Maki I Shimo
13
Fujihara no miya tsukuri ni tateru tami no yomeru uta.
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi
takahikaru
hi no miko
arataheno 5
Fujihara ga uhe ni
wosu kuni wo
meshitamahamu to
ohomiya ha
takashirasamu to 10
kamu nagara
omohosu nabe ni
ame tsuchi mo
yorite are koso
ihabashiru 15
Afumi no kuni no
koromodeno
Tanakami yama
makisaku
hi no tsumade wo 20
mononofuno
yaso Uji-kaha ni
tamamonasu
ukabe nagasere
so wo toru to 25
sawaku mi-tami mo
ihe wasure
mi wo tanashirani
kamo zhi mono
midzu ni uki-wite 30
aga tsukuru
hi no mikado ni
shiranu kuni
yori Kose-ji yori
waga kuni ha 35
tokoyo ni naramu
fumi oheru
ayashiki kame mo
arata yo to
Idzumi no kaha ha 40
mochi koseru
maki no tsumade wo
momotarazu
ikada ni tsukuri
nobosuramu 45
isohaku mireba
kamu nagara narashi.
8 meshi, mishi (miru).
8, 10 Supply omote after to.
10 Equivalent to shiroshimesu = here, to give high command for.
12 omohosu nabe; nabe has force of tsurete (together with).
12, 13, 14 to be read together.
14 are = areba.
25 so = sore (tsumade).
26 Or sawagu.
31 aga = tami.
34 The meaning is made clear by passing to v. 40, and reading the intervening verses as a parenthesis.
47 narashi, I take = naramu, nearly.
The m. k. (5) applies to Fuji[hara], (17) to Ta[nakami], (43) to i[kada]; i = 50.
For yasumishishi, takahikaru, arataheno, ihabashiru, koromodeno, makisaku, mononofuno, tamamonasu, momotarazu see List m. k.
14
Fujihara no miya no mi-wi no uta.
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi
takahikaru
hi no miko
arataheno 5
Fujiwi ga hara ni
ohomikado
hazhimetamahite
Haniyasu no
tsutsumi no uhe ni 10
aritatashi
meshitamaheba
Yamato no
awokagu yama ha
hi no tate no 15
ohomikado ni
awoyama to
shimi sabitateni
Unebi no
kono midzu yama ha 20
hi no yoko no
ohomikado ni
midzu yama to
yama sabi-imasu
Miminashi no 25
awosuga yama ha
sotomo no
ohomikado ni
yoroshi nabe
kamusabitateru 30
naguhashi
Yoshinu no yama ha
kagetomo ni
ohomikado yo
kumowi ni so 35
tohoku arikeru
takashiru ya
ame no mi kage
ameshiruya
hi no mi kage no 40
midzu koso ha
tokiha ni arame
mi-wi no mashi midzu.
Fujihara no 1
ohomiya tsukahe
aretsugu ya
wotome ga tomo ha
tomoshiki ro ka mo. 5
4 hi no miko is the Queen-Regnant Jito, the subject of all the verbs down to tamaheba (v. 12).
15 hi no tate must here mean the East, and hi no yoko (21), lit. the noon-sun direction, must mean the West.
27 sotomo, hinder, shady, or north face.
33 kagetomo, light or south face. The exact distribution, however, of the meaning of these terms is not quite clear; hinotate, hi no yoke, sotomo, kagetomo.
37, 39 I take the ya as interjectional.
39 ame-shiru, heaven-rule.
40 I take the no as connecting 37-40 with midzu in 41. The text is not easy, and the Kogi seems to me rather to shirk the main difficulties.
3 are-tsugu = arahare-tsugu, be manifest, i.e. follow in succession.
For yasumishishi, takahikaru, arataheno, ameshiruya see List m. k.
[Nara no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo.]
15
[Aru hon] Fujihara no miyako yori Nara no miya ni utsurimaseru toki no uta.
Ohokimi no 1
mikoto kashikomi
nikibinishi
ihe wo oki
komorikuno 5
Hatsuse no kaha ni
fune ukete
aga yuku kaha no
kaha kuma no
yaso kuma ochizu 10
yorodzu tabi
kaherimishitsutsu
tamahokono
michi yuki-kurashi
awoniyoshi 15
Nara no miyako no
Saho-gaha ni
i-yuki itarite
aga netaru
koromo no uhe yo 20
asadzuku yo
sayaka ni mireba
tahe no ho ni
yoru no shimo furi
ihatoko to 25
kaha no hikohori
sayuru yo wo
yasumu koto naku
kayohitsutsu
tsukureru ihe ni 30
chi yo made ni
imasamu kimi to
are mo kayohamu.
Awoniyoshi 1
Nara no ihe ni ha
yorodzu yo ni
are mo kayohamu
wasuru to ’mofu na. 5
32 kimi is the friend who has removed to the new capital.
5 omofu.
For komorikuno, tamahokono, awoniyoshi see List m. k.