Maki II Naka
Afumi no Ohotsu no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo.
18
Sumera mikoto kamuagarimaseru toki wominame ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Utsusemi shi 1
kami ni taheneba
sakari-wite
asa nageku kimi
hanare-wite 5
aga kofuru kimi
tama naraba
te ni maki-mochite
kinu naraba
nuku toki mo naku 10
aga kohimu
kimi so kiso no yo
ime ni miyetsuru.
There are no m. k.
1 shi is the usual emphatic or slightly illative form-word. Utsusemi, utsusomi = utsutsu or wotsutsu mi.
2 taheneba, taheru, be able to, capable of, &c.
4 For asa, mawi may be read.
13 Observe force of tsuru implying that the vision is still in part existent, unforgotten.
12 kiso = kisu = sakujitsu.
For utsusemi see List m. k.
19
Sumera mikoto no oho-araki no toki no uta yotsu [sono uchi] Ohokisaki no mi-uta hitotsu.
Isanatori 1
Afumi no umi wo
oki sakete
kogi-kuru fune
he tsukite 5
kogi-kuru fune
okitsu kai
itaku na hane so
hetsu kai
itaku na hane so 10
wakakusano
tsuma no mikoto no
omofu tori tatsu.
12 tsuma = otto.
1-5 are introductory, 6-10 hortatory, 11-13 give the motive, 13 being the climax.
For isanatori and wakakusano see List m. k.
20
Yamashina no mi-sasagi yori agareru toki Nukata no Ohokimi yomitamaheru uta hitotsu.
Yasumishishi 1
wago ohokimi no
kashikoki ya
omi-haka tsukafuru
Yamashina 5
Kagami no yama ni
yoru ha mo
yo no kotogoto
hiru ha mo
hi no kotogoto 10
ne nomi wo
nakitsutsu arite ya
momoshiki no
ohomiya hito ha
yuki wakarenamu. 15
2 wago = waga.
3 ya = yo.
4 Read this line in connexion with 13, 14, 15.
For yasumishishi and momoshiki see List m. k.
Asuka no Kiyomihara no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo.
21
Sumera mikoto no kamuagarimaseru toki Ohokisaki no yomimaseru mi-uta hitotsu.
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi no
yufu sareba
meshitamafurashi
akekureba 5
tohitamafurashi
Kamiwoka no
yama no momichi wo
kefu mo ka mo
tohitamahamashi 10
asu mo ka mo
meshitamahamashi
sono yama wo
furisake mitsutsu
yufu sareba 15
aya ni kanashimi
akekureba
urasabi kurashi
arataheno
koromo no sode ha 20
hiru toki mo nashi.
There are pauses after each of the forms in rashi and mashi.
4 meshi = mishi, hon. caus.
1-12 form an introduction to 13 ff.
For yasumishishi and arataheno see List m. k.
Fujihara no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo.
22
Hinami no miko no mikoto no araki no miya no toki Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Ame tsuchi no 1
hazhime no toki shi
hisakatano
ama no kahara ni
yahoyorodzu 5
chi yorodzu kami no
kamu-tsudohi
tsudohi imashite
kamu agachi
agachi shi toki ni 10
Amaterasu
Hirume no mikoto
ame wo ba
shiroshimesu to
Ashihara no 15
Midzuho no kuni wo
ame tsuchi no
yori-ahi no kihami
shiroshimesu
kami no mikoto to 20
amakumono
ya he kaki wakete
kami kudari
imase matsurishi
takahikaru 25
hi no miko ha
Asuka no
Kiyomi no miya ni
kamu nagara
futoshikimashite 30
Sumerogi no
shikimasu kuni to
ama no hara
ihato wo hiraki
kamu nobori 35
nobori imashinu
waga ohokimi
miko no mikoto no
amenoshita
shiroshimeshiseba 40
haru hana no
tafutokaramu to
mochi-tsuki no
tatahashikemu to
amenoshita 45
yomo no hito no
ohobuneno
omohi tanomite
amatsumidzu
afugite matsu ni 50
ikasama ni
omohoshimese ka
tsuremonaki
Mayumi no woka ni
miya hashira 55
futoshiki imashi
mi araka no
takashirimashite
asa goto ni
mi koto tohasazu 60
tsuki-hi no
maneku narinure
soko yuwe ni
miko no miyabito
yuku-he shirazu mo! 65
5 yaho, eight hundred, i.e. countless.
9 agachi = wakachi (tsu).
18 kihami, in sense of kagiri, extent.
46 yomo, the four quarters, in or from every quarter.
53 tsuremonaki, alone, unattended.
57 mi araka seems to mean here a new royal palace.
60 mi koto, royal words or commands. tohasazu; tohasu = tofu, converse, speak with.
62 maneku = many.
Line 23 refers to Ninigi no mikoto, line 30 to Temmu tennô, 37 ohokimi is Hinami no miko (see XIX, notes).
For hisakata, amakumono, takahikaru, ohobuneno, amatsumidzu see List m. k.
23
[Kahashima no miko no araki no miya no toki] Hitomaro ga Hatsusebe no hime miko to [Osakabe no miko] tatematsureru uta hitotsu.
Tobutorino 1
Asuka no kaha no
kamitsu se ni
ofuru tamamo ha
shimotsu se ni 5
nagare-furafu
tamamonasu
ka yori kaku yori
nabikahishi
tsuma no mikoto no 10
tatanadzuku
niki-hada sura wo
tsurugitachi
mi ni sohe-neneba
nubatamano 15
yo toko mo aruramu
soko yuwe ni
nagusame-kanete
kedashiku mo
afu ya to ’mohoshite 20
tamatareno
Wochi no ohonu no
asa tsuyu ni
tamamo ha hidzuchi
yufu-giri ni 25
koromo ha nurete
kusamakura
tabi-ne ka mo suru
ahanu kimi yuwe.
6 furafu = furu.
9 = nabiku.
10 tsuma, karizhi for otto.
11 nikihada = nikoyaka, yaharaku naru hada.
16 aruramu = areru, to waste, desolate.
19 kedashiku = moshi.
For tobutorino, tamamonasu, tatanadzuku, tsurugitachi, nubatamano, tamatareno, kusamakura see List m. k.
24
Takechi no miko no mikoto no Kinohe no araki no miya no toki Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Kakemaku mo 1
yuyushiki ka mo
ihamaku mo
aya ni kashikoki
Asuka no 5
Makami no hara ni
hisakatano
amatsu mikado wo
kashikoku mo
sadame-tamahite 10
kamusabu to
iha kakurimasu
yasumishishi
waga ohokimi no
kikoshimesu 15
sotomo no kuni no
makitatsu
Fuhayama koyete
komatsurugi
Wazami ga hara no 20
kari-miya ni
amori imashite
amenoshita
osame-tamahi
wosu-kuni wo 25
sadame-tamafu to
toriganaku
Adzuma no kuni no
mi ikusa wo
meshitamahite 30
chihayaburu
hito wo yahase to
matsurohanu
kuni wo osame to
miko nagara 35
makitamaheba
ohomi mi ni
tachi tori-obashi
ohomi te ni
yumi tori-motashite 40
mi ikusa wo
adomohi-tamahi
totonofuru
tsutsumi no oto ha
ikatsuchi no 45
kowe wo kiku made
fuki-naseru
kuda no oto mo
atamitaru
tora ka hoyuru to 50
moro hito no
obiyuru made ni
sasagetaru
hata no nabiki ha
fuyukomori 55
haru sarikureba
nu goto ni
tsukite aru hi no
kaze no muta
nabiku ga gotoku 60
tori-motaru
yu hazu no sawaki
mi yuki
furu
fuyu no hayashi ni 65
tsumushi ka mo
i-maki wataru to
omofu made
kiki no kashikoku
hiki-hanatsu 70
ya no shigekeku
ohoyuki no
midarete kitare
matsurohazu
tachi-mukahishi mo 75
tsuyu shimo no
kenaba kesubeku
yukutori no
arasofu hashi ni
Watarahi no 80
ihahi no miya yu
kamu kaze ni
i-fuki-madohashi
amakumo wo
hinomemomisezu 85
tokoyami ni
ohohi-tamahite
sadameteshi—
Midzuho no kuni wo
kamu nagara 90
futoshiki imashi[te]
yasumishishi
waga ohokimi no
amenoshita
mawoshi tamaheba 95
yorodzu yo ni
shikashi mo aramu to
yufuhanano
sakayuru toki ni
waga ohokimi 100
miko no mikado wo
kamu miya ni
yosohi matsurite
tsukahashishi
mikado no hito mo 105
shirotaheno
asa koromo kite
Haniyasu no
mikado no hara ni
akanesasu 110
hi no kotogoto
shishi zhi mono
ihahi fushitsutsu
nubatamano
yufuhe ni nareba 115
ohotono wo
furisake mitsutsu
udzuranasu
ihahi motohori
samorahedo 120
samorahi kanete
harutorino
samayohinureba
nageki mo
imada suginu ni 125
omohi mo
imada tsukineba
kotosaheku
Kudara no hara yu
kamu hafuri 130
hafuri-i mashite
asamoyoshi
Kinohe no miya wo
toko miya to
sadame-matsurite 135
kamu nagara
shidzumarimashinu
shikaredomo
waga ohokimi no
yorodzu yo to 140
omohoshimeshite
tsukurashishi
Kagu yama no miya
yorodzu yo ni
sugimu to ’mohe ya 145
ame no goto
furisake mitsutsu
tamatasuki
kakete shinubamu
kashikokaredomo! 150
Hisakata no 1
ame shirashinuru
kimi yuwe ni
tsuki hi mo shirani
kohi-wataru ka mo! 5
Haniyasu no 1
ike no tsutsumi no
komorinu no
yukuhe wo shirani
toneri ha madofu! 5
1 kakemaku = kakemu (koto), about to utter.
5 ihamaku = ihemu (koto), about to say.
8 amatsu mikado, heavenly palace, tomb or mortuary chapel or barrow of Temmu at Ohouchi (N. II. 387).
14 ohokimi = Temmu.
16 sotomo, outer or back face, i.e. north (Mino).
19 komatsurugi is m. k. of Wa(zami).
22 amori, ama ori, descend from heaven.
27 The m. k. applies to A(dzuma).
35 The miko is Takechi.
36 maki = makase, charge with.
37 ohomi mi, great self.
42 Pause at end of this line.
59 under force of the wind.
60 Another pause.
62 yumi no hadzu.
66 ka = kaze.
69 Another pause.
73 Pause.
84 Read this line after 86.
88 Pause, but taken as a sort of pivot, may be connected with Midzuho no kuni in the next line.
90 A god, as god.
93 ohokimi is Jitô.
95 The indirect object of mawoshi … is not expressed, it is Jitô (A.D. 690-6).
98 A quibble is seen by some commentators in yufu (ifu).
101 miko no mikado, the mortuary chapel of Takechi.
102 kamu miya, as a god-shrine.
105 the watchers.
108-9 The hara before the Kagu yama no miya (143).
116 ohotono, the mikado already mentioned.
129 yu = yori.
130 hafuri, officials at funerals and interments; hafuru, to conduct obsequies.
132 m. k. of Ki[nohe].
137 pause.
139 ohokimi must be Takechi.
142 tsukurishi.
145 would outlast, they think belike.
149 [kokoro ni] kakete.
150 Read before 148.
The syntax of this lay is not always clear. The Kogi in its explanation does not refer to Jitô, and almost seems to regard the mawoshi of 95 as addressed to Temmu.
For hisakatano, yasumishishi, komatsurugi, toriganaku, chihayaburu, fuyukomori, tsuyushimono, yukatorino, yufuhanano, shirotaheno, akanesasu, nubatamano, udzuranasu, harutorino, kotosaheku, asamoyoshi, tamatasuki see List m. k.