodohete_.

[24] _monoto_.

[25] _kototo_.

[26] _ohoroka_, _orosoka_.

[27] = _yakunaki_ or _yeki-_--useless, vain.

[28] _hitodomo_, _hitotachi_.

[29] _tsukahasuredomo_.

[30] _idashite_.

[31] _notamahedo_?

[32] _shitagahezu_.

[33] _okuru_.

[34] _ohasamu_.

[35] _imasogaru_, _imasokaru_, _imasekashi_.

[36] _tamahe_.

[37] There are various readings of this complicated sentence, which has, doubtless, been much manipulated.

[38] There are various readings of _shitakumi_, none of which appears to be worth noting.

[39] _sumitsuke taru_.

[40] _mochite kite_.

[41] This may also read as = beyond Tsukushi (the utmost western limit of Japan).

[42] _na ishi_, _o ishi_.

[43] Read also _mi ishi no ha chi_ (blood) _no_.

[44] _mireba_.

[45] A sort of _makura kotoba_.

[46] _dani mo_.

[47] would that it held.

[48] Little Grange Hill, but by word-play, dim or dark hill.

[49] Omitted in some texts; _wo_ adversative = _wo mite_.

[50] The subject is Ishidzukuri.

[51] word-play--_haji_, shame.

[52] As (Ishidzukuri) could get nothing to her ear he grew sick of the attempt.

[53] _owashinu_.

[54] _hitotsu no takara_.

[55] _Uchitakumi_, also _Kachitakumi_.

[56] _kamado_.

[57] _kura_.

[58] _idzu_.

[59] _hisoka_.

[60] _kurushigaritaru_.

[61] The less honorific _ohashitari_.

[62] _mochite_.

[63] _mote_.

[64] _ni arazu_, omitted in some texts.

[65] _mi_.

[66] _tada_.

[67] _yukashi … maushitsuru_, omitted in many texts.

[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_--