Part 4

Tsunusahafu 1 Ihami no umi no kotosaheku Kara no saki naru ikuri ni so 5 fukamiru ofuru ariso ni so tamamo ha ofuru tamamonasu nabiki-neshi ko wo 10 fukamiruno fukamete ’mohedo sa-neshi yo ha ikuda mo arazu hafu-tsuta no 15 wakareshi kureba kimomukafu kokoro wo itami omohitsutsu kaherimi suredo 20 ohobuneno Watari no yama no momiji-ba no chiri no midari ni imo ga sode 25 saya ni mo miyezu tsumagomoru Yakami no yama no kumo ma yori watarafu tsuki no 30 woshikedomo kakurohi kitsutsu amatsutafu irihi sashinure masurawo to 35 omoheru are no shikitaheno koromo no sode ha tohorite nurenu.

Awo koma ga 1 agaki wo hayami kumowi ni so imo ga atari wo sugite ki ni keru. 5

Akiyama ni 1 chirafu momiji-ba shimashiku ha na chiri-midari so imo ga atari mimu. 5

1 ivy-grown.

3 to utter words indistinctly. There is a word-fancy here, Kara being the name of a division of Korea. At this period of Japanese history Korean immigrations were frequent. See Aston’s _Nihongi_.

5 _ikuri_ = black mud at bottom of sea or pool. (K. 285, LXXIV, N. 269, where it is translated ‘rocks’.)

6 _fukamiru_ = deep-sea _miru_ (a kind of sea-weed).

11, 12 A word-fancy on _fukamiru_ and _fukamete_.

15 Parting is likened to stripping ivy from its rock.

16, 17 A combination of heart and liver to express mind and feeling.

27 The m. k. _tsumagomoru_ (wife-secluding) applied to the homophon _ya_ (house) of Yakami cannot be rendered.

31 Must be read parenthetically.

The m. k. (1) is applied to _Iha[mi]_, of (33) to _hi_.

For _tsunusahafu_, _kotosaheku_, _tamamonasu_, _fukamiruno_, _kimomukafu_, _ohobuneno_, _amatsutafu_, _shikitaheno_ see List m. k.

MAKI II NAKA

Afumi no Ohotsu no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo.

18

Sumera mikoto kamuagarimaseru toki wominame ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Utsusemi shi 1 kami ni taheneba sakari-wite asa nageku kimi hanare-wite 5 aga kofuru kimi tama naraba te ni maki-mochite kinu naraba nuku toki mo naku 10 aga kohimu kimi so kiso no yo ime ni miyetsuru.

There are no m. k.

1 _shi_ is the usual emphatic or slightly illative form-word. _Utsusemi_, _utsusomi_ = _utsutsu_ or _wotsutsu mi_.

2 _taheneba_, _taheru_, be able to, capable of, &c.

4 For _asa_, _mawi_ may be read.

13 Observe force of _tsuru_ implying that the vision is still in part existent, unforgotten.

12 _kiso_ = _kisu_ = _sakujitsu_.

For _utsusemi_ see List m. k.

19

Sumera mikoto no oho-araki no toki no uta yotsu [sono uchi] Ohokisaki no mi-uta hitotsu.

Isanatori 1 Afumi no umi wo oki sakete kogi-kuru fune he tsukite 5 kogi-kuru fune okitsu kai itaku na hane so hetsu kai itaku na hane so 10 wakakusano tsuma no mikoto no omofu tori tatsu.

12 _tsuma_ = _otto_.

1-5 are introductory, 6-10 hortatory, 11-13 give the motive, 13 being the climax.

For _isanatori_ and _wakakusano_ see List m. k.

20

Yamashina no mi-sasagi yori agareru toki Nukata no Ohokimi yomitamaheru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 wago ohokimi no kashikoki ya omi-haka tsukafuru Yamashina 5 Kagami no yama ni yoru ha mo yo no kotogoto hiru ha mo hi no kotogoto 10 ne nomi wo nakitsutsu arite ya momoshiki no ohomiya hito ha yuki wakarenamu. 15

2 _wago_ = _waga_.

3 _ya_ = _yo_.

4 Read this line in connexion with 13, 14, 15.

For _yasumishishi_ and _momoshiki_ see List m. k.

Asuka no Kiyomihara no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo.

21

Sumera mikoto no kamuagarimaseru toki Ohokisaki no yomimaseru mi-uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi no yufu sareba meshitamafurashi akekureba 5 tohitamafurashi Kamiwoka no yama no momichi wo kefu mo ka mo tohitamahamashi 10 asu mo ka mo meshitamahamashi sono yama wo furisake mitsutsu yufu sareba 15 aya ni kanashimi akekureba urasabi kurashi arataheno koromo no sode ha 20 hiru toki mo nashi.

There are pauses after each of the forms in _rashi_ and _mashi_.

4 _meshi_ = _mishi_, hon. caus.

1-12 form an introduction to 13 ff.

For _yasumishishi_ and _arataheno_ see List m. k.

Fujihara no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo.

22

Hinami no miko no mikoto no araki no miya no toki Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Ame tsuchi no 1 hazhime no toki shi hisakatano ama no kahara ni yahoyorodzu 5 chi yorodzu kami no kamu-tsudohi tsudohi imashite kamu agachi agachi shi toki ni 10 Amaterasu Hirume no mikoto ame wo ba shiroshimesu to Ashihara no 15 Midzuho no kuni wo ame tsuchi no yori-ahi no kihami shiroshimesu kami no mikoto to 20 amakumono ya he kaki wakete kami kudari imase matsurishi takahikaru 25 hi no miko ha Asuka no Kiyomi no miya ni kamu nagara futoshikimashite 30 Sumerogi no shikimasu kuni to ama no hara ihato wo hiraki kamu nobori 35 nobori imashinu waga ohokimi miko no mikoto no amenoshita shiroshimeshiseba 40 haru hana no tafutokaramu to mochi-tsuki no tatahashikemu to amenoshita 45 yomo no hito no ohobuneno omohi tanomite amatsumidzu afugite matsu ni 50 ikasama ni omohoshimese ka tsuremonaki Mayumi no woka ni miya hashira 55 futoshiki imashi mi araka no takashirimashite asa goto ni mi koto tohasazu 60 tsuki-hi no maneku narinure soko yuwe ni miko no miyabito yuku-he shirazu mo! 65

5 _yaho_, eight hundred, i.e. countless.

9 _agachi_ = _wakachi_ (_tsu_).

18 _kihami_, in sense of _kagiri_, extent.

46 _yomo_, the four quarters, in or from every quarter.

53 _tsuremonaki_, alone, unattended.

57 _mi araka_ seems to mean here a new royal palace.

60 _mi koto_, royal words or commands. _tohasazu_; _tohasu_ = _tofu_, converse, speak with.

62 _maneku_ = many.

Line 23 refers to _Ninigi no mikoto_, line 30 to _Temmu tennô_, 37 _ohokimi_ is _Hinami no miko_ (see XIX, notes).

For _hisakata_, _amakumono_, _takahikaru_, _ohobuneno_, _amatsumidzu_ see List m. k.

23

[Kahashima no miko no araki no miya no toki] Hitomaro ga Hatsusebe no hime miko to [Osakabe no miko] tatematsureru uta hitotsu.

Tobutorino 1 Asuka no kaha no kamitsu se ni ofuru tamamo ha shimotsu se ni 5 nagare-furafu tamamonasu ka yori kaku yori nabikahishi tsuma no mikoto no 10 tatanadzuku niki-hada sura wo tsurugitachi mi ni sohe-neneba nubatamano 15 yo toko mo aruramu soko yuwe ni nagusame-kanete kedashiku mo afu ya to ’mohoshite 20 tamatareno Wochi no ohonu no asa tsuyu ni tamamo ha hidzuchi yufu-giri ni 25 koromo ha nurete kusamakura tabi-ne ka mo suru ahanu kimi yuwe.

6 _furafu_ = _furu_.

9 = _nabiku_.

10 _tsuma_, karizhi for _otto_.

11 _nikihada_ = _nikoyaka_, _yaharaku naru hada_.

16 _aruramu_ = _areru_, to waste, desolate.

19 _kedashiku_ = _moshi_.

For _tobutorino_, _tamamonasu_, _tatanadzuku_, _tsurugitachi_, _nubatamano_, _tamatareno_, _kusamakura_ see List m. k.

24

Takechi no miko no mikoto no Kinohe no araki no miya no toki Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Kakemaku mo 1 yuyushiki ka mo ihamaku mo aya ni kashikoki Asuka no 5 Makami no hara ni hisakatano amatsu mikado wo kashikoku mo sadame-tamahite 10 kamusabu to iha kakurimasu yasumishishi waga ohokimi no kikoshimesu 15 sotomo no kuni no makitatsu Fuhayama koyete komatsurugi Wazami ga hara no 20 kari-miya ni amori imashite amenoshita osame-tamahi wosu-kuni wo 25 sadame-tamafu to toriganaku Adzuma no kuni no mi ikusa wo meshitamahite 30 chihayaburu hito wo yahase to matsurohanu kuni wo osame to miko nagara 35 makitamaheba ohomi mi ni tachi tori-obashi ohomi te ni yumi tori-motashite 40 mi ikusa wo adomohi-tamahi totonofuru tsutsumi no oto ha ikatsuchi no 45 kowe wo kiku made fuki-naseru kuda no oto mo atamitaru tora ka hoyuru to 50 moro hito no obiyuru made ni sasagetaru hata no nabiki ha fuyukomori 55 haru sarikureba nu goto ni tsukite aru hi no kaze no muta nabiku ga gotoku 60 tori-motaru yu hazu no sawaki mi yuki furu fuyu no hayashi ni 65 tsumushi ka mo i-maki wataru to omofu made kiki no kashikoku hiki-hanatsu 70 ya no shigekeku ohoyuki no midarete kitare matsurohazu tachi-mukahishi mo 75 tsuyu shimo no kenaba kesubeku yukutori no arasofu hashi ni Watarahi no 80 ihahi no miya yu kamu kaze ni i-fuki-madohashi amakumo wo hinomemomisezu 85 tokoyami ni ohohi-tamahite sadameteshi-- Midzuho no kuni wo kamu nagara 90 futoshiki imashi[te] yasumishishi waga ohokimi no amenoshita mawoshi tamaheba 95 yorodzu yo ni shikashi mo aramu to yufuhanano sakayuru toki ni waga ohokimi 100 miko no mikado wo kamu miya ni yosohi matsurite tsukahashishi mikado no hito mo 105 shirotaheno asa koromo kite Haniyasu no mikado no hara ni akanesasu 110 hi no kotogoto shishi zhi mono ihahi fushitsutsu nubatamano yufuhe ni nareba 115 ohotono wo furisake mitsutsu udzuranasu ihahi motohori samorahedo 120 samorahi kanete harutorino samayohinureba nageki mo imada suginu ni 125 omohi mo imada tsukineba kotosaheku Kudara no hara yu kamu hafuri 130 hafuri-i mashite asamoyoshi Kinohe no miya wo toko miya to sadame-matsurite 135 kamu nagara shidzumarimashinu shikaredomo waga ohokimi no yorodzu yo to 140 omohoshimeshite tsukurashishi Kagu yama no miya yorodzu yo ni sugimu to ’mohe ya 145 ame no goto furisake mitsutsu tamatasuki kakete shinubamu kashikokaredomo! 150

Hisakata no 1 ame shirashinuru kimi yuwe ni tsuki hi mo shirani kohi-wataru ka mo! 5

Haniyasu no 1 ike no tsutsumi no komorinu no yukuhe wo shirani toneri ha madofu! 5

1 _kakemaku_ = _kakemu_ (_koto_), about to utter.

5 _ihamaku_ = _ihemu_ (_koto_), about to say.

8 _amatsu mikado_, heavenly palace, tomb or mortuary chapel or barrow of Temmu at Ohouchi (N. II. 387).

14 _ohokimi_ = Temmu.

16 _sotomo_, outer or back face, i.e. north (Mino).

19 _komatsurugi_ is m. k. of Wa(zami).

22 _amori_, _ama ori_, descend from heaven.

27 The m. k. applies to A(dzuma).

35 The _miko_ is Takechi.

36 _maki_ = _makase_, charge with.

37 _ohomi mi_, great self.

42 Pause at end of this line.

59 under force of the wind.

60 Another pause.

62 _yumi no hadzu_.

66 _ka_ = _kaze_.

69 Another pause.

73 Pause.

84 Read this line after 86.

88 Pause, but taken as a sort of pivot, may be connected with _Midzuho no kuni_ in the next line.

90 A god, as god.

93 _ohokimi_ is Jitô.

95 The indirect object of _mawoshi …_ is not expressed, it is Jitô (A.D. 690-6).

98 A quibble is seen by some commentators in _yufu_ (_ifu_).

101 _miko no mikado_, the mortuary chapel of Takechi.

102 _kamu miya_, as a god-shrine.

105 the watchers.

108-9 The _hara_ before the _Kagu yama no miya_ (143).

116 _ohotono_, the _mikado_ already mentioned.

129 _yu_ = _yori_.

130 _hafuri_, officials at funerals and interments; _hafuru_, to conduct obsequies.

132 m. k. of Ki[nohe].

137 pause.

139 _ohokimi_ must be Takechi.

142 _tsukurishi_.

145 would outlast, they think belike.

149 _[kokoro ni] kakete._

150 Read before 148.

The syntax of this lay is not always clear. The _Kogi_ in its explanation does not refer to Jitô, and almost seems to regard the _mawoshi_ of 95 as addressed to Temmu.

For _hisakatano_, _yasumishishi_, _komatsurugi_, _toriganaku_, _chihayaburu_, _fuyukomori_, _tsuyushimono_, _yukatorino_, _yufuhanano_, _shirotaheno_, _akanesasu_, _nubatamano_, _udzuranasu_, _harutorino_, _kotosaheku_, _asamoyoshi_, _tamatasuki_ see List m. k.

MAKI II SHIMO

25

Yuge no miko no sugimaseru toki Okisome no Adzuma-hito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi takahikaru hi no miko hisakatano 5 ama tsu miya ni kamu nagara kami to imaseba, soko wo shi mo aya ni kashikomi 10 hiru ha mo hi no kotogoto yoru ha mo yo no kotogoto fushi-wi nagekedo 15 aki-taranu ka mo!

ohokimi ha 1 kami nishimaseba amakumono iho he ga shita ni kakuri-tamahinu! 5

4 _iho he_, 500 folds, countless folds or layers; _shita_ = _ura_, within or behind.

For _yasumishishi_, _takahikaru_, _hisakatano_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.

26

Asuka no himemiko no Kinohe no araki no miya no toki Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Tobutorino 1 Asuka no kaha no kamitsu se ni iha-hashi watari shimotsu se ni 5 uchi-hashi watasu ihahashi ni ohi-nabikeru tamamo mo so tayureba ofuru 10 uchi-hashi ni ohi-wowoheru kahamo mo so karureba hayaru nani shi ka mo 15 waga ohokimi no tataseba tamamo no gotoku koro-fuseba kahamo no gotoku 20 nabikahishi yoroshiki kimi ga asa miya wo wasuretamafu ya yufu miya wo 25 somukitamafu ya utsusomi to omohishi toki ni haru he ha hana wori-kazashi 30 aki tateba momiji-ba kazashi shikitaheno sode tadzusahari kagaminasu 35 miredomo akani mochi-dzuki no iya medzurashimi omohoshishi kimi to tokidoki 40 idemashite asobitamahishi mikemukafu Kinohe no miya wo toko miya to 45 sadametamahite ajisahafu me koto mo tahenu soko wo shi mo aya ni kanashimi 50 nuyetori no katakohishitsutsu asatorino kayohasu kimi ga natsukusano 55 omohishi nayete yufudzudzuno ka yuki kaku yuki ohobuneno tayutafu mireba 60 nagusamuru kokoro mo arazu soko yuwe ni semusube shirani oto nomi wo 65 na nomi mo tayezu ame tsuchi no iya tohonagaku shinubi yukamu mi-na ni kakaseru 70 Asuka-gaha yorodzu yo made ni hashikiyoshi waga ohokimi no katami ni koko wo. 75

vv. 1-14 compare the Princess with the _mo_ and hint at her death, the water-weeds will be renewed in due course, but she will not come back to life; 15 is best understood by being read in connexion with 24; 16-21 describe the grace of the Princess; 22-26 suggest the fault of the Prince which interrupted the relations of the pair; 27-42 describe the happiness of the pair during the Princess’ life; 43-60 picture the grief of the Prince at her loss, and 61 to end add the reflections of the poet.

The m. k. (1) applies to Asu[ka], of (43) to Ki[nohe], of (47) to _me_ (taken as contraction of _mure_), of (55) to _nayete_.

For _tobutorino_, _utsusomi_, _shikitaheno_, _kagaminasu_, _mikemukafu_, _ajisahafu_, _asatorino_, _natsukusano_, _yufudzudzuno_, _ohobuneno_ see List m. k.

27-28

Hitomaro ga me no mi-makarishi nochi kanashimi yomeru uta futatsu.

Amatobuya 1 Karu no michi ha wagimoko ga sato ni shi areba nemokoro ni 5 mimakuhoshikedo yamazu yukaba hito me wo ohomi maneku yukaba hito shirinubemi 10 sanekadzura nochi wo ahamu to ohobuneno omohi tanomite kagirohi no 15 ihakaki fuchi no komori nomi kohitsutsu aru ni wataru hi no kure yuku ga goto 20 teru tsuki no kumo kakuru goto okitsu mo no nabikishi imo ha momiji-ba no 25 sugite inishi to tamadzusano tsukahi no iheba adzusa-yumi oto nomi wo kikite 30 ihamu sube semusubeshirani oto nomi wo kikite ariyeneba waga kofuru 35 chihe no hitohe mo nagusamuru kokoro mo ari ya to wagimoko ga yamazu idemishi 40 Karu no ichi ni waga tachi-kikeba tamatasuki Unebi no yama ni nakutorino 45 kowe mo kikoye tamahokono michi yuku hito mo hitori dani niteshi yukaneba 50 sube wo nami imo-gara yobite sode so furitsutsu.

Akiyama no 1 momiji wo shigemi madohaseru imo mo motomemu yama-ji shirazu mo. 5

Momiji-ba no 1 chirinuru nabe ni tamadzusano tsukahi wo mireba ahishi hi omohoyu. 5

1 _ya_ = _yo_.

3 _waga imoko_.

6 _miru koto wo hoshiku omohedo_.

8 = _hito me ga ohoki_, _wo_ often thus used with forms in _mi_.

9 _tabitabi yukaba_.

13, 14 A word-quibble may, possibly, be intended, _omohi omoki_.

15, 16 These form a sort of m. k. of _komori_.

26 has passed away (died).

36 _chihe no hitohe_, one plait of a thousand plaits (or layers or parts) = one thousandth.

40 _imo ga kimi wo yamazu idemishi_ Kami, &c.

51 _sube wo nami_, cp. 8, _hito me wo ohomi_.

2 (second _hanka_) _nabe_ has force of together with, upon.

For _amatobuya_, _sanekadzura_, _ohobuneno_, _tamadzusano_, _tamatasuki_, _nakutorino_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

28

Utsusemi to 1 omohishi toki ni tadzusahete aga futari mishi washiri-de no 5 tsutsumi ni tateru tsuki no ki no kochi-gochi no ye no haru no ha no shigeki ga gotoku 10 omoherishi imo ni ha aredo tanomerishi kora ni ha aredo yo no naka wo 15 somukishi yeneba kagirohino moyuru ara-nu ni shirotahe no amahire kakuri 20 tori zhi mono asa tachi-i-mashite irihinasu kakuri ni shikaba wagimoko ga 25 katami ni okeru wakaki ko no kohi-naku goto ni tori atafu mono shi nakereba 30 wotoko mono zhi waki hasami mochi wagimoko to futari aga neshi makuradzuku 35 tsumaya no uchi ni hiru ha mo urasabi kurashi yoru ha mo iki-dzuki akashi 40 nagekedomo semu subeshirami kofuredomo afu yoshi wo nami ohotori no 45 Hakahi no yama ni aga kofuru imo ha imasu to hito no iheba ihane sakumite 50 nadzumi koshi yokeku mo so naki utsusemi to omohishi imo ga kagirohino 55 honoka no dani mo miyenu omoheba.

Kozo miteshi 1 aki no tsukuyo ha teraseredo ahimishi imo ha iya toshi sakaru. 5

Ihe ni kite 1 tsumaya wo mireba tamatokono to ni mukahikeri imo ga ko-makura. 5

vv. 1-11 are introductory to _imo_; 12-16 declare impossibility of escaping the fate of all mankind; 17-20 refer to the funeral of the _imo_; 21-24 to her burial; 25-32 to the father’s endeavour to comfort the child; 33-42 to the desolation of his home; 43 to end to the ascent of the hill of interment in the vain hope of seeing her spirit.

2 _omohishi_, here, as often, is little more than _narishi_.

22 _i-mashite_, _i_ is here merely a prefix.

30 _shi_ is an emphatic particle.

31 _zhi_ = _nasu_ (so in 21).

34 A past of _neru_.

42 A common phrase = _shikata ga nai_.

52 = _yoki, koto naki_.

55 Note the application of the m. k. to _ho_(_noka_). Read the latter verses as _honoka ni sahe mo imo ga miyenu wo omoheba kurushiku hatarakite koshi kahi mo naku yoki koto so naki_.

5 Written wooden (_ko_) pillow--I venture to read it as (_ko_) little pillow.

For _utsusemi_, _kagirohino_, _shirotaheno_, _irihinasu_, _makuradzuku_, _ohotorino_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

29

Shinatsu no unebe ga mi-makareru toki Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Akiyama no 1 shitaberu imo nayotakeno towoyoru kora ha ikasama ni 5 omohimase ka takunahano nagaki inochi wo tsuyu koso ha ashita ni okite 10 yufube ha kenu to ihe kiri koso ha yufube ni tachite ashita ha 15 usu to ihe adzusayumi oto kiku are mo oho ni mishi koto kuyashiki wo 20 shikitaheno ta-makura makite tsurugitachi mi ni sohenekemu wakakusano 25 sono tsuma no ko ha sabushimi ka omohite nuramu kuyashimi ka omohikofuramu 30 toki narazu suginishi kora ga asa tsuyu no goto yufu giri no goto.

Sasanamino 1 Shigatsu no kora ga makari nishi kaha se no michi wo mireba sabushi mo. 5

vv. 1-6 introduction; 7-16 impermanence of life; 17-20 regret of poet at news of death (hinted at rather than directly stated) of the _uneme_; 21 to end climatic lament over an untimely death.

2 _shitaberu_ = wilt, wither, droop; _akiyama no shitaberu imo_, drooping as the flaccid leafage in autumn on the hills: but see translation.

1, 2 and 3, 4 are parallelisms reminding one of Hebrew and Chinese poetry, there are several other examples in this _uta_.

4 _kora_ seems to be a plural form of honour.

8 The _wo_ at the end, which has a stray look, may be understood here (as often elsewhere in the Anthology) by supplying _omoheba_ or some form of the verb _omofu_. The various _ha_ in this _uta_ exemplify the effect of the particle as suggesting a predicate of the isolated word or expression.

18 The news has come to me who only slightly knew her by sight yet am full of regret.…

22 making mutually pillows of each other’s arms.

26 _tsuma_ = _otto_; _ko_ is honour-title.

31 _toki narazu_, untimely.

1 _Sasanami_ involves the homophonous m. k. _sasanami_.

3 (_hanka_ I) _makari nishi_ = _makari-inishi_, gone away, died.

For _nayotakeno_, _takunahano_, _adzusayumi_, _shikitaheno_, _tsurugitachi_, _wakakusano_ see List m. k.

30

Sanuki no [kuni] ni Samine no shima nite isobe no shinihito wo mite Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Tamamoyoshi 1 Sanuki no kuni ha kuni kara ka miredomo akanu kami kara ka 5 kokoda tafutoki ame tsuchi hi tsuki to tomo ni tari-yukamu kami no mi omo to 10 ihi tsugeru Naka no minato yu fune ukete aga kogi kureba tokitsu kaze 15 kumowi ni fuku ni oki mireba shiki nami tachi he mireba shiranami sawaku 20 isanatori umi wo kashikomi yukufune no kaji hiki orite wochikochi no 25 shima ha ohokedo naguhashi Samine no shima no ariso mi ni ihorite mireba 30 nami no ’to no shigeki hama he wo shikitaheno makura ni nashite aratoko ni 35 korofusu kimi ga ihe shiraba yukite mo tsugemu tsuma shiraba ki mo tohamashi wo 40 tamahokono michi dani shirazu ohohoshiku machi ka kofuramu hashiki tsumara ha. 45

Tsuma mo araba 1 tsumite tagemashi Samine yama nu no he no uhagi suginikerazuya! 5

Okitsu nami 1 ki-yoru ariso wo shikitaheno makura to makite naseru kimi kamo! 5

vv. 3, 5 _kara_ must be so read, not _gara_--it is perhaps a form of _nagara_.

9 _tari-yukamu_, be perfect; read this line after next.

11 Read with Naka.

15 lit. time-wind or seasonable or fair wind, but probably also seaward and landward winds more or less accompanying morning and evening tides.

24 _hiki-ori_ = draw-break, i.e. by moving the steering oar right or left break the straight course of the vessel.

30 _ihori_, _iho-wori_.

31 _’to_ for _oto_.

40 may be read as = _kimashi mo taha-mashi_ (_koto wo omohite_).

43 gloomily, wretchedly.

45 Plural of _tsuma_ (used as honour-plural?).

2 _tagemashi_ = _tabe mashi_, goes with _uhagi_.

5 Equivalent to _sugi nikeri_, affirmatively.

5 _naseru_ is read assumptively with _kimi_.

For _tamamoyoshi_, _isanatori_, _shikitaheno_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

Nara no miya ni [amenoshita] shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo.

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Riyauki hazhime no toshi ki no to no u nagatsuki Shiki no miko no sugimaseru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.

Adzusayumi 1 te ni tori-mochite masurawo ga satsu-ya da-hasami tachimukafu 5 Takamado yama ni haru nu yaku nu hi to miru made moyuru hi wo ika ni to to eba 10 tamahokono michi kuru hito no naku namida hisame ni fureba shirotaheno 15 koromo hidzuchite tachi-tomari are ni kataraku nani shi ka mo motona iheru 20 kikeba ne nomi shi nakayu katareba kokoro so itami Sumerogi no 25 kami no miko no idemashi no ta-hi no hikari so kokoda teritaru.

10 _toheba_, subject is _are_ of 18.

18 _kataraku_, subject is _hito_ of 12; so of _katareba_ 23.

20 _iheru_ refers to _toheba_ of 10.

For _adzusayumi_, _tamahokono_, _shirotaheno_ see List m. k.

MAKI III KAMI

Kusagusa no uta.

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Naga no miko no Kariji nu ni mikari shitamaheru toki Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi takahikaru waga hi no miko no uma namete 5 mi kari tataseru wakakomo no Kariji no wo-nu ni shishi koso ha i-hahi worogame 10 udzura koso i-hahi motohori shishi zhi mono i-hahi worogame udzura nasu 15 i-hahi motohori kashikomi to tsukahematsurite hisakata no ame miru gotoku 20 masokagami afugite miredo haru kusa no iya medzurashiki waga ohokimi ka mo. 25

Hisakata no 1 ame yuku tsuki no tsuna ni sashi waga ohokimi ha kinugasa ni seri. 5

7 A m. k. applied to Kari[ji] as = _kari_, mow, reap.

For _yasumishishi_, _takahikaru_, _wakakomono_, _hisakatano_, _masokagami_ see List m. k.

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Kamo no Kimitari-hito ga Kaguyama no uta hitotsu.

Amoritsuku 1 Ame no kaguyama kasumitatsu haru ni itareba matsu kaze ni 5 ike nami tachite sakura hana ko no kure shigemi okibe ni ha kamo tsuma yobahi 10 hetsu he ni aji mura sawaki momoshiki ohomiya hito no makari-dete 15 asobu fune ni ha kaji sawo mo nakute sabushi mo kogu hito nashi ni.

Hito kogazu 1 araku mo shirushi kadzuki suru woshi to takabe to fune no he ni sumu. 5

Itsu ma mo 1 kami sabigeru ka Kagu yama no hokosugi nomoto ni koke musu made ni. 5

11 _he_ seems here to be simply apocopated _uhe_.

2 _araku_ is verbal subst. of _aru_.

For _amoritsuku_, _kasumitatsu_, _momoshiki_ see List m. k.

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Hitomaro ga Nihitabe no miko ni tatematsureru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi takahikaru hi no miko shikimasu 5 ohotono no he ni hisakatano amadzutahikeru yuki zhi mono yuki kayohitsutsu 10 iya shiki imase!

Yatsuri yama 1 ko-tachi mo miyezu furi-midasu yuki ni sawakite mawiraku yoshi mo. 5

9 Here _yuki_ is ‘snow,’ as in 4; in 10 it is ‘go, come.’