Maki I Kami
Kusagusa no uta. Hatsuse no Asakura no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumeramikoto no mi-yo.
1
Ko mo yo 1
mi ko mochi
fukushi mo yo
fukushi mochi
kono woka ni 5
na tsumasu ko
ihe norase
na norasane
soramitsu
Yamato no kuni ha 10
oshinabete
are koso wore
shikinabete
are koso mase
a wo koso 15
se to ha norame
ihe wo mo na wo mo!
1 mo yo, interjectional phrase of mingled admiration and entreaty.
6 na, herbs. ko, girl, ko in 1, 2 = basket or satchel.
7 norase, honour-causative imperative.
8 norasane, hortative form of honour-causative with particle ne; it implies some degree of respect.
9 A makura kotoba (m. k.) applied to yama (Yamato).
12 are = ware; koso wore, emphatic declarative of woru, be, be in, at, &c.
13 Almost equivalent to 11 oshinabete = oshi nabikasete, causing all to acknowledge my power and protection.
16 se = brother, husband, lover.
17 na here and in 8 = name.
vv. 1-6 lead up to ko the first climax; 7-14 to the second climax; 15-17 to the final climax. 1-6 furnish a good instance of the reversed order of words in the Japanese sentence.
For soramitsu see List m. k.
Takechi no Woka no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi yo.
2
Sumera mikoto no Kagu yama ni noborimashite kunimi shitamaheru toki mi yomimaseru ohomi uta.
Yamato ni ha 1
mura yama aredo
tori-yorofu
Ame-no-kagu-yama
nobori-tachi 5
kuni-mi wo sureba
kuni hara ha
keburi tachi-tatsu
unabara ha
kamome tachi-tatsu 10
umashi kuni so
Akitsushima
Yamato no kuni ha!
6 The logical subject is, I the Mikado.
11 so is, perhaps, oftener written zo.
For Akitsushima see List m. k.
3
Sumeramikoto no Uchi no nu mi kari shitamaheru toki Nakachi Himemiko no Hashihito no Muraji Oyu wo shite tatematsurase tamafu uta.
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi no
ashita ni ha
tori-nade-tamahi
yufube ni ha 5
i-yori-tatashishi
mi torashi no
adzusa no yumi no
nari hazu no
oto su nari 10
asa-kari ni
ima tatasurashi
yufu-kari ni
ima tatasurashi
mi torashi no 15
adzusa no yumi no
nari hazu no
oto su nari!
Tamakiharu 1
Uchi no ohonu ni
uma namete
asa fumasuramu
sono fukakusa nu. 5
6 i, a prefix of which the value is lost.
9 nari here means sound, twang.
12 tatasurashi = tatsuramu.
2 Uchi may = utsutsu, or possibly ude, arm.
For yasumishishi, mi torashi no, adzusa no yumi and tamakiharu see List of m. k. The m. k. it must be remembered are epithets, or expressions in the nature of epithets, only. Thus 7, 8 and 15, 16 are simply double m. k. of nari, indeed nari hazu no is almost another m. k. of oto.
4 fumasuramu = fumamu.
4
Sanuki no kuni Aya no kohori ni idemaseru toki Ikusa no Ohokimi no yama wo mite yomitamaheru uta.
Kasumitatsu 1
nagaki haru hi no
kure ni keru
wadzuki mo shirazu
murakimono 5
kokoro wo itami
nuye no tori
uranage woreba
tamatasuki
kake no yoroshiku 10
tohotsu kami
waga ohokimi no
idemashi no
yama koshi no kaze no
hitori woru 15
waga koromode ni
asa yohi ni
kaherahinureba
masurawo to
omoheru are mo 20
kusamakura
tabi nishi areba
omohi-yaru
tadzuki wo shirani
Tsunu no ura no 25
ama wotomera ga
yakushiho no
omohi so yakuru
aga shita-gokoro.
Yama koshi ni 1
kaze wo tokizhi ni
nuru yo ochizu
ihe naru imo wo
kakete shinubitsu. 5
In the dai the no after Ohokimi is read with yomi … uta. In 3 and 22 ni is rather a verbal form (nu) than a postposition.
8 uranage = uchi ni nageki, inwardly, profoundly, lamenting.
10 kake (kakuru) a verb of wide connotation, fundamentally, hang on or over, suspend, put to, forth or on, [kotoba wo] kake, utter, as here.
18 kaherahinureba = kaherinureba.
19 masurawo is said to be ma-ara shi-wo, right-bold-man, or better (more grammatically) masa (or masu)-ara-wo, which has the same meaning.
22 shi is a particle of emphasis.
23 omohi-yaru, thought-send-away, get rid of (unpleasing) thoughts; omohi, common throughout the Lays, means think, think affectionately or regretfully of, &c.
3 nuru yo ochizu, without missing a sleeping night.
5 kakete = kokoro ni kakete, bearing in mind. shinubu is to love, yearn for, regret. omohi is the more general term, shinubu more special, shitahi, affection, kofuru, kohi, &c., love of men and women. But these connotations are not strictly adhered to.
5
Nakachi no Ohoye no [Afumi no miya ni shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto] Mitsu yama no mi uta.
Takayama ha 1
Unebi wo yeshi to
Miminashi to
ahi-arisohiki
kamiyo yori 5
kaku narurashi
inishihe mo
shika nare koso
utsusemi mo
Tsuma wo 10
arasofurashiki.
Takayama to 1
Miminashi yama to
ahishi toki
tachite mi ni koshi
Inami kuni hara. 5
In the dai … meshishi is the participial past form of mesu. Care must be taken to distinguish between this shi and such a terminational shi as narurashi (6), koshi (4).
1 Read Kaguyama ha Unebi wo yeshi to (te) Miminashi to ahi arisohi.
4 Observe the past form in ki.
6 narurashi = naramu, nearly.
7 inishi-he = passed away period, i.e. ancient.
10 A three-syllable verse.
11 supply mono nari.
1 A mistake in the script, it should be Kaguyama.
4 mi, see.
Afumi no Ohotsu no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi yo.
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Sumera mikoto uchi no ohomahetsu kimi Fujihara no Asomi ni mikotonori shite haru yama no hana no iro aki yama no momichi no nihohi wo arasohashimetamafu toki Nukata no Ohokimi no uta mochite kotowaritamaheru sono uta.
Fuyukomori 1
haru sarikureba
nakazarishi
tori mo ki-nakinu
sakazarishi 5
hana mo sakeredo
yama mo shimi
irite mo [kikazu]
kusa fukami
torite mo mizu 10
aki yama no
ko no ha wo mite ha
momitsu wo ba
torite so shinubu
awoki wo ba 15
okite so nageku
soko shi tanushi
aki yama are ha!
4 ki-nakinu, come-sing-finished, the past in nu.
6, 7 Read as if hana mo sake yama mo shigedo.
10 toramu to mo mizu.
12 ko = ki, tree.
13 momitsu, momi, is red.
16 nageku, naga-iki, sigh, with pleasure or pain.
17 tanushi, tanoshiki.
18 are, ware.
For fuyukomori see List m. k.
7
Nukata no Ohokimi no Afumi no kuni ni kudaritamaheru toki yomitamaheru uta.
Umasake
Miwa no yama
awoniyoshi
Nara no yama no
yama no ma yu 5
i-kakuru made
michi no kuma
i-tsumoru made ni
tsubaraka ni
mitsutsu yukamu wo 10
shibashiba mo
misakamu yama wo
kokoro naku
kumo no
kakusafubeshi ya. 15
6 kakuru, to be hidden.
10 yukamu [mono] wo [omohite].
15 kakusubeshi.
For umasake and awoniyoshi see List m. k.