Part 7
Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi no takashikasu Yamato kuni ha sumerogi no 5 kami no mi yo yori shikimaseru kuni nishi areba aremasamu miko no tsugi tsugi 10 amenoshita shiroshimesamu to ya ho yorodzu chi-tose wo kanete sadamekemu 15 Nara no miyako ha kagirohino haru nishi areba Kasuga yama Mikasa no nu-he ni 20 sakura hana ko no kure-gakure kaho-tori ha ma naku shiba naku tsuyushimono 25 aki sari-kureba Hakahi yama Tobuhi ga take ni hagi no ye wo shigarami chirashi 30 sawoshika ha tsuma yobi-toyome yama mireba yama mo migahoshi sato mireba 35 sato mo sumiyoshi mononofuno yaso tomo no wo no uchi-hahete sato namishikeba 40 ametsuchi no yori-ahi no kihami yorodzu no yo ni sakaye yukamu to omohi nishi 45 ohomiya sura wo tanomerishi Nara no miyako wo arata yo no koto nishi areba 50 ohokimi no hiki no manimani haruhanano utsurohi kahari muratorino 55 asa tachi yukeba sasudakeno ohomiya hito no fumi narashi kayohishi michi ha 60 uma mo yukazu hito mo yukaneba are ni keru ka mo!
3 _takashikasu_ = _takashirasu_.
9 _araharemasamu_.
24 The first _naku_ = not-be, the second, cry, sing.
39 _uchi-hahete_, _hafu_, extend.
41-42 set forth men’s hopes. Nara would long endure--a sort of common form in lays of this character. 53 to end describe the impermanence of things and the desolation of the abandoned Capital.
For _yasumishishi_, _kagirohino_, _tsuyushimono_, _mononofuno_, _haruhanano_, _muratorino_, _sasudakeno_ see List m. k. Most of these can only be rendered indirectly.
93, 94
Kuni no nihimiyako wo tatafuru uta futatsu.
93
Akitsukami 1 waga ohokimi no ame no shita Yashima no uchi ni kuni ha shi mo 5 ohoku aredomo sato ha shi mo saha ni aredomo yama nami no yoroshiki kuni to 10 kaha nami no tachi-afu sato to Yamashiro no Kase-yama no ma ni miya-hashira 15 futoshiki matsuri takashirasu Futagi no miya ha kaha chikami se no to so kiyoki 20 yama chikami tori ga ne-doyomu aki sareba yama mo todoro ni sawoshika ha 25 tsuma yobi-doyome haru sareba woka be no shizhi ni ihaho ni ha hana saki-wowori 30 ana omoshiro Futagi no hara ito tafuto ohomiya tokoro ubeshi koso 35 waga ohokimi ha kimi no mani kikashitamahite sasudakeno ohomiya koko to 40 sadamekerashi mo.
For _akitsukami_, _sasudakeno_ see List m. k.
94
Waga ohokimi 1 kami no mikoto no takashirasu Futagi no miya ha momo ki moru 5 yama ha ko-dakashi ochi-tagitsu se no ’to mo kiyoshi uguhisu no ki naku haru he ha 10 ihaho ni ha yama shita-hikari nishiki nasu hana saki wowori sawoshika no 15 tsuma yobu aki ha ama-girafu shigure wo itami sanidzurafu momichi chiritsutsu 20 yachi tose ni are tsukashitsutsu ame no shita shiroshimesamu to momo yo ni mo 25 kaharubekaranu ohomiya tokoro.
Wotomera ga 1 umi wo kaku chifu Kase no yama toki shi yukereba miyako to narinu. 5
5 The meaning of _moru_ is disputed. The Kogi follows Motowori, taking _moru_ as equivalent to _shigeru_.
22 = _chôtei ni tsukahematsuru wo_. _are_ = _arahare_.
3 _kase_, homophon of _Kase_, means skein or spool.
For _sanidzurafu_, see List m. k.
95
Haru no koro Mika no hara no miyako no aretaru wo kanashimi yomeru uta hitotsu.
Mika no hara 1 Kuni no miyako ha yama takami kaha no se kiyomi ari yoshi to 5 hito ha ihedomo sumi yoshi to are ha omohedo furi nishi sato nishi areba 10 kuni miredo hito mo kayohazu sato mireba ihe no aretari hashikeyashi 15 kaku arikeru ka mi moro tsuku Kase yama no ma ni saku hana ni iro medzurashiku 20 momotorino kowe natsukashiki ari-gahoshi sumi yoki sato no aruraku woshi mo! 25
2 _Kuni_, is City-Royal; in 11 _kuni_ is ‘land’ or ‘country.’
15 must be read, though indirectly, with 18, 16 being parenthetical.
17 Motowori prefers _umi wo kaku_ (see 94).
_tsuku_ = _tsukuru_.
25 _aruraku_ = _aruru_, lie desolate, waste.
For _momotorino_ see List m. k.
96
Naniha no miya nite yomeru uta hitotsu.
Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi no ari-gayofu Naniha no miya ha isanatori 5 umi katatsukite tama hirifu hama he wo chikami asa ha furu nami no ’to sawaki 10 yufu nagi ni kaji no ’to kikoyu akatoki no ne-same ni kikeba umi chikami 15 shihohi no muta urasu ni ha chidori tsuma yobi ashi-he ni ha tadzu ga ne-doyomu 20 miru hito no katari ni sureba kiku hito no mimakuhori suru mikemukafu 25 Ajifu no miya ha miredo akanu ka wo.
16 _muta_ = _tomo ni_.
22 _ni_ = _wo_.
24 _migahoshiku_.
27 _akanu_, unwearied of.
For _yasumishishi_, _isanatori_, _mikemukafu_ see List m. k.
97
Minume no ura wo suguru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.
Yachihokono 1 kami no mi yo yori momofuneno hatsuru tomari to Yashima kuni 5 momo funa hito no sadameteshi Minume no ura ha asa kaze ni ura nami sawaki 10 yufu nami ni tamamo ha ki-yoru shira manago kiyoki hama-he ha yuki kaheri 15 miredomo akazu ubeshi koso miru hito goto ni katari-tsugi shinubikerashiki 20 momoyo hete shinubaye yukamu kiyoki shira hama.
1-7 introductory to 8. 9 to end descriptive and eulogistic.
13 _manago_ = _masago_, sand, pebbles.
For _yachihokono_, _momofuneno_ see List m. k.
MAKI VIII, KAMI
Haru no kusagusa no uta.
98
Kusaka yama no uta.
Oshiteru 1 Naniha wo sugite uchi nabiku Kusaka no yama wo yufu-gure ni 5 aga koye-kureba yama mo se ni sakeru ashibi no ashikaranu kimi wo itsushika 10 yukite haya mimu.
7 _se ni_, crowdedly, thickly.
8, 9 sound-quibble, _ashibi_ and _ashikaranu_.
10, 11 There is inversion here.
For _oshiteru_ and _uchinabiku_ see List m. k.
99
Sakura no hana no uta.
Wotomera ga 1 kazashi no tame ni miyabi-wo no katsura no tame to shikimaseru 5 kuni no hatate ni saki nikeru sakura no hana no nihohi ha mo ana ni!
Haru no shitashimi uta.
100
(Tempyô) itsutose to ifu toshi midzunoto tori nochi no yayohi Kanamura ga Morokoshi ni tsukahasu tsukahi ni okureru uta.
Tamatasuki 1 kakenu toki naku iki no wo ni aga ’mofu kimi ha utsusemino 5 [yo no hito nareba ohokimi no] mikoto kashikomi yufu sareba tadzu ga tsuma yobu 10 Naniha-gata Mitsu no saki yori ohobune ni ma kaji shizhi nuki shira-nami no 15 takaki arumi wo shima-dzutahi i-wakare yukeba todomareru are ha nusa tori 20 ihahitsutsu kimi wo ba matamu haya kaherimase!
1-8 are a preface.
2 without breach of truce.
3 _iki no wo_, thread of life.
6, 7 Interpolated on the authority of Keichiu.
16 _arumi_ = _aruru umi_.
For _tamatasuki_, _utsusemino_ see List m. k.
Natsu no shitashimi uta.
101
Ohotomo no Yakamochi ga tachibana wo yojite Sakanohe no Oho-Iratsume ni okureru uta.
Itsushika to 1 matsu waga yado ni momo-ye-zashi ofuru tachibana tama ni nuku 5 sa-tsuki wo chikami ayenu gani hana saki ni keri asa ni ke ni ide-miru goto ni 10 iki no wo ni aga ’mofu imo ni masokagami kiyoki tsuki-yo ni tada hito me 15 misemu made ni ha chiri-kosu na yume to ihitsutsu kokodaku mo aga moru mono wo 20 uretaki ya shiko hototogisu akatoki no urakanashiki ni ohedo ohedo 25 naho shi ki-nakite itadzura ni tsuchi ni chiraseba sube wo nami yojite ta-woritsu 30 mimase wagimoko!
Mochi kudachi 1 kiyoki tsuku yo ni wagimoko ni misemu to ’mohishi yado no tachibana! 5
7 _ayenu_ = _ayenuru_, ready to set for fruit?
_gani_ = _yô_, _sama_.
19 _kokodaku_ = _ikubaku_.
1 _mochi kudachi_ = _michikudari_ = full and on the turn.
For _masokagami_ see List m. k.
MAKI VIII, SHIMO
Aki no kusagusa no uta.
102
Yamanohe no Omi Okura ya nanuka no yo [Tanabata] no uta towo amari futatsu (naga-uta hitotsu).
(5)
Hisakatano 1 ama no kaha se ni fune ukete koyohi ka kimi ga agari ki-masamu. 5
(6)
Hiko-hoshi ha 1 Tanabata tsu me to ame tsuchi no wakareshi toki yu inamushiro 5 kaha ni mukitachi omofu sora yasukaranaku ni nageku sora yasukaranaku ni 10 awo nami ni nozomi ha tayenu shira kumo ni namida ha tsukinu kaku nomi ya 15 ikidzuke woramu kaku nomi ya kohitsutsu aramu sa ni-nuri no wo bune mo ga mo 20 tama-maki no ma kai mo ga mo asa nagi ni i-kaki-watari yufu shiho ni 25 i-kogi-watari hisakatano ama no kahara ni amatobuya hire katashiki 30 matamadeno tama-de sashikahe amata tabi imo neteshi ka mo aki ni arazu to mo! 35
3 _ukete_, float, launch.
6 _muki-tachi_, stand by.
8, 10 _ni_ is adverbial, in 11, 13 postpositional.
13 Supply _furisake mireba_.
15, 17 _ya_ is dubitative, with a tinge of regret.
24 beat (the water with oar or scull) and cross.
24, 26 _i_ is a prefix of which the original value is lost.
30 _katashiki_, spread out to one side.
For _hisakatano_, _inamushiro_, _amatobuya_, _matamadeno_ see List m. k.
Aki no shitashimi uta.
103
Yakamochi ga Sakanohe no Oho-Iratsume ni okureru uta.
Nemokoro ni 1 mono wo omoheba ihamu sube semu sube mo nashi imo to aga 5 te tadzusaharite ashita ni ha niha ni idetachi yufuhe ni ha toko uchi-harahi 10 shirotaheno sode sashikahete sa-neshi yo ya tsune ni arikeru ashihikino 15 yamadori koso ha wo mukahi ni tsuma-dohi su to ihe utsusemino hito naru are ya 20 nani su to ka hito hi hito yo mo sakari-wite nageki kofuramu koko ’moheba 25 mune koso itame soko yuwe ni kokoro nagu ya to Takamato no yama ni mo nu ni mo 30 uchi-yukite asobi arukedo hana nomi shi nihohite areba miru goto ni 35 mashite shinubayu ika ni shite wasuremu mono so kohi chifu mono wo.
17 _wo mukahi_, over the hills.
28 _nagu_ = _nagusamuru_.
3-9 inversion.
For _shirotaheno_, _ashihikino_, _utsusemino_ see List m. k.
MAKI IX, KAMI
Kusagusa no uta.
104
Kamitsufusa (Kadzusa) Suwe no Tamana no wotome wo yomeru uta hitotsu-mata mizhika uta.
Shinagatori 1 Aha ni tsukitaru adzusayumi Suwe no Tamana ha muna wake no 5 hirokeki wagimo koshi hoso no sugaru wotome no sono kaho no kirakirashiki ni 10 hana no goto wemite tatereba tamahokono michi yuku hito ha ono ga yuku 15 michi ha yukazute yobanaku ni kado ni itarinu sashinarabu tonari no kimi ha 20 tachimachi ni ono tsuma ’karete kohanaku ni kagi sahe matsuru hito no mina 25 kaku madohereba uchi-shinahi yorite so imo ha tahasete arikeru.
Kanado ni shi 1 hito no ki-tateba yo naka ni mo mi ha tanashirazu idete so ahikeru. 5
22 _’karete_ = _wakarete_.
24 _kagi_, for the treasure it locks up.
27 seems to be equivalent to _tori-yosofu_ or _katachi tsukurofu_.
The m. k. (1) applies to A[ha], (3) to Suwe (read homophonously as bow-end).
For _shinagatori_, _adzusayumi_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.
105
Midzunoye no Urashima no ko wo yomeru uta.
Haru no hi no 1 kasumetaru toki ni Suminoye no kishi ni idekite tsuri-bune no 5 tayutafu mireba inishihe no koto so omohoyu Midzunoye no Urashima no ko ga 10 katsuwo tsuri tahi tsuri hokori nanuka made ihe ni mo kozute unasaka wo 15 sugite kogi-yuku ni watatsumi no kami no wotome ni tamasaka ni i-kogi mukahi 20 ahi-katarahi koto narishikaba kaki-musubi toko yo ni itari watatsumi no 25 kami no miya no uchi no he no tahenaru tono ni tadzusahari futari iri-wite 30 oi mo sezu shini mo sezushite tokoshihe ni arikeru mono wo yo no naka no 35 katakuna hito no wagimoko ni norite kataraku shimashiku ha ihe ni kaherite 40 chichi haba ni koto wo mo norahi asu no goto are ha kinamu to ihikereba 45 imo ga iheraku tokoyo he ni mata kaheri-kite ima no goto ahamu to naraba 50 kono kushige hiraku na yume to sokoraku ni katameshi koto wo Suminoye ni 55 kaheri-kitarite ihe miredo ihe mo mi-kanete sato miredo sato mo mi-kanete 60 ayashimi to soko ni omohaku ihe yo dete mi tose no hodo ni kaki mo naku 65 ihe useme ya mo kono hako wo hirakite miteba moto no goto ihe ha aramu to 70 tama kushige sukoshi hiraku ni shirakumo no hako yori idete tokoyo he ni 75 tanabikinureba tachi-washiri sakebi sode furi koi-marobi ashi-zuri shitsutsu 80 tachimachi ni kokoro ke usenu wakakarishi hada wo shihaminu kurokarishi 85 kami mo shirakenu yuri-yuri ha iki sahe tayete nochi tsuhi ni inochi shini keru 90 Midzunoye no Urashima no ko ga ihe tokoro miyu.
Tokoyo he ni 1 sumubeki mono wo tsurugitachi shi ga kokoro-gara oso ya kono kimi. 5
5 _oso_ = _orosoka_.
The m. k. (3) is applied to _shi_ = _sono_.
For _tsurugitachi_ see List m. k.
106
Kafuchi no Ohohashi wo hitori yuku wotome wo mite [yomeru] uta.
Shinateru 1 Kata-asuha kaha no sa-ni nuri no ohohashi no he yo kurenawino 5 aka mo suso-biki yama-wi mochi sureru kinu kite tada hitori i-watarasu ko ha 10 wakakusano tsuma ka aruramu kashinomino hitori ka nuramu tohamaku no 15 hoshiki wagimo ga ihe no shiranaku.
1 Epithet of _kata_ (Kata-asuha).
3 fine red-stained.
7, 8 rubbed, i.e. dyed with the _yama-wi_ (Polygonum tinctorium).
12 _tsuma_ here = _otto_.
13, 14 Confer translation.
For _shinateru_, _kurenawino_, _wakakusano_, _kashinomino_ see List m. k.
107
(Kyôun) mitose to ifu toshi hinoye uma yayohi moromoro no mahetsukimitachi Namiha ni kudareru toki no uta futatsu.
Shirakumono 1 Tatsuta no yama no Tagi no he no Wokura no mine ni saki-woworu 5 sakura no hana ha yama takami kaze no yamaneba haru-same no tsugite furereba 10 ho tsu ye ha chiri sugite keri shi tsu ye ni nokoreru hana ha shimashiku ha 15 chiri na midari so kusamakura tabi yuku kimi ga kaheri-komu made.
5 blossoming in falling masses, festoons of flowers.
11 _ho_ is upper part--13 _shi_ is lower part of the tree-mass.
For _shirakumono_, _kusamakura_ see List m. k.
108
Shirakumono 1 Tatsuta no yama wo yufu-gure ni uchi-koye yukeba Tagi no he no 5 sakura no hana ha sakitaru ha chiri sugi ni keri fukumeru ha saki tsuginubeshi 10 kochi-gochi no hana no sakari ni misezu tomo ka ni kaku ni kimi no mi yuki ha 15 ima ni shi arubeshi.
13 After this line the Kogi would interpolate--_chiri na midari so_.
14 may = whenever it may be, sooner or later.
15 _ima_, presently, ere long.
For _shirakumono_ see List m. k.
109
Naniha ni yadorite akuru hi kaheru toki no uta.
Shima yama wo 1 i-yuki motohoru kaha sohi no woka he no michi yo kinofu koso 5 aga koye-koshi ka hito yo nomi netarishi kara ni wo no uhe no sakura no hana ha 10 tagi no se yo tagi-chite nagaru kimi ga mimu sono hi made ni ha arashi no 15 kaze na fuki so to uchi-koyete na ni oheru mori ni kaza-matsurisena!
4 _yo_ = _yori_, so in 11 where it is to be understood as _ni_.
8 _kara_ = _nagara_ (?).
9 _wo_, summit or ridge.
19 = _kaze [no kami wo] matsurisemu (matsuramu)_.
MAKI IX, SHIMO
110
Kemuzeishi (kenzeishi) Ohotomo no mahetsukimi no Tsukuba yama ni noboritamaheru toki no uta.
Koromode 1 Hitachi no kuni futa-narabu Tsukuba no yama wo mimakuhori 5 kimi kimaseri to atsukeku ni ase-kaki-nage [ki] ko no ne tori uso-muki nobori 10 wo no uhe wo kimi ni misureba wo no kami mo yurushitamahi me no kami mo 15 chihahitamahite toki to naku kumo-wi ame furu Tsukubane wo saya ni terashite 20 ifukarishi kuni no mabora wo tsubaraka ni shimeshitamaheba ureshimi to 25 himo no wo tokite ihe no goto tokete so asobu uchinabiku haru mimashi yo ha 30 natsu kusa no shigeku ha aredo kefu no tanushisa.
6 sweating and panting.
17 suddenly, unexpectedly, untimely.
30 Or _mimaku_--_yo_ = _yori_.
For _koromode_, _uchinabiku_ see List m. k.
111
Hototogisu wo yomeru uta.
Uguhisu no 1 kahi-ko no naka ni hototogisu hitori umarete shi ga chichi ni 5 nite ha nakazu shiga haha ni nite wa nakazu u no hana no sakitaru nu he yo 10 tobi kakeri ki naki toyomoshi tachibana no hana wo wi-chirashi hinemosu ni 15 nakedo kiki yoshi mahi ha semu tohoku na yuki so waga yado no hana tachibana ni 20 sumi watari nake.
5 _sore ga_.
6, 8 _nite_, like, resembling.
11 fly high.
112
Tsukuba yama ni noboru uta.
Kusamakura 1 tabi no ukeku wo nagusamuru koto mo are ya to Tsukuba ne ni 5 noborite mireba wobana chiru Shidzuku no ta-wi ni karigane mo samuku ki-nakinu 10 Nihibari no Toba no afumi mo aki kaze ni shira-nami tachinu Tsukuba ne no 15 yokeku wo mireba nagaki ke ni omohi tsumi-koshi ukeku ha yaminu.
7 _wobana_ is Miscanthus sinensis.
8 _ta-wi_ = _ta-winaka_ or _inaka_.
9 Either _karigane_ or _kari-ga-ne_, a sort of quibble.
17 _nagaki kihe_.
18 _koshi_, a past of _kuru_, here auxiliary, read with _ukeku_. _omohi-tsumi_, piled up thoughts (i.e. sorrows of travel).
For _kusamakura_ see List m. k.
113
Tsukubane ni noborite kagahi suru toki yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Washinosumu 1 Tsukuba no yama no Mohakitsu no sono tsu no uhe ni adomohite 5 wotome wotoko no yuki tsudohi kagafu kagaki ni hito-dzuma ni are mo ahamu 10 aga tsuma ni hito mo koto-tohe kono yama wo ushi-haku kami no inishihe yo 15 isamenu waza zo kefu nomi ha megushi mo nami so koto mo togamuna
Wo no kami ni 1 kumo tachi nobori shigure furi nure-tohoru tomo are kaherame ya. 5
18 Either _me-gurushiku na mi so_ or _megushi nami so_--the sense is much the same.
19 _koto togame wo mo suna_.
For _washinosumu_ see List m. k.
114
Shika wo yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Mimoro no 1 Kamunabi yama ni tachi-mukafu Mikaki no yama ni aki-hagi no 5 tsuma wo makamu to asa-dzuku-yo akemaku woshimu ashihiki no yamabiko-doyome 10 yobitate naku mo.
115
Nanuka no yo no uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Hisakatano 1 ama no kahara ni kamitsu se ni tama-hashi watashi shimotsu se ni 5 fune ukesuwe ame furite kaze ha fuku to mo kaze fukite ame ha furu to mo 10 mo nurasazu yamazu kimase to tama-hashi watasu.
11 _mo_ = skirt, dress.
For _hisakatano_ see List m. k.
116
Kashima no kohori Karunu no hashi nite Ohotomo no mahetsukimi ni wakaruru uta hitotsu mata mizkiha uta.
Kotohiushi 1 Miyake no ura ni sashimukafu Kashima no saki ni sa ni-nuri no 5 wobune wo make tama maki no wo-kaji shizhi nuki yufu shiho no michi no todomi ni 10 mi funa ko wo adomohi tatete yobitatete mi fune idenaba hama mo se ni 15 okure nami wite koi-marobi kohi ka mo woramu ashi-zurishi ne nomi ya nakamu 20 Unakami no sono tsu wo sashite kimi ga kogi-yukeba.
6 _make_ = _môke_.
15 _se ni_ = _semaki hodo ni_.
The m. k. (1) applies to Miyake (= _miyake_, a government granary or grange), see translation.
For _kotohiushi_ see List m. k.
117
Zhimuki (Jinki) itsutose to ifu toshi tsuchinoye tatsu hatsu tsuki ni [yomeru] uta hitotsu mata mizhika.
Hito to naru 1 koto ha kataki wo wakuraba ni nareru aga mi ha shinu mo iki mo 5 kimi ga ma ni ma to omohitsutsu arishi ahida ni utsusemino yo no hito nareba 10 ohokimino mikoto kashikomu amazakaru hina wosame ni to asatorino 15 asa tatashitsutsu muratorino mure tachi-yukeba tomari-wite are ha kohimu na 20 mizu hisa naraba.
Mi Koshi ji no 1 yuki furu yama wo koyemu hi ha tomareru are wo kakete shinubase. 5
19 I read--_are ha tomari wite_, &c.
For _utsusemino_, _ohokimino_, _amazakaru_, _muratorino_ see List m. k.
118
Tempyô hazhime no toshi … shihasu ni yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta futatsu.
Utsusemino 1 yo no hito nareba ohokimi no mikoto kashikomi Shikishimano 5 Yamato no kuni no Iso no kami Furu no sato ni himo tokazu maro-ne wo sureba 10 aga keseru koromo ha narenu miru goto ni kohi ha masaredo iro ni ideba 15 hito shirisubemi fuyu no yo no ake mo kanetsutsu i mo nezu ni are ha so kofuru 20 imo ga tadaka ni.
10 A quasi m. k. of _maro-ne_, round-sleep, that is sleeping alone or taking a careless or hasty sleep in one’s ordinary clothes.
12 _narenu_ is a past, not negative form; the meaning is soiled, tumbled, disordered, according to Keichiu.
For _utsusemino_, _shikishimano_ see List m. k.
119
[Tempyô] itsutose to ifu toshi … Morokoshi ni tsukahasu tsukahi no fune Naniha yori idzuru toki haha ga ko ni okureru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Akihagiwo 1 tsuma-tofu ga koso hitori ko wo motari to ihe kako-zhi mono 5 aga hitori ko mo kusamakura tabi nishi yukeba takatama wo shizhi ni nukitari 10 ihahihe ni yufu torishidete ihahitsutsu aga omofu ago masakiku ari koso. 15
3 I have followed the Kogi reading of the curiously involved script of this passage, _hitori ko [ni ko] wo_ = _hitori ko [wo ko] wo_.
4 _ihe_ written _i-ho-he_ (500 houses) for _ihe_ (_iheru_).
11 _ihahihe_ is here a jar, not _he_ a place, _ni_ = together with.
12 _[tori] shidete_ = _shidare_, hang down.
For _akihagiwo_, _kusamakura_ see List m. k.
120
Wotome wo shinubite yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta (futatsu).
Shiratamano 1 hito no sono na wo nakanaka ni koto no wo hayezu ahanu hi no 5 maneku sugureba kofuru hi no kasanari yukeba omohi-yaru tadoki wo shirani 10 kimomukafu kokoro kudakete tamatasuki kakenu toki naku kuchi yamazu 15 aga kofuru ko wo tamakushiro te ni maki-mochite masokagami tada me ni mineba 20 Shitahi yama shita yuku midzu no uhe ni idezu aga ’mohi kokoro yasukaranu ka mo. 25
Kakihonasu 1 hito no yokokoto shigemi ka mo ahanu hi maneku tsuki no henuramu. 5
3 _nakanaka ni_, probably = _namanaka_.
4 _hayezu_, not extend thread of language--give utterance to one’s thoughts.
The m. k. (19) applies to _me_ (20).
For _shiratamano_, _kimomukafu_, _tamatasuki_, _tamakushiro_, _masokagami_, _kakihonasu_ see List m. k.
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Ashigara no saka wo suguru toki mi-makareru hito wo mite yomeru uta.
Wokaki tsu no 1 asa wo hiki hoshi imo nane ga tsukuri kisekemu shirotaheno 5 himo wo mo tokazu hito-he yufu obi wo mi-he yuhi kurushiki ni tsukahematsurite 10 ima dani mo kuni ni makarite chichi haha mo tsuma wo mo mimu to omohitsutsu 15 yukikemu kimi ha toriganaku Adzuma no kuni no kashikoki ya Kami no mi saka ni 20 nigitahe no koromo samura ni nubatamano kami ha midarete kuni tohedo 25 kuni wo mo norazu ihe tohedo ihe wo mo ihazu masurawono yuki no susumi ni 30 koko ni koyaseru.
1, 2 form a preface applying to _imo_, (17) to A[dzuma], (29) to _yuki_ or perhaps the whole of 30.
1 _wo_ is not exactly = small, it is a diminutive prefix of intimacy or endearment; _wokaki tsu_ = _wokaki no uchi_.
3 _nane_ = term of endearment or respect; _na-se_ = _na[-n-imo] se[-na]_, &c.
25-30 may be regarded as parenthetic.
For _shirotaheno_, _toriganaku_, _nubatamano_, _masurawono_ see List m. k.
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Ashiya wotome ga haka wo suguru toki yomeru uta.
Inishihe no 1 masurawo no ko no ahi-kihohi tsuma-dohi shikemu Ashinoya no 5 Unahi wotome no okutsuki wo aga tachi-mireba nagaki yo no katari ni shitsutsu 10 nochi hito no shinubi ni semu to tamahokono michi no-he chikaku iha-kamahe 15 tsukureru haka wo amakumono soku he no kagiri kono michi wo yuku hito goto ni 20 yuki-yorite i-tachi nagekahi sato-hito ha ne ni mo nakitsutsu katari-tsugi 25 shinubi tsugi koshi wotomera ga okutsuki tokoro are sahe ni mireba kanashi mo 30 inishihe omoheba!
1-12 introductory, 10 being continuative with 11 … 13-26 declare the lasting sadness attaching to grave and story. 27 to end, the feelings of the poet on hearing the story.
7 _okutsuki_, secluded-mound tomb, or grave-place.
For _tamahokono_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.
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Oto no mimakareru wo kanashimite yomeru uta.