Part 9

Waga seko ha 1 matedo kimasazu ama no hara furisake mireba nubatamano 5 yo mo fuke ni keri sayo fukete arashi no fukeba tachi-matsu ni waga koromo-de ni 10 furu yuki ha kohori watarinu ima sara ni kimi ki-masame ya sanakadzura 15 nochi mo ahamu to nagusamuru kokoro wo mochite mi sode mochi toko uchi-harahi 20 utsutsu ni ha kimi ni ha ahazhi ime ni dani afu to miye koso ama no tariyo ni. 25

12 _watarinu_, pass from one place or state to another--here almost auxiliary.

25 night as complete as the sky, i.e. the whole night.

For _nubatamano_, _sanakadzura_ see List m. k.

161

Waga seko ha 1 matedo kimasazu karigane mo toyomite samushi nubatamano 5 yo mo fuke ni keri sayo fuku to arashi no fukeba tachi-matsu ni waga koromo-de ni 10 oku shimo mo hi ni saye watari furu yuki mo kohori watarinu ima sara ni 15 kimi kimasame ya sanakadzura nochi mo ahamu to ohobuneno omohi-tanomedo 20 utsutsu ni ha kimi ni ha ahazhi ime ni dani afu to miye koso ama no tari yo ni. 25

8 _arashi_, storm.

12 _hi_, ice.

13 _yuki_, snow.

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

162

Suganoneno 1 nemokorogoro ni aga ’moheru imo ni yoriteba koto no imi mo 5 naku ari koso to ihahi-he wo ihahi hori-suwe taka-dama wo ma naku nuki-tari 10 ame tsuchi no kami wo so aga nomu ita mo sube nami.

Tarachineno 1 haha ni mo norazu tsutsumerishi kokoro ha yoshiwe kimi ga manimani. 5

5 _koto no imi_, prohibition of speech.

For _suganoneno_, _tarachineno_ see List m. k.

163

Tamatasuki 1 kakenu toki naku aga ’moheru kimi ni yoriteba shidzu nusa we 5 te ni tori-mochite takadama wo shizhi ni nuki-tari ame tsuchi no kami wo so aga kofu 10 ita mo sube nami.

For _tamatasuki_ see List m. k.

164

Ohobuneno 1 omohi-tanomite matsu kane no iya toho-nagaku aga ’moheru 5 kimi ni yoriteba koto no yuwe mo naku ari koso to yufu tasuki kata ni tori-kake 10 ihahi-he wo ihahi hori-suwe ame tsuchi no kami ni so aga nomu ita mo sube nami. 15

For _ohobuneno_ see List m. k.

MAKI XIII, SHIMO

165

Mihakashi wo 1 Tsurugi no ike no hachisu ha ni tamareru midzu no yukuhe naku 5 aga seshi toki ni afuteshi to uraheru kimi wo na ine so to haha kikosedomo 10 waga kokoro Kiyosumi no ike no ike no soko are ha wasurezhi tada ni afu made. 15

Inishihe no 1 kami no toki yori ahikerashi ima kokoro ni mo tsune wasurayezu! 5

1-4 are introductory to _yukuhe naku_--there are several interpretations of the whole passage.

1 _wo_ must be taken as equivalent to _no_.

6 _seshi toki_, made, that is, appointed time.

8 _uraheru_--the meaning of this word is obscure. It is written (in script) as _ahi aru_ or _aheru_, nearly equal to _aru_; _uraheru_ is Motowori’s reading.

10 _kikosedomo_ = _notamahedomo_.

14 _are_ = _ware_.

166

Mi Yoshinu no 1 maki-tatsu yama ni shizhi ni ofuru yama suga no ne no nemokoro ni 5 waga ’mofu kimi ha ohokimi no make no manimani hinazakaru kimi wosame ni to 10 muratorino asa tachi-yukeba okuretaru are ka kohinamu tabi nareba 15 kimi ka shinubamu ihamu sube semu sube shirani ashihikino yama no konure ni 20 hafutsutano wakare no amata woshiku mo aru ka mo.

For _suganoneno_, _muratorino_, _ashihikino_, _hafutsutano_ see List m. k.

167

Mi Yoshinu no 1 Mikane no take ni ma naku so ame ha furu chifu tokizhiku so 5 yuki ha furu chifu sono ame no ma naki ga goto sono yuki no tokizhiku ga goto 10 ma mo ochizu are ha so kofuru imo ga tadaka ni.

168

Uchihisatsu 1 Miyake no hara ni hita tsuchi ni ashi fumi tsurane natsukusa wo 5 koshi ni nadzumi ikanaru ya hito no ko yuwe so kayohasu mo ago ubena ubena 10 haha ha shirazu ubena ubena chichi ha shirazu minanowata kaguroki kami ni 15 ma yufu mochi azane yuhitari Yamato no tsuge no wo-gushi osahe sasu 20 shikitahe no ko ha sore so aga tsuma!

9 _ago_, my prince.

17 Various explanations are given of this word--Keichiu gives _asasa_, like (_asasa_ is a sp. of Limnanthemum); Okabe reads _kazashi_, adorn; Motowori suggests the meaning adopted by the Kogi, and in my translation, i.e. _asane no kami_ = _nekutare-gami_. _Azane_, however, may be perhaps better connected with _azanafu_, to bind up.

For _uchihisatsu_, _minanowata_ see List m. k.

169

Tamatasuki 1 kakenu toki naku aga ’moheru imo ni shi ahaneba akanesasu 5 hiru shimirani nubatamano yoru ha sugara ni i mo nezu ni imo ni kofuru ni 10 ikeru subenashi.

9, 10 _imo_, _i mo_.

For _tamatasuki_, _akanesasu_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.

170

Mi-watashi ni 1 imora ha tatashi kono kata ni are ha tachite omufu sora 5 yasukaranaku ni nageku sora yasukaranaku ni saninuri no wo-bune mo ga mo 10 tama-maki no wo-kaji mo ga mo kogi-wataritsutsu mo katarahamashi wo.

In one edition the lay begins with the fourth verse; in another the opening is--_Komoriku no_ | _Hatsuse no kaha no_ | _wochi kata ni_ | _imora ha tatashi_--representing the girl (_imora_) as standing on the further (distant) bank (_wochi-kata_) of the rapid stream of Hatsusè.

171

Oshiteru 1 Naniha no saki ni hiki-noboru ake no sohobune sohobune ni 5 tsuna torikake hikodzurahi ari nami suredo ari nami yezu ihare nishi agami. 10

The text is obscure.

4 _ake_, red. _soho bune_ is red ship.

8 _ari nami_ = _ari nabiki_. There is a play upon this _ari nami_ and the same expression in 9.

7 Lengthened form of _hikotsuru_, go on hauling. So _ihidzurahi_ = _ihitsuru_ (K. 343).

9 _ari nami_ is explained (Motowori) as = _inamu_, refuse, object; _ihare nishi agami_ = such is what I bid you.

172

Kamukazeno 1 Ise no umi no asa nagi ni ki-yoru fukamiru yufu nagi ni 5 ki-yoru matamiru fukamiruno fukameshi are wo matamiruno mata yuki-kaheri 10 tsuma to ihazhi to ka mo omohoseru kimi.

10 _yuki-kaheri_, the coming and passing (of months and days, i.e. of time).

11, 13 _tsuma_ and _kimi_ are not the same person.

For _kamukazeno_, _fukamiruno_, _matamiruno_ see List, m. k.

173

Ki no kuni no 1 Muro no ye no be ni chi tose ni tsutsumu koto naku yorodzu yo ni 5 kaku shi mo aramu to ohobuneno omohi-tanomite ide-tachi no kiyoki nagisa ni 10 asa nagi ni ki-yoru fukamiru yufu nagi ni ki-yoru naha-nori fukamiruno 15 fukameshi kora nahanorino hikaba tayu to ya sado-hito no yuki no tsudohi ni 20 nakukonasu yuki tori-saguri adzusayumi yuhara furi-okoshi shishiki ya wo 25 futatsu tabasami hanachikemu hito shi kuyashi mo kofuraku ’moheba!

1-6 express the situation of the lover; 12-18 describe the sea-weeds on the names of which the thought of the lay is made to turn.

17 is m. k. of _hikaba_, which refers to the breaking of the connexion.

20 _yuki_ is connected with _tsudohi_, assemble = _yukite tsudohite_.

21 is m. k. of 22.

21-26 is a prefatial m. k. of _hanachikemu_.

22 _yuki_ I take to be quiver, but having as homophon (_yuki_, go, prefix to _tori saguri_, search, look for) the epithet _nakuko nasu_--the idea being that of a child crying because it cannot find some treasure it has lost.

23 is m. k. of _yu[hara]_ = _yumi no suwe_.

25 _shishiki ya_ is taken as = _shishi-ya_, game-arrow, hunter’s arrow.

26 _futatsu_ refers to _shishi ya_. _tabasami_ is to take in the hand.

27 _hanachikemu_, to let fly.

28 _hito_ is error for _ware_.

23-26 seem to be a preface to _hanachikemu_.

For _ohobuneno_, _fukamiruno_, _nahanorino_, _nakukonasu_, _adzusayumi_ see List m. k. Of course the above explanations are more or less conjectural. The lay is a poor affair enough, but the text is interesting on account of its complications.

174

Sado-hito no 1 are ni tsuguraku na ga kofuru utsukushi tsuma ha momichibano 5 chiri-midaretaru Kamunabi no sono yama-he kara nubatamano kuro-ma ni norite 10 kaha no se wo nana se watarite uraburete tsuma ha kaheri to hito so tsugetsuru. 15

13 Despondently.

14 _kaheri_, i.e. to City-Royal.

For _momichibano_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.

175

Tohikotahe no uta.

Mono ’mohazu 1 michi yukinamu mo haru-yama wo furi-sake mireba tsutsuzhihana 5 nihohi wotome sakura-bana sakaye wotome na wo so mo a ni yosu chifu 10 a wo so mo na ni yosu chifu ara-yama mo hito shi yosureba yosoru to so ifu 15 na ga kokoro yume!

9 _na_, thou, thee, so in 12.

13, 14, 15 are proverbial ‘_hito ha yama wo yosureba yosoru zo_’ _to ifu_--‘Faith will move mountains.’

For _tsutsuzhihana_ see List m. k.

176

Tatohe uta.

Shikare koso 1 toshi no ya tose wo kiru kami no aga kata wo sugi tachibana no 5 hotsuye wo sugite kono kaha no shita ni mo nagaku na ga kokoro mate.

This lay is defective, or perhaps is an answer to 175.

7, 8 i. e, _kokoro no ura mo_, be thy inmost heart patient to wait even as long as this stream shall continue to flow?

177

Mono ’mohazu 1 michi yukinamu mo haru yama wo furi-sake mireba tsutsuzhihana 5 nihoye wotome sakura-bana sakaye wotome na wo so mo a ni yosu chifu 10 a wo so mo na ni yosu chifu na ha ika ni ’mofu ya-- omohe koso toshi no ya tose wo 15 kiru kami no aga kata wo sugi … tachibana no hotsuye wo suguri kono kaha no 20 shita ni mo nagaku na ga kokoro made.

This lay is a combination of 175 and 176.

178

Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse no kuni ni sa-yobahi ni aga kureba tana-kumori 5 yuki ha furikinu sa-kumori ame ha furikinu nu tsu tori kigishi ha toyomu 10 ihe-tsu-tori kake mo naku sayo ha ake kono yo ha akenu irite aga nemu 15 kono to hirakase.

9-12 verbally almost identical with part of the second lay in K. (p. 76).

10 _kigishi_ = _kizhi_, green pheasant.

179

Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse wo-kuni ni yobahi sesu aga se no kimi yo oku toko ni 5 haha ha netari to toko ni chichi ha netari oki-tataba haha shirinubeshi 10 ide-yukaba chichi shirinubeshi nubatamano yo ha ake-yukinu kokodaku mo 15 omohanu gotoku shinubu tsuma ka mo!

2 _wo_ is diminutive of endearment, &c.

15 Read _kokodaku mo_ with _shinubu_.

17 _tsuma_ = _otto_.

For _komorikuno_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k.

180

Tsuginefu 1 Yamashiro-ji wo hito tsuma no uma-yori yuku ni ono tsuma no 5 kachi-yori yukeba miru goto ni ne nomi shi nakazu soko ’mofu ni kokoro shi itashi 10 tarachineno haha ga katami to aga motaru maso mi kagami ni akitsu hire 15 ohi name mochite uma kahe waga se!

1 _tsuginefu_, a m. k. of _yama_; _tsugi-ne-fu_, peak on peak or range upon range, or _tsugi-ki-no-ne-fu_, abundance of trees (as m. k. of _shiro_). There is little doubt the former meaning is nearest the truth. But see K. App. LVII.

16 _ohi name_, carry and put with, take away together.

For _tsuginefu_, _tarachineno_ see List m. k.

181

Ki no kuni no 1 hama ni yoru chifu ahabi tama hirihamu to ihite Imo no yama 5 Se no yama koyete yukishi kimi itsu kimasamu to tamahokono michi ni ide-tachi 10 yufu ura wo aga tohishikaba yufu ura no are ni noraku wagimoko ya 15 na ga matsu kimi ha okitsu nami ki-yosu shira-tama hetsu nami no yosuru shira-tama 20 motomu to so kimi ga kimasanu hirifu to so kimi ha kimasanu hisa naraba 25 ima nanuka bakari hayakaraba ima futsuka bakari aramu to so kimi ha kikoshishi 30 na kohi so wagimo!

5, 6 Note the word-play _Imo_ and _Se_ (_imose_)--see the translation.

31 _wagimo_ here means ‘my lady’.

For _tamahokono_ see List m. k.

182

Shinatatsu 1 Tsukuma Sanukata Okinaga no Wochi no ko suge amanaku ni 5 i-kari mochi-ki shikanaku ni i-kari mochi-kite okite are wo shinubasu 10 Okinaga no Wochi no ko-suge!

1 _shinatatsu_ is not to be confounded with the m. k. _shinateru_.

5 _amanaku_ = _amanu_ (neg. of _amu_, weave, plait).

7 _shikanaku_ = _shikanu_ (neg. of _shiku_, spread).

183

Kakemaku mo 1 aya ni kashikoshi Fujihara no Miyako shimimi ni hito ha shi mo 5 michite aredomo kimi ha shi mo ohoku imasedo yuki kaharu toshi no wo nagaku 10 tsukahe-koshi kimi no mikado wo ame no goto afugite mitsutsu kashikokedo 15 omohi tanomite itsushika mo [waga ohokimi no ame no shita] shiroshi-imashite 20 mochitsukino tatahashikemu to waga ’moheru miko no mikoto ha haru sareba 25 Uwetsuki ga uhe no tohotsuhito matsu no shita ji yu noborashite kuni mi asobashi 30 nagatsuki no shigure no aki ha ohotono no migiri shimimi ni tsuyu ohite 35 nabikeru hagi wo tamatasuki kakete shinubashi mi yuki furu fuyu no ashita ha 40 sashiyanagi ne-bari adzusa wo ohomi te ni torashi tamahite asobashishi 45 waga ohokimi wo keburi tatsu haru no hi kurashi masokagami miredo akaneba 50 yorodzu yo ni kaku shi mo ga mo to ohobuneno tanomeru toki ni aga namida 55 me ka mo madohasu ohotono wo furi-sake mireba shirotaheni kazari-matsurite 60 uchihisasu miya no toneri ha tahe no ho no asa kinu keru ha ime ka mo 65 utsutsu ka mo to kumoriyono madoheru hodo ni asamoyoshi Kinohe michi yu 70 tsunusahafu Ihare wo mitsutsu kamu hafuri hafurimatsureba yuku michi no 75 tadzuki wo shirani omohedomo shirushi wo nami nagekedomo okuka wo nami 80 mi sode mochi furiteshi matsu wo koto tohanu ki ni ha aredomo aratamano 85 tatsu tsuki goto ni ama no hara furi-sake mitsutsu tamatasuki kakete shinubana 90 kashikokeredomo.

Tsunusahafu 1 Ihare no yama ni shirotaheni kakareru kumo ha ohokimi ro ka mo! 5

4 _shimimi_ = _shimi shimi_, abounding, flourishing.

11 _koshi_ is quasi auxiliary (_kuru_).

28 _matsu_ by homophonal word-play means here, pine-tree.

38 i.e. _kokoro ni kakete mede-utsukushimi_, &c.

41 A m. k. = planted willow--applies to next line.

47 _keburi_ is here, mist.

50 _akaneba_--_aku_, grow tired of.

55 In the text the character _gen_ meaning _kotoba_ (speech) is curiously used for _aga_, mine.

57 lit. a two-storied palace or pavilion. Here the shrine is meant, sometimes a palace or pavilion was built.

67 _kumoriyo_, cloud-darkened night.

69 The m. k. _asamoyoshi_ really applies to _ki_ only of _Kinohe_ (_ki_, to put on; _asamo_, hempen robe).

80 _okuka_, lit. inmost place, end, term, &c.--the meaning is, no limit to my tears.

86 lit. with each new month, but undefined time is intended.

90 _shinubana_ = _shinubu namu_, _shinubamu_.

2 _Ihare_ = _iha mure_, piled rocks.

For _mochitsukino_, _tohotsuhito_, _tamatasuki_, _sashiyanagi_, _masokagami_, _ohobuneno_, _shirotaheni_, _uchihisasu_, _kumoriyono_, _asamoyoshi_, _aratamano_, _tamatasuki_ see List m. k.

184

Shikishimano 1 Yamato no kuni ni ikasama ni omohoshimese ka tsure mo naki 5 Kinohe no miya ni ohotono wo tsukahematsurite tonogomori komori imaseba 10 ashita ni ha meshite-tsukahashi yufu-he ni ha meshite-tsukahashi tsukahashishi 15 toneri no kora ha yukutorino murete samorahi ari-matedo meshitamahaneba 20 tsurugitachi togishi kokoro wo amakumoni omohi-hafurashi koi-marobi 25 hidzuchi nakedomo aki-daranu ka mo.

1-10 suggest the death of the Miko (Takechi?); 11-18 the faithful service of his retainers; 19 to end, their inconsolable grief.

3, 4 This common phrase seems to mean ‘for some reason or other’, an expression used to signify dubiety of cause, real or respectful.

24 _omohi-hafuru_ = _omohi-hanachi-chirasu_.

For _shikishimano_, _yukutorino_, _tsurugitachi_ see List m. k. _tonogomori_ and _amakumoni_ are quasi m. k.

185

Momoshinuno 1 Minu no ohokimi nishi no umaya tatete kafu koma himukashi no umaya 5 tatete kafu koma kusa koso ha torite kahi-name midzu koso ha kumite kahi-name 10 nani shi ka mo ashige no uma no ibaye tachitsuru.

12 _ashige_, reed-like in colour, grey; _ashigebuchi_, dappled grey. The envoy is--_Koromode wo_ | _ashige no uma no_ | _ibayu kowe_ | _kokoro are ka mo_ | _tsune yu ke ni naku_. Here the m. k. _koromode_, vestment-sleeve, is curiously applied to _ashige_ as similar in sound to _osoki_ = _uhagi_ = outer or over-garment. The meaning of _ke ni_ (異) is, differently, strangely, specially.

For _momoshinuno_ see List m. k.

186

Shirakumono 1 tanabiku kuni no awokumono muka-busu kuni no amakumono 5 shita naru hito ha a nomi ka mo kimi ni kofuramu are nomi shi kimi ni kofureba. 10

1-6 indicate all men under heaven.

1 _shirakumono_ applies to clouds on which the sun is shining, _awokumo_ to clouds unsunned.

For _shirakumono_, _awokumono_, _amakumono_, see List m. k. The Kogi separates this lay from the next to which, in some editions, it serves as an introduction.

187

Ame tsuchi ni 1 michi-tarahashite kofuru ka mo mune no yameru omohe ka mo 5 kokoro no itaki aga kohi so hi ni ke ni masaru itsu ha shi mo kohinu toki to ha 10 aranedomo kono nagatsuki wo waga seko ga shinubi ni seyo to chi yo ni mo 15 shinubi wataredo yorodzu yo ni katari to tsugahe hazhimete shi kono nagatsuki no 20 sugimaku wo ita mo sube nami aratamano tsuki no kahareba semu sube no 25 tadoki wo shirani iha ga ne no kogoshiki michi no iha-toko no ne-haheru kado ni 30 ashita ni ha ide-wite nageki yufu-he ni ha iri-wi kohitsutsu.

8 Read as _ini-kihenuru ni masaru_.

10 _kohinu_ is negative.

14 _seyo_, perhaps a sort of (logical) 1st pers. imperative.

30 _ne-haheru_, _nehafu_, or _nebafu_, apparently means extended entrance, referring to gallery approaching tomb-chamber.

31 _ashita_ is here ‘morning’, not merely ‘morrow’.

For _aratamano_ see List m. k.

188

Nubatamano 1 kuro kami shikite hito no nuru uma-i ha nezu ni ohobuneno 5 yukura yukura ni omohitsutsu aga nuru yora ha yomi mo ahenu ka mo.

9 _yomi_, here ‘count’.

For _nubatamano_, _ohobuneno_ see List m. k.

189

Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse no kaha no kamitsu se ni u wo yatsu kadzuke shimotsu se ni 5 u wo yatsu kadzuke kamitsu se no ayu wo kuhashime shimotsu se no ayu wo kuhashime 10 kuhashi imo ni taguhite mashi wo naguru-sa no tohozakari wite omofu sora 15 yasukaranaku ni nageku sora yasukaranaku ni kinu koso ha sore yarenureba 20 nuhitsutsu mo mata mo afu to ihe tama koso ha wo no tayenureba kukuritsutsu 25 mata mo afu to ihe mata mo ahanu mono ha imo ni shi arikeri.

1-10 introductory to _kuhashi imo_. In the use of _kuhashime_ there is an imitation or a reminiscence of the Kojiki lay (K. App. LXXVI) translated in the notes to 177. _kuhashime_ = here, make-swallow, afterwards to disgorge.

13 _nagarusa_, as far as an arrow can be shot.

25 Note the curious script for _kuku_ (_kukuri_) the figures 81 are used, 81 = 9 x 9 = _ku ku_.

For _komorikuno_ see List m. k.

190

Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse no yama awohatano Osaka no yama ha washiri-de no 5 yoroshiki yama no ide-tachi no kuhashiki yama so atarashiki yama no 10 aremakurashi wo.

5 _washiri-de_ = _hashiri-de_, run out, tower, rise high.

9 _atarashiki_, not here ‘new’ but _oshimubeshi_ = what may be prized, valued, regretted, excellent.

For _komorikuno_, _awohatano_ see List m. k.

191

Taka yama to 1 umi koso ha yama nagara kaku mo utsushiku umi nagara 5 shika mo tada narame hito ha hana mono so utsusemino yo hito. 10

2, 6 _koso_ to be read with _narame_.

3, 5 _nagara_ is, just as, exactly as = _na[ru] kara[da]_.

4 _utsushiku_ here means real, actual.

For _utsusemino_ see List m. k.

192

Ohokimi no 1 mikoto kashikomi Akitsushima Yamato wo sugite Ohotomo no 5 Mitsu no hama-he yu ohobune ni ma-kaji shizhi nuki asa nagi ni kako no kowe yobi 10 yufu nagi ni kaji no ’to shitsutsu yukishi kimi itsu ki-masamu to nusa okite 15 ihahi-wataru ni taha-koto ya hito no ihitsuru waga kokoro Tsukushi no yama no 20 momijibano chiri-sugi nishi to kimi ga tadaka wo.

Taha-koto ya 1 hito no ihitsuru tamanowono nagaku to kimi ha iiteshi mono wo. 5

15 Motowori reads _mitegura_, Okabe _yufu ke okite_. The Kogi reading, here adopted, seems simpler and sufficient.

19 _waga kokoro_, is here an exclamation.

21 _momiji-ba_ is to be read with _chiri-_ of _chirisugi_ (22), and this with the last line.

For _momijibano_, _tamanowono_ see List m. k.

193

Tamahokono 1 michi yuku hito ha ashihikino yama yuki nu yuki tada watari 5 kaha yuki-watari isanatori umi-ji ni idete kashikoki ya Kami no watari ha 10 fuku kaze mo nodo ni ha fukazu tatsu nami mo oho ni ha tatazu shiki nami no 15 tachi-safu michi wo taga kokoro itohoshi to ka mo tada watarikemu.

5-19 _tada watari_, _tadachi suguni_--is taken as involving the meaning of _kachi watari_, to cross on foot, walk across. This sense, however, is not altogether admissible.

17 to end: read as if _[kono hito] ha tare no kokoro wo itohoshite ka mo kachi-watarikemu_.

For _tamahokono_, _isanatori_ see List m. k.

194

Tori-ga-ne mo 1 kikoyenu umi ni takayama wo hedate ni nashite okitsu mo wo 5 makura ni nashite akitsu ha no kinu dani kizu ni isanatori umi no hama-be ni 10 ura mo naku inetaru hito ha omo chichi ni manago ni ka aramu wakakusano 15 tsuma ka aruramu omohoshiki koto tsutemu ya to ihe toheba ihe wo mo norazu 20 na wo tohedo na dani mo norazu nakukonasu koto dani tohazu omohedomo 25 kanashiki mono ha yo no naka ni ari.

1-4 The full sense of these lines it is not easy to make out.

7, 8 A very obscure passage. Some commentators suppose a silken garment, the produce of an insect (_yamamai_, wild silkworm), to be intended. The explanation most in accordance with the text (as emended in the Kogi) is to take _akidzu ha_ as meaning the wing of a dragon-fly. The passage would then be interpreted as it is in the translation q. v.

11 _ura mo naku_, without heart, feeling, dead to external impressions.

17 = _omohoshiki_ (_omohashiki_) _koto_, something thought of, thought of with regret, love, &c.: _omohi_ = be in a state of intellectual or emotional consciousness.

23, 24 unable to speak, like a puling infant.

For _isanatori_, _wakakusano_, _nakukonasu_ see List m. k.

195

Tamahokono 1 michi ni idetachi ashihiki no mi yuki yama yuki tada watari 5 kaha yuki watari isanatori umi ji ni idete fuku kaze mo oho ni ha fukazu 10 tatsu nami mo nodo ni ha tatazu kashikoki ya Kami no watari no shiki nami no 15 yosuru hama he ni taka yama wo hedate ni okite urasu wo makura ni makite 20 ura mo naku koyaseru kimi ha omo chichi no manago ni mo aramu wakakusano 25 tsuma mo aramu to ihe tohedo ihe ji mo ihazu na wo tohedo na dani mo norazu 30 taga koto wo itohoshimi ka mo shiki nami no kashikoki umi wo tada watarikemu. 35

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Ihe hito no 1 matsuramu mono wo tsure mo naki ariso wo makite fuseru kimi ka mo. 5

(2)

urasu ni 1 koyaseru kimi wo kefu kefu to komu to matsuramu tsuma shi kanashi mo. 5

For _tamahokono_, _isanatori_, _wakakusano_ see List m. k.

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Kono tsuki ha 1 kimi kimasamu to ohobuneno omohi tanomite itsushika to 5 aga machi woreba momichi-ba no sugite yukinu to tamadzusano tsukahi no iheba 10 hotarunasu honoka ni kikite ame tsuchi wo kohi nomi nageki tachite wite 15 yukuhe mo shirani asa-giri no omohi-madohite tsuwetarazu ya-saka no nageki 20 nagekedomo shirushi wo nami to idzuku ni ka kimi ga masamu to amakumono 25 yuki no manimani iyu shishi no yuki mo shinamu to omohedomo michi shi shiraneba 30 hitori wite kimi ni kofuru ni ne nomi shi nakuzu.

Ashi he yuku 1 kari no tsubasa wo miru goto ni kimi ga obashishi nagu ya shi omohoyu. 5

19, 20 sigh deep as eight (not ten) feet--a conceit of a kind common in Japanese poetry, which can scarcely be translated.

For _ohobuneno_, _tamadzusano_, _hotarunasu_, _tsuwetarazu_, _amakumono_ see List m. k.

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