Part 5

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

35

Yayohi bakari Yoshinu no totsu-miya ni idemaseru toki naka no mono-mawosu tsukasa Ohotomo no mahetsukimi (Ohotomo no kiyau) mikotonori wo uketamaharite yomitamaheru uta hitotsu.

Mi Yoshinu no 1 Yoshinu no miya ha yama kara shi tafutoku arashi kaha kara shi 5 sayakeku arashi ame tsuchi to nagaku hisashiku yorodzu yo ni kaharadzu aramu 10 idemashi no miya!

Mukashi mishi 1 Kisa no wo-gaha wo ima mireba iyo-iyo sayakeku nari nikeru ka mo! 5

5 _kara_, cp. _nagara_; also _kare_, reason, cause.

6 _arashi_ = _arurashi_.

36

Yamabe no Sukune Akahito ga Fujinoyama wo mite [yomeru] uta hitotsu.

Ame tsuchi no 1 wakareshi toki yu kamusabite takaku tafutoki Suruga naru 5 Fugi no takane wo ama no hara furisake mireba wataru hi no kage mo kakurohi 10 teru tsuki no hikari mo miyezu shirakumo mo i-yuki habakari tokizhiku 15 yuki ha furikeru katari-tsugi ihi-tsugi yukamu Fuji no takane ha!

Tago no ura yu 1 uchi-dete mireba ma-shiroku so Fuji no takane ni yuki ha furikeru! 5

37

Fuji no yama wo yomeru uta hitotsu.

Namayomino 1 Kahi no kuni uchi-yosuru Suruga no kuni to kochigochi ni 5 kuni no mi naka yu ide-tateru Fuji no takane ha amakumono i-yuki habakari 10 tobutori mo tobi mo nobarazu moyuru hi wo yuki mochi-kechi furu yuki wo 15 hi mochi-kechitsutsu ihi mo kane nadzuke mo shirani kusushiku mo imasu kami ka mo 20 Se no umi to nadzukete aru mo sono yama no tsutsumeru umi so Fuji kaha to 25 hito no wataru mo sono yama no midzu no tagichi so Hinomoto no Yamato no kuni no 30 shidzume to mo imasu kami ka mo takara to mo nareru yama ka mo Suruga naru 35 Fuji no takane ha miredo akanu ka mo.

Fuji no ne ni 1 furi-okeru yuki ha minadzuki no mochi ni kenureba sono yo furikeri. 5

18 lit. one can give no adequate name to Fuji.

21 Read with 24.

For _namayomino_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.

38

Akahito ga Iyo no yu ni yukite yomeru uta hitotsu.

Sumerogi no 1 Kami no mikoto no shikimasu kuni no kotogoto yu ha shi mo 5 saha ni aredomo shima yama no yoroshiki kuni to kogoshi ka mo Iyo no takane no 10 Izaniha no woka ni tatashite uta omohi koto omohashishi mi yu no he no 15 ko-mura wo mireba Omi no ki mo ohi-tsugi ni keri naku tori no kowe mo kaharazu 20 tohoki yo ni kamusabi yukamu idemashi tokoro.

1-14 refer to _Uhe no miya_ (Shôtoku Taishi).

4 All the provinces or lands.

9 _kogoshi_ applies to _Iyo no takane_.

39

Kamiwoka ni noborite Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Mimoro no 1 Kaminabi yama ni iho ye sashi shizhi ni ohitaru tsuganokino 5 iya tsugitsugi ni tamakadzura tayuru koto naku aritsutsu mo yamazu kayohamu 10 Asuka no furuki miyako ha yama takami kaha tohoshiroshi haru no hi ha 15 yama shi migahoshi aki no yo ha kaha shi sayakeshi asa-kumo ni tadzu ha midare 20 yufu-giri ni kahadzu ha sawaku miru goto ni ne nomi shi nakayu inishihe omoheba. 25

Asuka-gaha 1 kaha yodo sarazu tatsukirino omohi-sugubeki kohi ni aranaku ni. 5

1-10 are introductory to _Asuka no furuki miyako_.

13-22 describe the _miyako_.

23-25 express the poet’s regret.

1-3 are introductory to 4.

5 lit. there is no _kohi_ (affection) from which may be chased thoughts (of the past).

For _tsuganokino_, _tamakadzura_, _tatsukirino_ see List m. k.

MAKI III, NAKA

40

Tsunuga no tsu nite fune ni noreru toki Kasa no Asomi Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Koshi no umi no 1 Tsunuga no hama yu ohobune ni ma kaji nuki-oroshi isanatori 5 umiji ni idete abekitsutsu waga kogi-yukeba masurawono Tayuhi ga ura ni 10 ama wotome shiho yaku keburi kusamakura tabi nishi areba hitori shite 15 miru shiru shi nami watatsumi no te ni makashitaru tamatasuki kakete shinubitsu 20 Yamato shima-ne wo.

12 After _keburi_ supply _areba_.

16 _nami_ is _nashi_, not--_miru_-(_koto_) _shiru_ (_koto_) _shi nashi_. Another reading, however, is possible.

17-19 are introductory to _kakete_ (20), as the arm-bands are set to the arms of the sea-god (or arm-bands to those who serve the god?), to my heart is set regret for Yamato. The m. k. (9) applies to Ta(yuhi); 17, 18 are epithetical of _tama_, part of the m. k. _tamatasuki_ applied to _kakete_ (20).

21 _shimane_ is a designation of Yamato.

For _isanatori_, _masurawono_, _kusamakura_, and _tamatasuki_ see List m. k.

41

Akahito ga Kasuga nu ni noborite yomeru uta hitotsu.

Haruhiwo 1 Kasuka no yama no takakurano Mikasa no yama ni asa sarazu 5 kumowi tanabiku kaho tori no ma naku shiba naku kumowinasu kokoro isayohi 10 sono tori no kata-kohi nomi ni hiru ha mo hi no kotogoto yoru ha mo 15 yo no kotogoto tachite wite omohi so aga suru ahanu ko yuwe ni.

1 See N. i. 402, the second lay. Perhaps _wo_ should be, as there, _no_.

5 not missing a morning.

17 standing or lying down, i.e. continually. The m. k. (3) applies to Mi[kasa] taken as _mi_, person.

For _haruhiwo_, _takakurano_, _kumowinasu_ see List m. k.

42

Ohotomo no Sakanohe no Iratsume ga kami matsuri no uta hitotsu.

Hisakatano 1 ama no hara yori are koshi kami no mikoto okuyama no 5 sakaki no yeda ni shiraga tsuku yufu tori-tsukete ihahi-he wo ihahi hori suwe 10 takatama wo shizhi ni nukitari shishi zhi mono hiza ori-fuse tawayame no 15 osuhi tori-kake kaku dani mo are ha kohinamu kimi ni ahanu ka mo.

3 _are_, _arahare_, _koshi_ past of _ki_(_kuru_).

6 Cleyera japonica.

7 _shiraga_ (_shirage_) might mean white, or pure tresses.

18 _are_, _ware_.

For _hisakata_ see List m. k.

43

Tsukubane ni noborite Tajihi no Mabito Kunihito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Tori ga naku 1 Adzuma no kuni ni takayama ha saha ni aredomo Futakami no 5 tafutoki yama no nami-tachi no migahoshi yama to kami-yo yori hito no ihi-tsugi 10 kuni-mi suru Tsukuba no yama wo fuyukomori haru sari-kuredo shira-yuki no 15 tokizhiku toki to mizute yukaba mashite kohishimi yuki-ke suru yama michi sura wo 20 nadzumi are koshi.

1-11 are introductory to 12, after _wo_ supply _omohite_ or _omoheba_.

7 double-peaked.

14, 15 are interpolations of Keichiu.

16 Explained by Kogi as = _toki naranu toki tote_--the snow is lasting later than usual down to the second month where the ascent is made.

For _toriganaku_, _fuyukomori_ see List m. k.

44

Tabi no uta hitotsu.

Watatsumi ha 1 ayashiki mono ka Ahaji shima naka ni tate-okite shiranami no 5 Iyo ni motohoshi wimachitsuki Akashi no to yu ha yufu sareba shiho ni mitashime 10 ake sareba shiho wo hishimu shiwo sawi no nami wo kashikomi Ahaji shima 15 iso-gakuri-wite itsushika mo kono yo no akemu to samorafu ni i no ne kateneba 20 Tagi no he no Asanu no kigishi akenu to shi tachi-toyomurashi iza kodomo 25 ahete kogidemu niha mo shidzukeshi.

Shima-dzutahi 1 Minume no saki wo kogi-tameba Yamato kohoshiku tadzu saha ni naku. 5

7 See notes translation.

13 _shiho-sawi_, _shiho-saki_, flood-tide.

19 _samorafu_ (_saburafu_) here means _haberu_.

22 _kigishi [ha yo] akenu_ (past of _akuru_).

4 _kohoshiku_, _kohishiku_.

5 _saha ni_, in flocks or flights, numerous.

For _wimachitsuki_ see List m. k.

MAKI III, SHIMO

Kanashimi uta.

45

Ihata no Ohokimi usetamaheru toki Nifu no Ohokimi no yomitamaheru uta hitotsu.

Nayutakeno 1 towoyoru miko sanidzurafu waga ohokimi ha komorikuno 5 Hatsuse no yama ni kamusabite itsuki imasu to tamadzusano hito so ihitsuru 10 oyodzure ka waga kikitsuru tahagoto ka waga kikitsuru mo ame tsuchi ni 15 kuyashiki koto no yo no naka no kuyashiki koto ha amakumono sokuhe no kihami 20 ame tsuchi no itareru made ni tsuwe tsuki mo tsukazu mo yukite yufuke tohi 25 ishi-ura mochite waga yado ni mi moro wo tatete makura he ni ihahihe wo suwe 30 takatama wo shizhi ni nukitari yufu tasuki kahina ni kakete ame naru 35 Sasara no wo-nu no ihahi suge te ni tori-mochite hisakatano ame no kahara ni 40 ide-tatete misogite mashi wo Takayama no ihaho no uhe ni imasetsuru ka mo! 45

Oyodzure no 1 tahagoto to ka mo Takayama no Ihaho no uhe ni kimi ga koyaseru. 5

Isonokami 1 Furu no yama naru sugimura no omohi sugubeku kimi ni aranaku ni. 5

1 _oyodzure_ and _tahagoto_ seem nearly synonymous, the former rather ‘false’, the latter ‘vain’ news.

For _nayutakeno_, _sanidzurafu_, _komorikuno_, _tamadzusano_, _amakumono_, _hisakatano_, _Isonokami_ see List m. k.

46

Oyazhi [Ihata no Ohokimi use-tamaheru] toki Yamakuma no Ohokimi kanashimi yomimaseru uta hitotsu.

Tsunusahafu 1 Ihare no michi wo asa sarazu yukikemu hito no omohitsutsu 5 kayohikemaku ha hototogisu ki naku sa-tsuki ha ayame-gusa hana tachibana wo 10 tama ni nuki kadzura ni semu to naga tsuki no shigure no toki ha momichi ba wo 15 ori-kazasamu to hafukudzuno iya toho-nagaku yorodzu yo ni tayezhi to omohite 20 kayohikemu kimi wo asu yo ha yoso ni ka mo mimu.

[In _dai_] _oyazhi_ = _onazhi_.

4 _hito_ is Ihata.

6 The subject is the poet.

For _tsunusahafu_ (m. k. of _iha_ in Ihare) _hafukudzuno_ see List m. k.

47

Katsushika no Mama wotome ga haka wo tohoreru toki Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Inishihe ni 1 arikemu hito no shidzuhata no obi toki-kahete fuseya tate 5 tsuma-dohi shikemu katsushika no Mama no tekona ga okutsuki wo koko to ha kikedo 10 maki no ha ya shigemitaruramu matsuganeno tohoku hisashiki koto nomi mo 15 na nomi mo ware ha wasuraye naku ni.

Katsushika no 1 Mama no iriye ni uchi nabiku tamamo karikemu tekona shi omohoyu. 5

2 _hito_ = a suitor.

5 The translation is based on the Kogi explanation.

For _matsuganeno_ see List m. k.

48

Temuhiyau (Tempyô) hazhime no toshi tsuchi no to mi Tsu no kuni no Agachi-da no Fumihito Hasetsukabe no Tatsumaro ga wanakishi toki matsurigoto hito (Hanguwan) Ohotomo no Sukune Minaka ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Amakumono 1 muka-fusu kuni no masurawo to ihayeshi hito ha Sumerogi no 5 kami no mikado ni to no he ni tachi-samorahi uchi no he ni tsukahe matsuri 10 tamakadzura iya toho-nagaku oya no na mo tsugi-yuku mono to omo chichi ni 15 tsuma ni kodomo ni katarahite tachi nishi hi yori tarachineno haha no mikoto ha 20 ihahi-he wo mahe ni suwe-okite hito te ni ha yufu tori-mochi hito te ni ha 25 nikitahe matsuri tahirakeku masakiku mase to ame tsuchi no kami ni kohi nomi 30 ikani aramu toshi tsuki hi ni ka tsutsuzhihana nihoheru kimi ga nihodorino 35 nadzusahi komu to tachite wite machikemu hito ha ohokimino mikoto kashikomi 40 oshiteru Naniha no kuni ni aratamano toshi furu made ni shirotahe no 45 koromode hosazu asa yohi ni aritsuru kimi ha ikasama ni omohi-mase ka 50 utsusemino woshiki kono yo wo tsuyushimono okite inikemu toki-narazu shite! 55

Kinofu koso 1 kimi ha arishi ka omohanu ni hama-matsu no he no kumo ni tanabiku. 5

4 _hito_ = Tatsumaro.

7 _to_, _soto_.

28 _mase_, _koso mase_.

38 _hito_, household of Tatsumaro.

48 _aritsuru_, goes on or went on being.

50 = _omohimaseba_.

51 m. k. of _yo_.

52 m. k. of _okite_.

For _amakumono_, _tamakadzura_, _tarachineno_, _tsutsuzhihana_, _nihodorino_, _ohokimino_, _oshiteru_, _aratamano_, _shirotaheno_, _tsuyushimono_ see List m. k.

49

[Temuhiyau (Tempyô)] nana tose to ifu toshi kinoto no wi Ohotomo no Sakanohe no Iratsume ga ama no Riguwamu (Rigwan) no mi-makareru wo kanashimi yomeru uta hitotsu.

Takutsunu no 1 Shiraki no kuni yu hito goto wo yoshi to kikashite tohi-sakuru 5 ugara haragara naki kuni ni watari-kimashite ohokimi no shikimasu kuni ni 10 uchihisasu Miyako shimimi ni sato ihe ha saha ni aredomo ikasama ni 15 omohikeme ka mo tsure mo naki Saho no yama he ni nakukonasu shitahi kimashite 20 shikitaheno ihe wo mo tsukuri aratamano toshi no wo nagaku sumahitsutsu 25 imashishi mono wo umarureba shinu chifu koto ni nogaroyenu mono ni shi areba 30 tanomarishi hito no kotogoto kusamakura tabi naru hodoni Saho kaha wo 35 asa kaha watari Kasuga nu wo so-gahi ni mitsutsu ashihikino yamabe wo sashite 40 kura-yami to kakuri mashinure ihamu sube semusubeshirani tamotohori 45 tada hitori shite shirotaheno koromo-de hosazu nagekitsutsu aga naku namida 50 Arima yama kumo wi tanabiku ame ni furiki ya!

5 Converse, utter, talk with.

8 The subject is Rigwan, also of verbs in 25, 26.

26 After _mono_ supply _omohite_ or _omoheba_.

34 _hodoni_ = whilst.

36 sqq. The subject of the verbs is the party of mourners who accompany the corpse of Rigwan.

44 Subject of _tamotohori_ (go up and down, to and fro) is Sakanohe.

For _takutsunu_, _uchihisasu_, _nakukonasu_, _shikitaheno_, _aratamano_, _kusamakura_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.

50

Mata Yakamochi ga yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Waga yado ni 1 hana so sakitaru so wo miredo kokoro mo yukazu hashikiyashi 5 imo ga ariseba mikamonasu futari narabi-wi taworite mo misemashi mono wo 10 utsusemino kareru mi nareba tsuyushimono kesuru ga gotoku ashihikino 15 yamaji wo sashite irihinasu kakuri ni shikaba soko ’mofu ni mune koso itame 20 ihi mo kane nadzuke mo shirani atomonaki yo no naka nareba semu sube mo nashi. 25

Toki ha shimo 1 itsu mo aramu wo kokoro itaku i-yuku wagimo ka wakaki ko wo ’kite. 5

Ide-yukasu 1 michi shiramaseba arakazhime imo wo todomemu seki wo okamashi wo. 5

Imo ga mishi 1 yado ni hana saku toki ha henu aga naku namida imada hi naku ni. 5

3 _so_ = _sore_.

10 Supply _omohite_ (_oheba_).

4 _i_ is prefix.

5 _’kite_ = _okite_.

1 Read _mishi_ with _hana_.

For _mikamonasu_, _utsusemino_, _tsuyushimono_, _ashihikino_, _irihinasu_, _atomonaki_ see List m. k.

51-52

(Oyazhi) to tose amari mu tose to ifu toshi kinoye saru kisaragi Asaka no miko no sugitamaheru toki uchi-toneri Ohotomo no Sukune Yakamochi yomeru uta mutsu.

Kakemaku mo aya ni kashikoshi ihamaku mo yuyushiki ka mo waga ohokimi 5 miko no mikoto yorodzu yo ni woshi-tamahamashi Oho-Yamato Kuni no miyako ha 10 uchinabiku haru sarinareba yama he ni ha hana-saki wowori kaha se ni ha 15 ayu-ko sa-hashiri iya hi ke ni sakayuru toki ni oyodzure no tawagoto to ka mo 20 shirotahe ni toneri yosohite Wadzuka yama mi koshi tatashite hisakatano 25 ame shirashinure koi-marobi hidzuchi nakedomo semu sube mo nashi.

Waga ohokimi 1 ame shirasamu to omohaneba oho ni so mikeru Wadzuka soma yama. 5

Ashihikino 1 yama sahe hikari saku hana no chirinuru gotoki waga ohokimi ka mo. 5

24 _koshi_, coffin.

For _uchinabiku_, _hisakatano_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.

52

Kakemaku mo 1 aya ni kashikoshi waga ohokimi miko no mikoto mononofuno 5 yaso tomo no wo wo meshitsudohe adomohi-tamahi asa-kari ni shishi fumi-okoshi 10 yufu-kari ni tori fumi-tate oho mi ma no kuchi osahe-tome mi kokoro wo 15 meshi akirameshi Ikuji yama ko-dachi no shizhi ni saku hana mo utsurohi ni keri 20 yo no naka ha kaku nomi narashi masurawono kokoro furi-okoshi tsurugitachi 25 koshi ni tori-haki adzusayumi yuki tori-ohite ame tsuchi to iya tohonaga ni 30 yorodzu yo ni kaku shi mo ka mo to tanomerishi Miko no Mikado no sabahenasu 35 sawaku toneri ha shirotahe ni koromo tori-kite tsune narishi wemahi furumahi 40 iya hi ke ni kaharafu mireba kanashiki ro ka mo.

For _mononofuno_, _masurawono_, _tsurugitachi_, _sabahenasu_, _shirotaheni_ (equiv. _shirotaheno_) see List m. k.

53

Usetaru me wo kanashimi Takahashi no Asomi ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Shirotaheno 1 sode sashi-kahete nabiki-neshi waga kurokami no ma-shiraga ni 5 kaharamu kihami arata yo ni tomo ni aramu to tamanowono tayezhi i-imo to 10 musubiteshi koto ha hatasazu omoherishi kokoro ha togedzu shirotaheno 15 tamoto wo wakare nikibi ni shi ihe yu mo idete midori-ko no naku wo mo okite 20 asa-kiri no oho ni naritsutsu Yamashiro no Sagaraka yama no yama no ma yu 25 yuki-suginureba ihamu sube semusubeshirani wagimoko to sa-neshi tsuma-ya ni 30 asa niha ni ide-tachi shinubi yufube ni ha iri-wi nagekahi waki-hasamu 35 ko no naku goto ni wotoko-zhi mono ohi-mi udaki-mi asatorino ne nomi naki-tsutsu 40 kofuredomo shirushi wo nami to koto tohanu mono ni ha aredo wagimoko ga 45 iri ni shi yama wo yosuka to so ’mofu.

47 _yosuka_ is better than _yosuga_.

For _shirotaheno_, _tamanowono_ see List m. k.

MAKI IV, KAMI

Shitashimi uta.

54

Wokamoto no Sumera mikoto no mi-yomimaseru [ohomi] uta hitotsu.

Kami-yo yori 1 are tsugitareba hito saha ni kuni ni ha michite ajimurano 5 sawaki ha yukedo aga kofuru kimi nishi araneba hiru ha hi no kururu made 10 yoru ha yo no akuru kihami omohitsutsu ine kate ni nomi akashitsuraku mo 15 nagaki kono yo wo

Yama no ha ni 1 ajimura sawaki yuku naredo are ha sabushi we kimi ni shi araneba. 5

Afumi-ji no 1 Toko no yama naru Isaya kaha ke no kono goro ha kohitsutsu mo aramu. 5

2 _are_ = _arahare_.

15 _akashitsuru_.

4 _we_, an exclamation of pain or regret.

For _ajimurano_ see List m. k.

55

Tajihi no Mabito Kasamaro ga Tsukushi no kuni ni kudaru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.

Omi no me no 1 kushige ni itsuku kagaminasu Mitsu no hamabe ni sanidzurafu 5 himo toki-sakezu wagimoko ni kohitsutsu woreba ake-gure no asa-kiri kakuri 10 nakutadzuno ne nomi shi nakayu aga kofuru chihe no hitohe mo nagusamuru 15 kohoro mo are ya to ihe no atari aga tachi-mireba awohatano Kadzura-ki yama ni 20 tanabikeru shira-kumo kakuri amazakaru hina no kuni-he ni tada-mukafu 25 Ahaji wo sugi Ahashima wo sogahi ni mitsutsu asa nagi ni kako no kowe yobi 30 yufu nagi ni kaji no ’to shitsutsu nami no he wo i-yuki sa-gukumi iha no ma wo 35 i-yuki motohori Inabitsuma ura mi wo sugite tori zhi mono nadzusahi yukeba 40 Ihe no shima ariso no uhe ni uchi-nabiki shizhi ni ohitaru nanori-so no 45 nado ka mo imo ni norazu ki ni kemu.

Shirotahe no 1 sode toki-kahete kaheri-komu tsuki hi wo yomite yukite komashi wo. 5

1-3 are introductory to _mi_ (Mitsu).

45 _nanori-so_ involves a word-play with _norazu_ (47).

For _kagaminasu_, _sanidzurafu_, _nakutadzuno_, _awohatano_, _amazakaru_, _shirotahe_ see List m. k.

56

Aki no Obokimi no uta hitotsu.

Toho-dzuma no 1 koko ni araneba tamahokono michi wo tadohomi omofu sora 5 yasukaranaku ni nageku sora yasukaranu mono wo mi-sora yuku kumo ni mo ga mo 10 takatobu tori ni mo ga mo asu yukite imo ni kototohi aga tame ni 15 imo mo kotonaku imo ga tame are mo kotonaku ima mo mishi goto taguhite mo ga mo. 20

5-7 _sora_, metaphorical for state, condition.

9 _sora_, atmosphere, what exists between heaven and earth.

19 _ima_ = _tadaima_ (nuper).

20 _mo ga mo_ = _mo gana_?

For _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

57

Zhimuki (Jinki) hazhime no toshi kinoye ne kaminadzuki Ki no kuni ni idemaseru toki mi-tomo no hito ni okuramu tame wotome ni atsuraherayete Kasa no Asomi Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Ohokimi no 1 idemashi no ma ni mononofuno yaso tomo no wo to ide-yukishi 5 utsukushi tsuma ha amatobuya Karu no michi yori tamatasuki Unebi wo mitsutsu 10 asamoyoshi Ki-ji ni iritachi Matsuchi yama koyuramu kimi ha momiji-ba no 15 chiri-tobu mitsutsu shitashikeku a wo ba omohazu kusamakura tabi wo yoroshi to 20 omohitsutsu kimi ha aramu to asoso ni ha katsu ha shiredomo shikasu ga ni 25 moda mo ye araneba aga ’seko ga yuki no ma ni ma ni ohamu to ha chi tabi omohedomo 30 tawayame no aga mi ni shi areba michi-mori no tohamu kotahe wo ihi-yaramu 35 sube wo shirani to tachite tsumadzuku!

12 _Ki-ji_ = _Kii no michi_.

17, 18 Read _a wo ba shitashikeku omohazu_.

23 _asoso_ or _azoso_ = _usu-usu_ = _wadzukani_--_asoso ni ha shire … katsu ha_ … but the text here appears corrupt.

For _mononofuno_, _amatobuya_, _tamatasuki_, _asamoyoshi_, _kusamakura_ see List m. k.

58

Futatose to ifu toshi (Zhimuki = Jinki) kinoto no ushi yayohi Mika no hara no totsumiya idemaseru toki wotome wo yete Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Mika no hara 1 tabi no yadori ni tamahokono michi no yukiahi ni amakumono 5 yoso nomi mitsutsu koto-tohamu yoshi no nakereba kokoro nomi muse-tsutsu aru ni 10 ame tsuchi no kami koto-yosete shikitaheno koromo-de kahete ono tsuma to 15 tanomeru ko-yohi aki no yo no momo yo no nagaku arikosenu ka mo.

Amakumo no 1 yoso ni mishi yori wagimoko ni kokoro mo mi sahe yori nishi mono wo. 5

12 _kotoyoseru_ strictly means to pretend, but I take it as involving a committal (of the lover’s fortunes) to the gods.

19 _ari koso ne_ (_kibô no kotoba_), Oh, that it might or may be so!

For _tamahokono_, _amakumono_, _shikitaheno_ see List m. k.

59

Sakanohe no Iratsume ga urami no uta hitotsu.

Oshiteru 1 Naniha no suge no nemokoro ni kimi ga kikoshite toshi fukaku 5 nagaku shi iheba masokagami togishi kokoro wo yurushiteshi sono hi no kihami 10 nami no muta nabiku tamamo no ka ni kaku ni kokoro ha motazu ohobuneno 15 tanomeru toki ni chihayaburu kami ya sakekemu utsusemino hito ka safuramu 20 kayohashishi kimi mo kimasazu tamadzusano tsukahi mo miyezu narinureba 25 ita mo sube nami nubatamano yoru ha sugara ni akarabiku hi mo kururu made 30 nagekedomo shirushi wo nami omohedomo ta-dzuki wo shirani tawayame to 35 ihaku mo shiruku tawarahano ne nomi nakitsutsu tamotohori kimi ga tsukahi wo 40 machi ya kanetemu.

1, 2 Introductory to _nemokoro_.

4 _kikoshite_ = _notamahite_.

12 This line serves as m. k. to the next.

13 swerving neither this nor that way.

29 _akarabiku_, the _ra_ is of unknown value, perhaps = _akarashiki wo hiku_, lead in earliest dawn.

For _oshiteru_, _masokagami_, _ohobuneno_, _chihayaburu_, _utsusemino_, _tamadzusano_, _nubatamano_, _akarabiku_, _tawarahano_ see List m. k.

MAKI IV, SHIMO

60

Sakanohe no Iratsume ga Tomi no todokoro yori ihe ni todomareru musume no Oho Iratsume ni okureru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Toko-yo ni to 1 aga yukanaku ni wo-kanato ni mono kanashirani omoherishi 5 aga ko no tozhi wo nubatamano yoru hiru to ihazu omofu nishi aga mi ha yasenu 10 nageku nishi sode sahe nurenu kaku bakari motona shi kohiba furu sato ni 15 kono tsuki-goro mo ari katemashi wo.

Asakamino 1 omohi midarete kaku bakari nane ga kofure so ime ni miyekeru. 5

1 though ’tis not as though I went to the Eternal Land, yet on parting with thee at the door overcome with grief was I, &c.

14 as ’tis of no avail to love thee.

17 _ari katemashi wo_ = _ari-katai koto kana!_

4 _nane_ = _nanzhi ane_, a term of endearment and respect.

5 Read _kofureba so nane ga_ &c.

For _nubatamano_, _asakamino_ see List m. k.

MAKI V, KAMI

61

Kanashimi no Yamato-uta hitotsu.

Ohokimi no 1 toho no Mikado to shiranuhi Tsukushi no kuni ni nakukonasu 5 shitahi kimashite iki dani mo imada yasumezu toshi tsuki mo ikuda mo araneba 10 kokoro yu mo omohanu ahida ni uchi-nabiki koyashinure ihamu sube 15 semu sube shirani iha ki wo mo tohi-sake shirazu ihe naraba katachi ha aramu wo 20 urameshiki imo no mikoto no are wo ba mo ika ni seyo to ka nihotorino 25 futari narabi-wi katarahishi kokoro somukite ihe-zakari imasu.

For _shiranuhi_, _nakukonasu_, _nihotorino_ see List m. k.

62

Madoheru kokoro wo kahesashimuru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Chichi haha wo 1 mireba tafutoshi me ko mireba megushi utsukushi nogaroyenu 5 haakara ukara nogaroyenu oimi itokemi tomo kaki mo koto-tohi kahasu 10 yo no naka ha kaku so kotowari mochitorino kakarahashi mo yo [haya kaha no 15 yuku he shiraneba] uke-gutsu wo nukitsuru gotoku fumi-nukite yuku chifu hito ha 20 iha ki yori nariteshi hito ka na ga na norasane ame he yukaba na ga ma ni ma ni 25 tsuchi nareba ohokimi imasu kono terasu hi tsuki no shita ha amakumono 30 mukafusu kihami taniguku no sa-wataru kihami kikoshiwosu kuni no mahora so 35 kani kaku ni hoshiki ma ni ma ni shika ni ha arazhi ka.

Hisakatano 1 ama-ji ha tohoshi naho naho ni ihe ni kaherite nari wo shimasani. 5

5 Supply _koto_, must not be avoided or shirked.

6, 8, 9, 10 The relations indicated are meant.