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Part 6

15 A sort of proverb.

19 i.e. trampling on the ethical rules (of Confucianism).

22, 23 are heptasyllabic, they conclude the first part of the lay.

23 _nanji ga na wo na-norasane_.

25 _na_ = _nanji_.

35 _mahora, kuni no_ is an emphatic expression for _kuni_, land; _mahora_ seems to mean mountain-secluded, central, or recessed portion of land.

5 _nari_, occupation, duty in life; _shimasani_ = _shimasane_.

For _mochitorino_, _amakumono_, _hisakatano_ see List m. k.

Kora wo shinubu uta hitotsu.

Urihameba 1 kodomo omohoyu kuri hameba mashite shinubayu idzuku yori 5 kitarishi mono manakahi ni motona kakarite yasu-i shi nasanu.

shirokane mo 1 kugane mo tama mo nani semu ni masareru takara ko ni shikame ya mo. 5

7 _manakahi_ = _ma na kahi_ = _me no ahida ni sono omokage no musamusa to kakarite_.

Yo no naka no todomarigataki wo kanashimeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.

Yo no naka no 1 sube naki mono ha toshi tsuki ha nagaruru gotoshi tori-tsudzuki 5 ohi-kuru mono ha momokusani seme-yori-kitaru wotomera ga wotome sabi su to 10 Kara tama wo tamoto ni makashi shirotaheno sode furi-kahashi kurenawino 15 aka mo susobiki yochi kora to te tadzusaharite asobikemu toki no sakari wo 20 todomi kane sugushi-yaretsure minanowata ka-guroki kami ni itsu no ma ka 25 shimo no furikemu ni no ho nasu omote no uhe ni idzuku yu ka 30 shiha kakitarishi masurawono wotoko sabi su to tsurugitachi koshi ni tori-haki 35 satsu yumi wo ta-nigiri mochite aka koma ni shitsu kura uchi-oki hahi-norite 40 asobi arukishi yo no naka ga tsune ni arikeru wotomera ga sa nasu itato wo 45 oshi-hiraki i-tadori yorite matamadeno tama-de sashikahe sa neshi yo no 50 ikuda mo araneba ta-tsukadzuwe koshi ni taganete kayukeba hito ni itohaye 55 kaku yukeba hito ni nikumaye oyoshiwo ha kaku nomi narishi tamakiharu 60 inochi woshikedo semu sube mo nashi.

Tokihanasu 1 kaku shi mo ka mo omohedomo yo no koto nareba todomi-kanetsu mo. 5

8 _seme_.

10 _sabi_, _shika buri_, wont, wonted art or fashion.

14 _furi-kahashi_, flutter their sleeves together.

17 _yochi_, of like age.

22 pass away.

24 _ka_ is intensitive prefix.

25 at some time or other.

27 _ni no ho_, ruddy-ear (of grain) like.

39 _shitsu kura_, saddle of patterned &c. Japanese stuff.

40 mount and ride.

45 close-shut wooden doors.

47 grope.

49 _tama-de_, fine arms.

52 hand-supporting-staff.

58 = _oyoso_.

1-8 this fleeting world.

9-31 passing character of woman’s charms.

32-62 impermanence of man’s strength and joys.

For _momokusani_, _shirotaheno_, _kurenawino_, _minanowata_, _masurawono_, _matamadeno_, _tamakiharu_, _tokihanasu_, see List m. k.

Yamanohe no Omi Okura ga Chinkwai-seki wo yomeru uta hitotsu.

Kakemaku ha 1 aya ni kashikoshi Tarashi hime kami no mikoto Karakuni wo 5 muke-tahiragete mi-kokoro wo shidzume-tamafu to i-torashite ihahi-tamahishi 10 ma-tama nasu futatsu no ishi wo yo no hito ni shimeshi-tamahite yorodzu yo ni 15 ihi-tsugu to gane watanosoko oki tsu no Fukaye no unakami no Kofu no hara ni 20 mi tetsukara okashi tamahite kamu nagara kamu sabi imasu kushi mitama 25 ima no otsutsu ni tafutoki ro ka mo!

16 _gane_ = _gani_ = _yô_.

17, 18 Epithetical of _Fuka_(_ye_).

19 _umi no kami_ = _umibe_.

21 her own royal hand.

22 = _oku_.

25 _kushi_, wondrous; _mitama_, _matama_, right precious jewels, or right-soul.

27 _ro_, see grammar.

For _watanosoko_ see List m. k.

MAKI V, SHIMO

Tsukushi no michi no kuchi (Chikuzen) no mikoto mochi no kami Yamanohe no Okura ga Kumagori ni kaharite sono kokorozashi wo noburu uta ni tsutsushimite nazorafuru uta mutsu mata zho.

Uchihisasu 1 Miya he noboru to tarachishino haha ga te hanare tsune shiranu 5 kuni no oku-ka wo momo he yama koyete sugi-yuki itsushikamo miyako wo mimu to 10 omohitsutsu katarahi woredo ono ga mi shi itahashikereba tamahokono 15 michi no kuma mi ni kusa ta-wori shiba tori-shikite toko-zhi mono uchi-koi-fushite 20 omohitsutsu nageki-fuseraku kuni ni araba chichi tori-mimashi ihe ni araba 25 haha tori-mimashi yo no naka ha kaku nomi narashi inu zhi mono michi ni fushite ya 30 inochi suginamu.

Hito yo ni ha 1 futatabi miyenu chichi haha wo okite ya nagaku aga wakarenamu! 5

16 _mi_ = _mahari_, or tract, vicinity.

For _uchihisasu_, _tarachishino_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

Hinkiu mondou no uta.

Kaze mazhiri 1 ame furu yo no ame mazhiri yuki furu yo ha sube mo naku 5 samuku shi areba kata shiho wo tori-tsudzushirohi kasu-yu sake uchi-susurohite 10 shihabukahi hana bishi bishi ni shikato aranu hige kaki-nadete are wo okite 15 hito ha arazhi to hokorohedo samuku shi areba asa fusuma hiki kagafuri 20 nuno katakinu ari no kotogoto kisohedomo samuki yo sura wo ware yori mo 25 madzushiki hito no chichi haha ha uwe-samukaramu me kodomo ha kohite nakuramu 30 kono toki ha ika ni shitsutsu ka na ga yo ha wataru ametsuchi ha hiroshi to ihedo 35 aga tame ha saku ya narinuru hi-tsuki ha akashi to ihedo aga tame ha 40 teri ya tamahanu hito mina ka a nomi ya shikaru wakuraba ni hito to ha aru wo 45 hitonami ni are mo tsukuru wo wata mo naki nuno katakinu no miru no goto 50 wawake sagareru kakafu nomi kata ni uchi-kake fuse-iho no mage iho no uchi ni 55 hita tsuchi ni wara toki-shikite chichi haha ha makura no kata ni me kodomo ha 60 ato no kata ni kakumi-wite urehi samayohi kamado ni ha keburi fuki-tatezu 65 koshiki ni ha kumo no su kakite ihi-kashiku koto mo wasurete nuye tori no 70 nodo yobi woru ni itonokite mizhikaki monowo hashikiru to iheru ga goto ku 75 shimoto toru sato wosa ga kowe ha neya-do made ki tachi yobahinu kaku bakari 80 subenaki mono ka yo no naka no michi.

Yamanohe no Okura tonzhiu tsutsushimite tatematsuru [kô-kyo-kôrai] no uta hitotsu.

Kamiyo yori 1 ihitsutekeraku soramitsu Yamato no kuni ha sume kami no 5 itsukushiki kuni kototama no sakihafu kuni to katari-tsugi ihitsukahikeri 10 ima no yo no hito mo kotogoto me no mahe ni mitari shiritari hito saha ni 15 michite ha aredomo takahikaru hi no mikado kamu nagara mede no sakari ni 20 ame no shita mawoshi-tamahishi ihe no koto yerabi-tamahite ohomikoto 25 itadaki mochite Morokoshi no tohoki sakahi ni tsukahasare makari-imase 30 unahara no he ni mo oki ni mo kamu tsumari ushi-haki imasu moromoro no 35 ohomi kami-tachi funa no he ni michibiki mawoshi ametsuchi no ohomi kami-tachi 40 Yamato no ohokuni mitama hisakatano ama no mi sora yu ama kakeri 45 mi-watashi-tamahi koto wohari kaheramu hi ni ha mata sara ni ohomi kami-tachi 50 funa no he ni mi-te uchi kakete sumi-naha wo hahetaru gotoku [ajinosumu] 55 Chika no saki yori ohotomo no Mitsu no hamabi ni tada hate ni mi fune ha hatemu 60 tsutsumi naku sakiku imashite haya kaherimase!

7 the spirit or genius of language.

22 _mawoshi_, govern, administer.

23 Cp. the Spanish _hidalgo_.

34 _ushi-haki_ (_nushi-haki_) = girt with dominion.

61 = _tsutsuganaku_, free from trouble or anxiety.

For _soramitsu_, _takahikaru_, _hisakatano_, _ajinosumu_ see List m. k.

(Rōshin jiubyô) toshi wo hete kurushimi mata kora wo omofu uta itsutsu (nagauta hitotsu).

Tamakiharu 1 uchi no kagiri ha tahirakeku yasuku mo aramu wo koto mo naku 5 mo naku mo aramu wo yo no naka no ukeku tsurakeku itonokite itaki kidzu ni ha 10 karashiho wo sosogu chifu gotoku masumasu mo omoki umani ni uhani utsu to 15 ifu koto no goto oi nite aru aga mi no uhe ni yamahi wo ra kahahete shi areba 20 hiru ha mo nagekahi kurashi yoru ha mo ikidzuki akashi toshi nagaku 25 ya mishi watareba tsuki kasane urehi samayohi kotogoto ha shinana to ’mohedo 30 sabahenasu sawaku kodomo wo utsutete ha shini ha shirazu mitsutsu areba 35 kokoro ha moyenu ka ni kaku ni omohi-wadzurahi ne nomi shi nakayu!

5 _mo_ here is mourning.

9 = _itodoshiku_.

19 _ra_, a separated plural affix (rare).

26 _ya_ = _yoru_.

30 _shinamu_.

33 _sutsuru_.

For _tamakiharu_, _sabahenasu_ see List m. k.

Furuhi wo kofuru uta mitsu (naga uta hitotsu mizhika-uta futatsu).

Yo no hito no 1 tafuto mi negafu nanakusa no takara mo areba nani semu ni 5 negahi-hori semu waga naka no umare idetaru shiratamano waga ko Furuhi ha 10 aka-hoshi no akuru ashita ha shikitaheno toko no be sarazu tateredomo 15 woredomo tomo ni kaki-nadete koto-tohi tahare yufu-dzudzu no yufube ni nareba 20 iza neyo to te wo tadzusahari chichi haha mo uhe ha na sakari sakikusano 25 naka ni wo nemu to uruhashiku shiga kataraheba itsushika mo hito to nari idete 30 ashikeku mo yokeku mo mimu to ohobuneno omohi-tanomu ni omohanu ni 35 yokoshima kaze no nihaka ni mo ohohi kitareba semu sube no tadoki wo shirani 40 shirotaheno tasuki wo kake maso-kagami te ni torimochite amatsukami 45 afugi kohi nomi kunitsukami fushite nukadzuki kakarazu mo kakari mo yoshiwe 50 ame tsuchi no kami no mani-mani to tachi-azari waga kohi-nomedo shimashiku mo 55 yokeku ha nashi ni yauyau ni katachi tsukuhori asanasana ifukoto yami 60 tamakiharu inochi tahenure tachi-wodori ashi suri sakebi fushi afugi 65 mune uchinageki te ni motaru aga ko tobashitsu yo no naka no michi.

48 _nuka_ = _hitai_.

53 _tachi-azari_, wander about distractedly.

55 = _shibashiku_.

57 An old form of _ya-ya_.

65 to lie supine.

68 = _tobitsu_. Here read _’aga ko … michi wo tobashitsu_.

vv. 1-10 are introductory to Furuhi--they form a pre-adjunct.

11-28 _shiga_--describes Furuhi’s manner--the words _iza neyo … nemu_ being his; 28-34 the father’s hopes; 35-40 suggest the boy’s illness; 41-54 the prayers and despair of the father; 55-62 the gradual decline and death of Furuhi; 63 to end, the father’s grief at his loss.

This lay repays close study as an example of the language of the Manyôshiu.

For _shiratamano_, _shikitaheno_, _sakikusano_, _ohobuneno_, _shirotaheno_, _tamakiharu_ see List m. k.

MAKI VI, KAMI

Kusagusa no uta.

Rauyau (Rôyô) nanatose to ifu toshi midzunoto wi satsuki Yoshinu no totsumiya ni idemaseru toki Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Tagi no he no 1 Mifune no yama ni midzu-ye sashi shizhi ni ohitaru tsuganokino 5 iya tsugitsugi ni yorodzu yo ni kaku shi shirasamu Mi-Yoshinu no Akidzu no miya ha 10 kami kara ka tafutokaruramu kuni kara ka migahoshikaramu yama kaha wo 15 atsumi-sayakemi ohomiya to ube shi kami-yo yu sadamekerashi mo.

Yama takami 1 shira-yufu hana ni ochitagitsu tagi no kafuchi ha miredo akanu ka mo. 5

1-9 lead up to 10.

For _tsuganokino_, _ochitagitsu_ see List m. k.

Kuramochi no Asomi Chitose ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Umakori 1 aya ni tomoshiki narukamino oto nomi kikishi Mi-Yoshinu no 5 maki tatsu yama yu mi-kudaseba kaha no se goto ni ake-kureba asa-giri tachi 10 yufu sareba kahadzu naku nari himo tokanu tabi ni shi areba a nomi shite 15 kiyoki kahara wo miraku shi woshi mo.

1 _umakori_ = _umaki ori_, pretty-woven.

1-5 introductory to Yoshinu; 6-12 descriptive; 13 to end, the poet’s reflections.

For _umakori_, _narukamino_ see List m. k.

Zhimuki (Jinki) hazhime toshi kinoye ne kaminadzuki itsuka no hi Ki no kuni ni idemaseru toki Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 wago ohokimi no totsu-miya to tsukahematsureru Sahika nu yu 5 so-gahi ni miyuru oki tsu shima kiyoki nagisa ni kaze fukeba shiranami sawaki 10 shiho hireba tamamo karitsutsu kami yo yori shika so tafutoki Tamatsushima yama. 15

(Jinki) futatose satsuki Yoshinu no totsu miya ni idemaseru toki Kasa no Asomi Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Ashihikino 1 mi yama mo saya ni ochi tagitsu Yoshinu no kaha no kaha no se no 5 kiyoki wo mireba kami-he ni ha chidori shiba-naki shimo-he ni ha kahadzu tsumayobu 10 momoshikino oho-miya hito mo wochi-kochi ni shizhi ni shi areba miru goto ni 15 aya ni tomoshimi tamakadzura tayuru koto naku yorodzu yo ni kaku shi mo ga mo to 20 ame-tsuchi no kami wo so inoru kashikokaredomo.

For _ashihikino_, _momoshikino_, _tamakadzura_ see List m. k.

Yamabe no Sukune Akahito ga yomeru uta.

Yasumishishi 1 wago ohokimi no takashirasu Yoshinu no miya ha tatanadzuku 5 awo-kaki-gomori kaha nami no kiyoki Kafuchi so haru he ha hana saki wowori 10 aki sareba kiri tachi-wataru sono yama no iya masu-masu ni kono kaha no 15 tayuru koto naku momoshikino ohomiya hito ha tsune ni kayohamu.

For _yasumishishi_, _tatanadzuku_, _momoshikino_ see List m. k.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi ha Mi-Yoshinu no Akidzu no wo-nu no nu no he ni ha 5 tomi suwe-okite nu yama ni ha i-me tate-watashi asa-gari ni shishi fumi-okoshi 10 yufu-gari ni tori fumi-tate uma namete mi-kari so tatasu haru no shige nu ni. 15

[Jinki futatose] kaminadzuki Naniha no miya ni idemaseru toki Kanamura ga yomeru uta.

Oshiteru 1 Naniha no kuni ha ashikakino furinishi sato to hito mina no 5 omohi-yasumite tsure mo naku arishi ahida ni umiwonasu Nagara no miya ni 10 maki-hashira futo taka shikite wosu kuni wo wosame-tamaheba okitsutori 15 Ajifu no hara ni mononofuno yaso tomo no wo ha ihori shite miyako to nareri 20 tabi ni ha aredomo.

1-7 introductory to 8.

9-14 erection of country-palace.

15 to end, the _yasotomono wo_ build their abodes round about the palace, and so a City-Royal is established.

For _oshiteru_, _ashikakino_, _umiwonasu_, _okitsutori_, _mononofuno_ see List m. k.

Kuramochi no Asomi chitose ga yomeru uta.

Isanatori 1 hama he wo kiyomi uchi-nabiki ofuru tamamo ni asa-nagi ni 5 chihe nami yori yufu-nagi ni ihohe nami yoru oki tsu nami iya masu-masu ni 10 he tsu nami no iya shiku-shiku ni tsuki ni ke ni hihi ni migahoshi ima nomi ni 15 aki-darame ya mo shiranami no i-saki-motoheru Suminoye no hama.

16 _aki-darame_: _aki_ is written ‘autumn’, but the homophon meaning ‘satiety’ is intended.

For _isanatori_ see List m. k.

Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Ame tsuchi no 1 tohoki ga gotoku hi tsuki no nagaki ga gotoku oshiteru 5 Naniha no miya ni wago ohokimi kuni shirasurashi mi-ke tsu kuni hi-hi no mi-tsuki to 10 Ahaji no Nushima no ama no watanosoko okitsu ikuri ni ahabi tama 15 saha ni kadzuki-de fune namete tsukahematsuru ka tafutoshi mireba.

16 _kadzuki_ (_kami tsuku_), dive.

19 Read _mireba tafutoshi_.

For _oshiteru_, _watanosoko_ see List m. k.

[Jinki] mitose to ifu toshi hinoye tora nagatsuki towoka mari itsuka no hi Harima no kuni Inami-nu ni idemaseru toki Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Nakisumi no 1 Funase yu miyuru Ahaji shima Matsuho no ura ni asanagi ni 5 tamamo karitsutsu yufunagi ni mo shiho-yakitsutsu ama wotome ari to ha kikedo 10 mi ni yukamu yoshi no nakereba masurawono kokoro ha nashi ni tawayame no 15 omohi-tawamite tamotohori are haso kofuru fune kaji wo nami.

For _masurawono_ see List m. k.

Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu [migi ni onazhi miyuki no toki].

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi no kamu nagara takashiraseru Inami-nu no 5 Oho-umi no hara no arataheno Fujiye no ura ni shibi tsuru to ama-bune sawaki 10 shiho-yaku to hito so saha naru ura wo yomi ube mo tsuri ha su hama wo yomi 15 ube mo shiho yaku ari-gayohi mesaku mo shirushi kiyoki shirahama.

Inami-nu no 1 asaji oshi-nabe sanuru yo no ke nagashiku areba ihe shi shinubayu. 5

17-19 Read _arigayohi mishitamafu mo ichishiruku kiyokute omoshiroki shirahama zo to nari_.

3 _sanuru_ = _yadori suru_.

4 _ke_ = _ki-he_.

5 _shinubayeru_.

For _yasumishishi_, _arataheno_ see List m. k.

Karani no shima wo suguru toki Akahito ga yomeru uta.

Umasahafu 1 imo ga mekarete shikitaheno makura mo akazu [makazu] kaniha maki 5 tsukureru fune ni ma kaji nuki aga kogi-kureba Ahaji no Nushima wo sugi 10 Inamitsuma Karani no shima no shima no ma yu wagihe wo mireba awoyama no 15 soko to mo miyezu shirakumo mo chihe ni narikinu kogi-tamuru ura no kotogoto 20 yuki-kakuru shima no saki-zaki kuma mo okazu omohi so aga kuru tabi no ke nagake! 25

Tamamokaru 1 Karani no shima ni shima mi suru u ni shi mo are ya ihe ’mohazaramu! 5

2 _imo ga mekarete_ = _me hanuru_, the eye (features, i.e. person) being separated from me.

4 _akazu_ probably should be _makazu_.

5 _kaniha_ = _kaba_, birch.

7 _nuki_, place oars in position, on thole or between rowlocks.

11 _Inamitsuma_, of _tsuma_, the meaning is uncertain, perhaps tract or neighbourhood; _tsuma_, border.

19 _tamuru_, a weak form of _tamotohoru_.

22 cape after cape: see K. 80. 345, _shima no sakizaki_.

23 _kuma mo okazu_ = _kuma (sumi) mo ochizu_, a not infrequent expression in the Manyôshiu.

24 _omohite so aga kuru tabi ga ki-he nagashi_.

25 _ke_ = _ki-he_ (_kuru-henuru_).

1, 2 _karu_ _kara_, probably a designed jingle.

4, 5 would I were but a cormorant, then I should be free from homesickness.

As to the m. k. _shikitahe_ and _umasahafu_: _shikitahe_, spread-cloth, seems originally to have meant a garment worn to sleep in, or a coverlet. It is applied to night, sleeping, night garments, pillows, &c.

_Umasahafu_ is the reading preferred by the Kogi to that in the text, _ajisahafu_. Of neither can any certain explanation be given. On the whole I am inclined to prefer the one suggested of _umasahafu_ under that word in the Kogi’s list of _makura kotoba_.--_umashi-aha-fu_, field of sweet millet; _ahafu_ = millet-field in K. 143, n. 2, _fu_ is perhaps an original form of _hafu_ or _hae_. The ancient Japanese _f_ (perhaps derived from a lost _p_) was something like the Highland ‘fwh’ in ‘fwhat’ of which the different elements were prominent in connexion with particular vowel sounds. As significant of numerousness, it is applied to _mure_ (flock, crowd) contracted into _me_ (to which through a homophon meaning ‘woman’ it is applied in the text) as well as sometimes to _yoru_, night (homophon of _yoru_, gather together, collect). There are parallel etymologies quoted by the Kogi, but it is needless to detail them here. _Umashiahafu_ would contract into _umasahafu_; _umashi_ may be written with a character _aji_, meaning taste, savour--hence _ajisahafu_, and of this the _aji_ might be confounded with its homonym _aji_ (a kind of teal or widgeon), explaining a common way of writing the expression--teal-marsh-abundant.

For _umasahafu_, _shikitaheno_ see List m. k.

Minume no ura wo suguru toki Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Mikemukafu 1 Ahaji no shima ni tada mukafu Minume no ura no oki he ni ha 5 fukamiru tsumi urami ni ha nanori-so kari fukamiruno mimaku hoshikedo 10 nanorisono onoga na woshimi ma tsukahi mo yarazute are ha ikeru to mo nashi. 15

Suma no ama no 1 shiho-yaki kinu no narenaba ka hito hi mo kimi wo wasurete omohamu. 5

For _mikemukafu_, _fukamiruno_, _nanorisono_ see List m. k.

(Jinki) yotose to ifu toshi hinoto no u mutsuki ohokimitachi omitachi ni mikotonori shite Jintôryô ni hanachi imashime tamaheru toki ni yomeru uta hitotsu.

Makuzuhafu 1 Kasuka no yama ha uchinabiku haru sari yuku to yama no he ni 5 kasumi tachibiki Takamato ni uguisu nakinu mononofuno yaso tomo no wo ha 10 karigane no ki-tsugi konogoro kaku tsukite tsune ni ariseba tomo namete 15 asobamu mono wo uma namete yukamashi sato wo machi-kate ni aga seshi haru wo 20 kakemaku mo aya ni kashikoshi ihamaku mo yuyushikaramu to arakazhime 25 kanete shiriseba chidori naku sono Saho-gaha ni iso ni ofuru suga no ne torite 30 shinubu-gusa harahite mashi wo yuku midzu ni misogite mashi wo ohokimino 35 mikoto kashikomi momoshikino ohomiya hito no tamahokono michi ni mo idezu 40 kofuru kono goro.

10-14 the Kogi text is followed.

11 a species of wild goose; also _kari ga ne_, the scream of the wild geese.

19-20 the spring we have made vain to wait for.

40-41 _sankin ni ahite midari ni michi ni idzuru koto dani yezushite_.

For _makuzuhafu_, _uchinabiku_, _mononofuno_, _momoshikino_, _ohokimino_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

Of the above lay the text is more or less uncertain, the syntax is confused, and the meaning in part obscure.

(Tempyô) futatose shimotsuki Sakanohe no Iratsume ga Kami no ihe yori michi-dachi shite Tsukushi no michi no kuchi no kuni (Chikuzen) Munakata no kohori Nagoyama wo koyuru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.

Ohonamuji 1 Sukunabikona no kami koso ha nadzuke somekeme na nomi wo 5 Nagoyama to ohite aga kohi no chihe no hito he mo nagusame naku ni.

7 _kohi_ = _[miyako wo] kohishiku omofu_.

(Tempyô) yotose to ifu toshi midzunoye saru Fujihara no Umakahi no mahetsukimi nishi no umi tsu ji no setsudoshi ni tsukahasaruru toki Takahashi no Murazhi Mushimaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.

Shirakumono 1 Tatsuta no yama no tsuyu shimo ni iro-dzuku toki ni uchi-koyete 5 tabi-yuku kimi ha ihohe yama i-yuki sakumi ata-mamoru Tsukushi ni itari 10 yama no soki nu no soki mesedo tomo no be wo agachi tsukahashi yamabikoni 15 kotahemu kihami taniguku no sa wataru kihami kuni-gata wo meshi-tamahite 20 fuyukomori haru sari-yukaba tobutorino haya kaheri-kone Tatsuta-ji no 25 Wokabe no michi ni ni-tsutsuzhi no nihohamu toki no sakura-bana sakinamu toki ni 30 yamatadzuno mukahe-mawi demu kimi ga kimasaba.

Chiyorodzu no 1 ikusa naritomo koto agesezu torite kinubeki wotoko to so ’mofu. 5

3 _tsuyu shimo ni_, by the rime and dew (which cause the ruddy leafage of autumn). But see Glossary. Other explanations are possible, but the above seems most suitable.

3 _koto agesezu_ = _ihitatsuru koto naku_.

For _shirakumono_, _yamabikoni_, _fuyukomori_, _tobutorino_, _yamatadzuno_ (not rendered in the translation) see List m. k.

Sumera mikoto no setsudoshi no mahetsukimitachi ni ohomiki tamaheru ohomi-uta hitotsu.

Wosukuni no 1 toho no mikado ni imashira shi kaku makarinaba tahirakeku 5 are ha asobamu te udakite are ha imasamu sumera waga udzu no mite mochi 10 kaki-nade so negi-tamafu uchi-nade so negi-tamafu kaheri-komu hi 15 ahi nomamu ki so kono toyomiki ha

10 _udzu_, precious or sacred; _mi-te_ = _mi tahe_.

11, 13 _kaki_ and _uchi_ are prefix verbs having an emphatic value; _nade_ = propitiate, _negi_ (_negafu_), intreat.

MAKI VI, SHIMO

(Tempyô) yatose to ifu toshi hinoye ne minadzuki Yoshinu no totsumiya ni idemaseru toki Akahito ga mikotonori wo uketamaharite yomeru uta hitotsu.

Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi no meshi-tamafu Yoshinu no miya ha yama-takami 5 kumo so tanabiku kaha hayami se no to so kiyoki kamusabite mireba tafutoku 10 yoroshi nabe mireba sayakeshi konoyama no tsukiba nomi koso kono kaha no 15 tayeba nomi koso momoshikino ohomiya tokoro yamu toki mo arame!

3 _meshi_ = _mishi_.

11 _yoroshi nabe_, and likewise excellent.

14 _tsukiba_ and 16 _tayeba_ have much the same value.

16 _nomi koso_, the _koso_ emphasizes the two _nomi_.

89, 90, 91

Isonokami no Otomaro no mahetsukimi (kyô) Tosa no kuni ni hanatayeshi toki uta mitsu.

Isonokami 1 Furu no mikoto ha tawayame no sadohi ni yorite uma-zhi mono 5 naha tori-tsuke shishi zhi mono yumi-ya kakumite ohokimi no mikoto kashikomi 10 amazakaru hina he ni makaru furukoromo Matsuchi no yama yu kaheri-konu ka mo. 15

For _amazakaru_, _furukoromo_ see List m. k.

Ohokimi no 1 mikoto kashikomi sashinamino kuni ni idemasu hashikiyashi 5 waga se no kimi wo kakemaku mo yuyushiki kashikoshi Suminoye no ara hito kami 10 funa no he ni ushi-haki-tamahi tsuki-tamahamu shima no saki-zaki yori tamahamu 15 iso no saki-zaki araki nami kaze ni ahasezu tsutsumi naku mi yamahi arazu 20 sumuyakeku kaheshi-tamahane moto no kuni he ni.

3-4 perhaps should run _sashinamino_ | _Tosa no kuni ni_ | _idemasu ya_.

10 _ara_ = _arahareru_--but see Aston, _Shintô_.

12 _ushi_ = _mushi_ (_ni shite hakasu_).

13, 15 _tsuki_ rather refers to direction, _yori_ to approach.

19 = _tsutsuga naku_, untroubled.

21 = _sumiyaka ni_. Motowori says _sumu_ = _susumu_.

For _sashinamino_ see List m. k.

Chichi kimi ni 1 are ha manago so omo tozhi ni are ha manago so mawi-nobori 5 yaso uji hito no tamuke suru Kashiko no saka ni nusa matsuri are ha so makaru 10 tohoki Tosa-ji wo.

5, 6, 7 introduce _kashiko_ (Kashiko). Motowori considers the subject of 5 to be Isonokami.

Nara no miyako no aretaru wo kanashimi yomeru uta hitotsu.