Part 8

Chichihaha ga 1 nashi no manimani hashimukafu oto no mikoto ha asatsuyuno 5 ke-yasuki inochi kami no muta arasohi kanete Ashihara no Midzuho no kuni ni 10 ihe nami ya mata kaheri-konu tohotsu kuni yomi no sakahi ni hafutsutano 15 momo ono mo amakumono wakareshi yuketa yamiyonasu omohi madohahi 20 iyushishino kokoro wo itami ashikakino omohi midarete haru tori no 25 ne nomi nakitsutsu umasahafu [me goto no tayete nubatamano] yoru hiru to ihazu kagirohino kokoro moyetsutsu 30 nageki so aga suru!

The m. k. are: _hashi-mukafu_ (of _oto_), lit. as like as the members of a pair of chop-sticks = fraternal relation (of affection); _asa-tsuyuno_ (of _ke-_ or _kihe-yasuki_), [evanescent as] morning dew; _hafu-tsutano_ (cling-ivy--of _wakareshi_), parted as reluctantly as ivy parts from its stem; _amakumono_ (also of _wakareshi_); _yami-yo nasu_ (of _omohi madohahi_); _iyushishino_ (wounded deer) of _kokoro_; _ashikakino_ (reed-fence) of _midarete_; _haru-torino_ (of _ne_); _umasahafu_ (see List m. k.).

2 _nashi_ = bring up.

6 _ke_ = _kihe_.

11 _ihe_ means a place of residence. _nami_ is _nasa_, not-being-ness.

21 _iyu_ = passive of _i_, aim at, shoot; like _miyu_ from _mi_, see; _kikoyu_ from _kiku_, hear.

27 The Kogi interpolates the verses _me goto mo tayete_ | _nubatama no_--_nubatama_ being itself a m. k. _Kagirohino_ is a m. k. of _moyetsuru_, see List m. k., also K. 288.

The construction of the _uta_ offers no particular difficulty.

For _hashimukafu_, _hafutsutano_, _amakumono_, _yamiyonasu_, _ashikakino_, _umasahafu_, _nubatamano_, _kagirohino_ see List m. k.

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Katsushika no Mama no wotome wo yomeru uta.

Toriganaku 1 Adzuma no kuni ni inishihe ni arikeru koto to ima made ni 5 tayezu ihitaru Katsushika no Mama no tekona ga asakinu ni awoyeri tsuke 10 hitase-wo wo mo ni ha orikite kami dani mo kaki ha kedzurazu katsu wo dani 15 hakazu arukedo nishiki aya no naka ni kukumeru ihahi ko mo imo ni shikame ya 20 mochi-tsuki no tareru omowa ni hana no goto wemite tatareba natsu mushi no 25 hi ni iru ga goto minato iri ni fune kogu gotoku yuki-kagahi hito no tofu toki 30 ikubaku mo ikerazhi mono wo nani su to ka mi wo tanashirite nami no ’to mo 35 sawaku minato no okutsuki ni imo ga koyaseru tohoki yo ni arikeru koto wo 40 kinofu shi mo mikemu ga goto mo omohoyuru ka mo!

Katsushika no 1 Mama no wi mireba tachi narashi midzu kumashikeru tekona shi omohoyu. 5

23 This reading differs from Motowori’s, which is _yori-kagure_, _yuki_ = _yuki-kaheri_, involving frequency of the action denoted by _kagahi_ = _kake-ahi_, i.e. the meeting of both sexes.

33, 34 are more intelligible if _ka_ is read after _tanashirite_.

3 to stand treading on the ground, stand awhile there--or to stand as usual there or stand often there?

For _toriganaku_ see List m. k.

125

Unahi wotome ga haka wo mite [yomeru].

Ashinoya no 1 Unahi wotome no ya tose ko mo kata-ohi no toki yo wo-hanari ni 5 kami taku made ni narabi woru ihe ni mo miyezu utsuyufuno komorite maseba 10 miteshikado ifusemi toki no kakihonasu hito no tofu toki Chinu wotoko 15 Unahi wotoko no fuseyataki susushiki kihohi ahi-yobahi shikeru toki ni 20 yaki-tachi no takami oshineri shira mayumi yuki tori ohite midzu ni iri 25 hi ni mo iramu to tachi-mukahi kihoheru toki ni wagimoko ga haha ni kataraku 30 shidzu ta-maki iyashiki a ga yuwe masurawono arasofu mireba ikeritomo 35 afubeku arame ya shishikushiro yomi ni matamu to komorinuno shitabahe okite 40 uchi nageki imo ga yukereba Chinu wotoko sono yo ime ni mi tori tsudzuki 45 ohi yukereba okuretaru Unahi wotoko-i ame afugi sakebi orabi 50 tsuchi ni fushi kikamu takebite mokoro wo ni makete ha arazhi to kakihaki no 55 wo-tachi tori-haki tokorotsura tadzune yukereba ya gara dochi i-yuki tsudohi 60 nagaki yo ni shirushi ni semu to to hoki yo ni katari tsugamu to wotome haka 65 naka ni tsukuri oki wotoko haka konata kanata ni tsukuri okeru yuweyoshi kikite 70 shiranedomo nihi mo no goto mo ne nakitsuru ka mo!

Haka no ’he no 1 ko no ye nabikeri kikishi goto Chinu wotoko ni shi yori ni kerashi mo. 5

2 _Unahi_ is in Musashi.

5 _wo-hanari_, little (term of endearment) parted [locks].

12 _ifusemi_, _ibusemi_, here = anxious, impatient.

15 _Chinu_ is in Idzumi, mentioned both in K. and N.

23 _mayumi_, Euonymus Hamiltoniana, Max.

24 _yuki_, quiver (_yumi-oki_?).

29 _wagimoko_ = _waga imoho_, here means _their_ mistress, i.e. _Unahi no wotome_.

40 _shitabahe_ = undercreep--_okite_, secretly.

47 _okuretaru_, being behind, the Unahi wotoko was jealous of his rival being the first to follow their mistress in death.

48 _wotoko-i_. Dr. Aston thinks this _i_ may be the Korean particle.

53 _mokoro wo ni_--_hito no gotoku ni_.

56 _wo-tachi_, small sword, dagger.

59 _ya gara dochi_ = _shinzoku_.

For _utsuyufuno_, _kakihonasu_, _fuseyataki_, _masurawono_, _shishikushiro_, _komorinuno_, _tokorotsura_ see List m. k.

MAKI X, KAMI

Natsu no kusagusa no uta.

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Tori wo yomeru.

Masurawono 1 idetachi mukafu Furuzato no Kaminabi yama ni akekureba 5 tsumi no sayeda ni yufu sareba ko-matsu ga ure ni sato-bito no kaki-kofuru made 10 yama-biko no aho-toyomu made hototogisu tsuma kohisurashi sayo naka ni naku! 15

For _masurawono_ see List m. k.

MAKI X, NAKA

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Ame tsuchi no 1 hazhime no toki yo ama no kaha i-mukahi worite hito tose ni 5 futa tabi ahanu tsuma-kohi ni mono omofu hito Ama no kaha Yasu no kahara no 10 ari-gayofu toshi no watari ni ohobune no tomo ni mo he ni mo funa-yosohi 15 ma kaji shizhi nuki hatasusuki [ura]ba mo soyo ni aki-kaze no fukitaru yohi ni 20 Ama no kaha shiranami shinugi ochi-tagitsu hayase watarite wakakusano 25 tsuma wo makamu to ohobuneno omohi tanomite kogi kuramu sono tsuma no ko ga 30 aratamano toshi no wo nagaku omohi-koshi kohi tsukusuramu fumi tsuki no 35 nanuka no yohi ha are mo kanashi mo!

4 _i-mukahi_, _i_ is a prefix: see grammar.

32 _toshi no wo_, thread (line, course) of years.

35 _fumi_ = _[ho wo] fufumi_, full of [rice-]ears, an old name of the seventh month, ending about the middle of August.

For _wakakusano_, _ohobuneno_, _aratamano_ see List m. k.

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Ame tsuchi to 1 wakareshi toki yo hisakatano amatsu shirushi to sadameteshi 5 ama no kahara ni aratamano tsuki wo kasanete imo ni afu toki samorafu to 10 tachi-matsu ni aga koromo-de ni aki-kaze no fukishi kahereba tachite wiru 15 tadoki wo shirani murakimono kokoro i[sa] yo[hi] tokikinuno omohi midarete 20 itsushika to aga matsu ko-yohi kono kaha no yuku-se mo nagaku, ari[kose] nu ka mo! 25

10 _sôrô_ (mod. Jap.).

14 blow and blow.

25 _ari koso ne[gafu] ka mo_.

For _hisakatano_, _aratamano_, _murakimono_, _tokikinuno_ see List m. k.

MAKI XIII, KAMI

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Fuyukomori 1 haru sari-kureba ashita ni ha shira-tsuyu oki yufu ni ha 5 kasumi tanabiku Hatsuse no ya konure ga shita ni uguisu naku mo.

7 This is the Kogi reading. Other readings are _kaze no fuku_, _ame no furu_.

8 _konure_ = _ko_ (_ki_) _no ure_.

For _fuyukomori_ see List m. k.

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Mimoro ha 1 hito no moru yama moto he ha ashibi hana saki suwe he ha 5 tsubaki hana saku uraguhashi yama so naku ko moru yama.

2 _moru_ = _mamoru_, guard, watch (allusion originally, perhaps, to watchmen in charge of mountain beacons).

6, 7, 8 All heptasyllabic.

8 what weeping children regard (with delight that soothes their grief).

131

Ama-girahi 1 wataru hi kakushi nagatsuki no shigure no fureba kari ga ne mo 5 tomoshiku ki-naku Kamunabi no kiyoki mi ta ya no kaki tsu ta no ike no tsutsumi no 10 momotarazu i tsuki ga yeda ni midzu ye sasu aki no momiji-ba maki-motaru 15 wo-suzu mo yura ni tawayame ni are ha aredomo hiki-yojite yeda mo towowo ni 20 uchi-tawori a ha mochite yuku kimi ga kazashi ni.

5 Or _karigane_.

6 _tomoshiku_, deficient, hence rare, hence fine.

9 m. k. of _i_.

12 _i_ = 50.

13 _midzu_, shining, fine.

15, 16 are epithetical of _ta_ in _tawayame_.

22, 23 Here we have inversion.

For _momotarazu_ see List m. k.

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Amakumono 1 kage sahe miyuru komorikuno Hatsuse no kaha ha ura nami ka 5 fune no yori-konu iso nami ka ama no tsuri senu yoshiweyashi ura ha naku tomo 10 yoshiweyashi iso ha nakutomo okitsu nami kihohi kogiri-ko ama no tsuribune! 15

2 may mean reflecting the brightness of the clouds.

5, 6 also 7, 8 may be read transposed.

9 may be rendered ‘howbeit’.

14 _kogi iri ko_--_ko_ is imperative of _kuru_.

For _amakumono_, _komorikuno_ see List m. k.

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Ashiharano 1 Midzuho no kuni no tamuke su to amorimashikemu iho-yorodzu 5 chi-yorodzu kami no kami-yo yori ihi-tsuki-kitaru Kamunabi no Mimoro no yama ha 10 haru sareba haru kasumi tachi aki yukeba kurenawi nihofu Kamunabi no 15 Mimoro no kami no obi ni seru Asuka no kaha no mi wo hayami mushi-tame-gataki 20 iha ga ne ni koke masu made ni arata yo no sakiku kayohamu koto hakari 25 ime ni mise koso tsurugitachi ihahi-matsureru kami nishi maseba.

1-7 are introductory to 8.

14 _nihofu_ may be an intensitive of _nihi_, be fresh, &c.; its root-meaning seems to be rather a state of vigour than of mere fragrance.

19 _mi wo_ = watercourse.

20 = _musubi-tame-gataki_, hard for anything to grow and endure upon; applied to _iha ga ne_.

22 A common, almost proverbial phrase.

23 = nights to come; read with _ime ni_, &c.

25 = _shimichi_, _shikata_, ‘do-way, do-method’, settled or regular order or sequence of affairs, conduct, &c.

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Nusa matsuri 1 Nara yori idete midzutade Hodzumi ni itari tonamiharu 5 Sakate wo sugi ihabashiru Kaminabi yama ni asa miya ni tsukahematsurite 10 Yoshinu he to irimasu mireba inishihe omohoyu.

Tsuki hi ha 1 yukikaharedomo hisa ni furu Mimoro no yama no totsu-miya tokoro. 5

1 Epithet of Nara. Another reading is _mitegura mote_--_Nara yori idzuru_.

For _midzutade_, _tonamiharu_, _ihabashiru_ see List m. k.

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Wono torite 1 Nifu no hi yama no ki-kori kite ikada ni tsukuri ma kaji nuki 5 iso kogi tami-tsutsu shima-dzutahi miredomo akazu Yoshinu no tagi mo todoro ni 10 otsuru shiranami.

Mi Yoshinu no 1 tagi mo todoro ni otsuru shiranami todome ni shi imo ni misemaku 5 hoshiki shiranami.

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Yasumishishi 1 wago ohokimi takahikaru hi no miko no kikoshi-wosu 5 miko tsu kuni kamu kaze no Ise no kuni ha yama mireba takaku tafutoshi 10 kaha mireba sayakeku kiyoshi minatonasu umi wo hiroshi mi-watasu 15 shima mo takashi [soko wo shi mo uraguhashimi ka] koko wo shi mo maguhashimi ka mo 20 kakemaku mo aya ni kashikoki Yamabe no Ishi no hara ni uchihisasu 25 ohomiya tsukahe asahi nasu maguhashi mo yufu-hi nasu uraguwashi mo 30 haru yama no shinahi-sakayete aki yama no iro natsukashiki momoshikino 35 ohomiya hito ha ame tsuchi to hi tsuki to tomo ni yorodzu yo ni mo ka!

15 _mi-watasu_, an assumptive phrase to be read with _shima_.

17, 18 introduced by the Kogi to replace a supposed lost passage.

18 _ura-_ explained as = _kokoro_, inner, deeper.

21, 22 refer to _ohomiya_ (26).

25 _uchi_ = _utsukushiki_ (?).

1-7 epithetical of _Ise no kuni_; 7-20 describe the beauty of the Land of Ise; 21-34 the delightfulness of the Palace and its situation; 35 to end, the usual hope for the endurance of the happy state described.

For _yasumishishi_, _takahikaru_, _minatonasu_, _uchihisasu_, _momoshikino_ see List m. k.

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Soramitsu 1 Yamato no kuni awoniyoshi Na[ra] yama koyete Yamashiro no 5 Tsutsuki no hara chihayaburu Uji no watari Taginoya no Agone no hara wo 10 chi tose ni kakuru koto naku yorodzu yo ni ari-kayohamu to Yamashina no 15 Ihata no mori no sume kami ni nusa tori mukete are ha koye-yuku Afusakayama wo. 20

5-14 to be read as parenthetical between _koyete_ and _Yamashina no_.

12 _kakuru_, be defective, be a break in.

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Awoniyoshi 1 Nara yama sugite mononofuno Ujikaha watari wotomerani 5 Afusaka yama ni tamuke-gusa nusa tori okite wagimokoni Afumi no umi no 10 okitsu nami ki-yosu hamabe wo kure-kure to hitori so aga koshi imo ga me wo hori. 15

15 = (_koshi_) _imo wo ahi-mimahoshiku_.

For _awoniyoshi_, _mononofuno_, _wotomerani_, _wagimokoni_ see List m. k.

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Afumi no ’mi 1 tomari a-so ari Yasoshimano shima no saki-zaki ari-tateru 5 hana tachibana wo hotsuye ni mochi hiki-kake nakatsuye ni ikaruga kake 10 shidzu ye ni shime wo kake shi ga haha wo toraku wo shirani shi ga chichi wo 15 toraku wo shirani i-sobahi woru yo ikaruga to shime to.

2 _a-so_ = _yaso_, eighty, i.e. indefinite number.

17 May be an error for _asobahi_. There is, however, a word _sobafu_, trifle, play.

For _yasoshimano_ see List m. k.

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Ohokimi no 1 mikoto kashikomi miredo akanu Nara yama koyete maki tsumu 5 Idzumi no kaha no hayaki se ni sawo sashi-watari chihayaburu Uji no watari no 10 tagi tsu se wo mi-tsutsu watarite Afumi-ji no Afusaka yama ni tamuke shite 15 aga koye yukeba sasanamino Shiga no Karasaki sakiku araba mata kaheri-mimu 20 michi no kuma yaso kuma goto ni nagekitsutsu aga sugi yukeba iya toho ni 25 sato sakari-kinu iya taka ni yama mo koye-kinu tsurugitachi saya yu nuki-dete 30 Ikako yama ikaga aga semu yuku he shirazute.

Ame tsuchi wo 1 nageki kohi nomi sakiku araba mata kaherimimu Shiga no Karasaki. 5

18, 19 Note the jingle _Karasaki sakiku_.

29, 30 Epithetical of Ikako--by a word-jingle connected with _i-kaku_ (_kaku_, to attack).

1 i.e. _ame tsuchi no kami_.

2 _nageki kohi_, sigh and implore.

For _chihayaburu_, _sasanamino_ see List m. k.

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Momodzutafu 1 Minu no kuni no Takakita no Kukuri no miya ni tsuki ni hi ni 5 yukamashi sato wo ari to kikite waga kayohi-ji no Okiso yama Minu no yama 10 nabike to hito ha fumedomo kaku yore to hito ha tsukedomo kokoro naki 15 yama no Okiso yama Minu no yama.

1-7 introductory.

6 _yukamashi_, desirable to visit, not in itself but because a fair maid dwells there.

8-14 declare difficulty of traffic with his love; 15 to end, complain of the hills that bar his way to her; 11, 12 and 13, 14 reverse the order of these couplets, _hito ha fumedomo nabike to (itte) …_ and they are more intelligible.

For _momodzutafu_ see List m. k.

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Wotomera ga 1 woke ni taretaru umiwonasu Nagato no ura ni asa nagi ni 5 michi kuru shiho no yufu nagi ni yose kuru nami no sono shiho no iya masumasu ni 10 sono nami no iya shikushiku ni wagimoko ni kohitsutsu kureta Ago no umi no 15 ariso no uhe ni hamana tsumu ama wotome domo unagaseru hire mo teru-gani 20 te ni makeru tama mo yurara ni shirotahe no sode furu miye tsu ahi ’mofurashi mo! 25

1-3 form a sort of m. k. to _naga_ (Nagato); _naga_ means long, and the m. k. implies ‘long as the thread of the ball of yarn in a girl’s basket’.

20 _gani_ = _sama_, _yô_.

For _umiwonasu_ see List m. k.

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Ama hashi no 1 nagaku mo ga mo takayama mo takaku mo ga mo Tsukuyomi no 5 motaru wochi-midzu i-tori-kite kimi ni matsurite wochi yeshimu mono

6 _wochi_ seems to mean renovating. There is a word-play on this _wochi_ and the homophon in the preceding line. It is explained in (I.) as _hazhime ni modoru, moto ni kaheru_.

144

Nunakaha no 1 soko naru tama motomete yeshi tama ka mo hirihite 5 yeshi tama ka mo atarashiki kimi ga oyuraku woshi mo!

7 _atarashiki_, here not ‘new’ but = _oshimubeshi_, what is prized, loved, regretted. See N. 362, where Dr. Aston so translates _atarashiki Winabe no takumi_, the much-to-be-regretted carpenter. But the epithet here may refer to _wi_ (well), part of the name Winabe, and probably means fresh. _Takumi_, however, is more than ‘carpenter’, rather ‘builder’ or ‘architect’.

9 _oyuraku_ = _oyu koto_, fact of being or growing old.

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Shikishima no 1 Yamato no kuni ni hito saha ni michite aredomo fujinami no 5 omohi matsuharu wakakusano omohi tsuki ni shi kimi ga me ni kohi ya akasamu 10 nagaki kono yo wo!

9 _me_ almost = person.

10 Read _akasamu_ with _yo wo_.

The m. k. _wakakusano_ (7) applies to _kimi_ (9).

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Akitsushima 1 Yamato no kuni ha kami kara to kotoage senu kuni shikaredomo 5 a ha kotoage su ame tsuchi no kami mo hanahada waga omofu kokoro shirazu ya 10 [yuku kage no] tsuki mo he-yukeba tamakagiru hi mo kasanarite omohe ka mo 15 mune yasukaranu kofure ka mo kokoro no itaki suwe tsuhi ni kimi ni ahazuba 20 waga inochi no ikeramu kihami kohitsutsu mo are ha wataramu masokagami 25 tada-me kimi wo ahi miteba koso aga kohi yamame.

Ohobuneno 1 omohi-tanomeru kimi yuwe ni tsukusu kokoro ha woshikeku mo nashi! 5

5 i.e. _kami no kuni_.

4 _kotoage_, declare, announce--perhaps with neg. sense of ‘indescribable’.

8 Read _waga hanahada omofu_.

15, 17 _ka mo_ almost = _mo gana_.

24 _wataramu_, pass one’s days.

28 _yamame_ (_yamamu_--_yamu_), cease, stop.

5 _nashi_, written with the character, read homophonally _nashi_ (pear), is here the negative copula.

For _akitsushima_, _tamakagiru_, _ohobuneno_ see List m. k.

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Ashiharano 1 Midzuho no kuni ha kamu nagara kotoage senu kuni shikaredomo 5 kotoage so aga suru koto sakiku ma sakiku mase to tsutsumi naku sakiku imasaba 10 ariso nami arite mo mimu to i-ho-he nami chihe nami shiki ni kotoage so aga suru! 15

4, 6 _koto_ (_koto-age_) is here words, language, in 7, thing, affair. _Koto-age_ is explained (I) as _toku ni toritate ifu_, make special declaration.

11 _ariso nami_ is a word-play connected with _ari_(_te_).

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Inishihe no 1 ihitsugi kuraku kohi sureba yasukaranu mono to tamanowono 5 tsugite ha ihedo wotomera ga kokoro wo shirani soko shiramu yoshi mo nakereba 10 natsusobiku … … omohi-nadzumi karikomono kokoro mo shinu ni hito shirezu 15 motona so kofuru iki no wo ni shite!

2 _kuraku_ = _karu_.

11 _natsusobiku_ (a m. k.) is perhaps a word-jingle with _nadzu[mi]_; some lines are lost here.

13 _komo_ is Zizania aquatica.

16, 17 Syntactically the order of these two lines may be reversed.

For _tamanowono_, _natsusobiku_, _karikomono_ see List m. k.

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Aratamano 1 toshi ha ki-sarite tamadzusano tsukahi no koneba kasumitatsu 5 nagaki haru hi wo ame tsuchi ni omohi-tarahashi tarachineno haha no kafu ko no 10 mayo komori iki-dzuki watari waga kofuru kokoro no uchi wo hito ni ihamu 15 mono ni shi araneba matsu ga ne no matsu koto tohomi amadzutafu hi no kurenureba 20 shirotaheno waga koromode mo tohorite nurenu.

Kaku nomi shi 1 ahi ’mohazaba amakumono yoso ni so kimi ha arubeku arikeru. 5

17, 18 Note the word-play on the two _matsu_. _Ne_ is here rather trunk than root.

For _aratamano_, _tamadzusano_, _kasumitatsu_, _tarachineno_, _amadzutafu_, _shirotaheno_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.

150

Wohari-ta no 1 Ayuchi no midzu wo ma-naku so hito ha kumu chifu tokizhiku so 5 hito ha nomu chifu kumu hito no ma-naki ga goto nomu hito no tokizhiku ga goto 10 wagimoko ni aga kofuraku ha yamu toki mo nashi.

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Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse no kaha no kami-tsu-se ni i-kuhi wo uchi shimo-tsu-se ni 5 ma-kuhi wo uchi i-kuhi ni ha kagami wo kake ma-kuhi ni ha ma-tama wo kake 10 ma-tama nasu aga ’mofu imo mo kagaminasu aga ’mofu imo mo ari to 15 ihaba koso kuni ni mo ihe ni mo yukame taga yuwe ka yukamu.

Yo no naka wo 1 ushi to omohite ihe-de seru wara ya nani ni ka kaherite naramu. 5

Toshi wataru 1 made ni mo hito ha ari chifu wo itsu no ahida so mo are kohi ni keru. 5

1-11 is an introduction verbal not real to 12.

16 Note construction _ihaba koso yukame_, read _koso_ with _yukame_.

The first envoy seems distinctly of a Buddhistic cast.

For _komorikuno_, _kagaminasu_ see List m. k.

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Haru sareba 1 hana saki wowori aki-dzukoba ni no ho ni momitsu uma-sake wo 5 kamunabi yama no obi ni seru Asuka no kaha no hayaki se ni ofuru tama-mo no 10 uchi-nabiki kokoro ha yorite asa tsuyu no kenaba kenubeku kofuraku mo 15 shiruku mo aheru komori-dzuma ka mo.

1-10 introductory to 11.

11 the heart inclining towards, leaning on, trusting to. The syntax is here imperfect, as is often the case in the Anthology.

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Mimoro no 1 Kamunabi yama yu tonogumori ame ha furi-kinu ame-girahi 5 kaze sahe fukinu ohokuchino Makami no hara yu shinubi-tsutsu kaheri nishi hito 10 ihe ni itariki ya.

Kaheri nishi 1 hito wo omofu to nubatamano sono yo ha are mo i mo ne kanete ki. 5

3 _tonogumori_ = _tanagumori_.

1 The _nishi_ may be taken = (_i_)_nishi_.

5 = _nezariki_.

For _tonogumori_, _ohokuchino_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.

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Sashi-yakamu 1 wo-ya no shiki-ya ni kaki-utemu yare komo wo shikite uchi-woramu 5 shiko no shiki-te wo sashi-kahete nuramu kimi yuwe akanesasu hiru ha shimirani 10 nubatamano yoru ha sugara ni kono toko no hishi to naru made nageki-tsuru ka mo. 15

2, 6 _shiki_, _shiko_, common, mean.

3 _utemu_, _utsuru_, _sutsuru_ = throw away, cast off.

4 _yare_ = _yabure_.

5 read with _shiko_.

For _akanesasu_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.

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Uchihahete 1 omohishi wo-nu ha tohokaranu sono sato-hito no shime yufu to 5 kikiteshi hi yori tatamaku no tadzuki mo shirazu woramaku no okuka mo shirazu 10 nikibi nishi waga ihe sura wo kusamakura tabi-ne no gotoku omofu sora 15 yasukaranu mono wo nageku sora sugushi yenu mono wo amakumono yukura yukura ni 20 ashikakino omohi-midarete midare wo no woke wo nomi to aga kofuru 25 chihe no hitohe mo hito shirezu motona ya kohimu iki no wo ni shite.

1, 2 _uchi-hahete omohishi_, sending forth one’s thoughts [of love].

7-10 are parenthetical.

12 Connected with _omofu_ (15).

13, 14 qualifying _omofu_.

27 _hito_ seems to point to the girl symbolized in (2) as _wo-nu_. There is some syntactic obscurity in the text.

For _kusamakura_, _amakumono_, _ashikakino_ see List m. k.

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[Semu sube no 1 tadoki wo shirani iha ga ne no kogoshiki michi no iha-toko no 5 ne haheru kado ni ashita ni ha ide-wite nageki yufu-he ni ha iri-wi kohitsutsu] 10 shirotaheno waga koromo-de wo wori-kaheshi hitori shi nureba [nubatamano 15 kuro kami shikite hito no nuru uma i ha nezute ohobuneno yukura yukurani 20 omohitsutsu waga nuru yora wo yomi wo ahemu ka mo].

The bracketed portions are contained in other lays.

For _shirotaheno_, _nubatamano_, _ohobuneno_ see List m. k.

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Ashihikino 1 Yamada no michi wo shikitaheno utsukushi tsuma to mono ihazu 5 wakareshi kureba hayakahano yukuhe mo shirazu koromodeno kaheru mo shirani 10 uma-zhi mono tachite tsumadzuki!

For _ashihikino_, _shikitaheno_, _hayakahano_, _koromodeno_ see List m. k.

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Semu sube no 1 tadzuki wo shirani mononofuno yaso no kokoro wo ame tsuchi ni 5 omohi tarahashi tama ahaba kimi kimasu ya to waga nageku ya saka no nageki 10 tamahokono michi kuru hito no tachi-domari ika ni to tohaba ihi-yaramu 15 tadzuki wo shirani sanidzurafu kimi ga na ihaba iro ni dete hito shirinu-bemi 20 ashihikino yama yori idzuru tsuki matsu to hito ni ha ihite kimi matsu ware wo. 25

I-wo-mo nezu 1 aga ’mofu kimi ha idzuku he ni ko yohi imase ka matedo kimasanu. 5

For _mononofuno_, _tamahokono_, _sanidzurafu_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k.

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Akakoma no 1 umaya tate kurokoma no umaya tatete so wo kahi 5 aga yuku gotoku omohi tsuma kokoroni norite Takayama no mine no tawori ni 10 i-me tatete shishi matsu gotoku tokoshiku ni aga matsu kimi wo inu na hoye so ne! 15

5 _so_ = _sore_, _kahi_, feed.

10 _tawori_ seems to mean here a recess or hollow place.

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