Maki III, Shimo
Kanashimi uta.
45
Ihata no Ohokimi usetamaheru toki Nifu no Ohokimi no yomitamaheru uta hitotsu.
Nayutakeno 1
towoyoru miko
sanidzurafu
waga ohokimi ha
komorikuno 5
Hatsuse no yama ni
kamusabite
itsuki imasu to
tamadzusano
hito so ihitsuru 10
oyodzure ka
waga kikitsuru
tahagoto ka
waga kikitsuru mo
ame tsuchi ni 15
kuyashiki koto no
yo no naka no
kuyashiki koto ha
amakumono
sokuhe no kihami 20
ame tsuchi no
itareru made ni
tsuwe tsuki mo
tsukazu mo yukite
yufuke tohi 25
ishi-ura mochite
waga yado ni
mi moro wo tatete
makura he ni
ihahihe wo suwe 30
takatama wo
shizhi ni nukitari
yufu tasuki
kahina ni kakete
ame naru 35
Sasara no wo-nu no
ihahi suge
te ni tori-mochite
hisakatano
ame no kahara ni 40
ide-tatete
misogite mashi wo
Takayama no
ihaho no uhe ni
imasetsuru ka mo! 45
Oyodzure no 1
tahagoto to ka mo
Takayama no
Ihaho no uhe ni
kimi ga koyaseru. 5
Isonokami 1
Furu no yama naru
sugimura no
omohi sugubeku
kimi ni aranaku ni. 5
1 oyodzure and tahagoto seem nearly synonymous, the former rather ‘false’, the latter ‘vain’ news.
For nayutakeno, sanidzurafu, komorikuno, tamadzusano, amakumono, hisakatano, Isonokami see List m. k.
46
Oyazhi [Ihata no Ohokimi use-tamaheru] toki Yamakuma no Ohokimi kanashimi yomimaseru uta hitotsu.
Tsunusahafu 1
Ihare no michi wo
asa sarazu
yukikemu hito no
omohitsutsu 5
kayohikemaku ha
hototogisu
ki naku sa-tsuki ha
ayame-gusa
hana tachibana wo 10
tama ni nuki
kadzura ni semu to
naga tsuki no
shigure no toki ha
momichi ba wo 15
ori-kazasamu to
hafukudzuno
iya toho-nagaku
yorodzu yo ni
tayezhi to omohite 20
kayohikemu
kimi wo asu yo ha
yoso ni ka mo mimu.
[In dai] oyazhi = onazhi.
4 hito is Ihata.
6 The subject is the poet.
For tsunusahafu (m. k. of iha in Ihare) hafukudzuno see List m. k.
47
Katsushika no Mama wotome ga haka wo tohoreru toki Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Inishihe ni 1
arikemu hito no
shidzuhata no
obi toki-kahete
fuseya tate 5
tsuma-dohi shikemu
katsushika no
Mama no tekona ga
okutsuki wo
koko to ha kikedo 10
maki no ha ya
shigemitaruramu
matsuganeno
tohoku hisashiki
koto nomi mo 15
na nomi mo ware ha
wasuraye naku ni.
Katsushika no 1
Mama no iriye ni
uchi nabiku
tamamo karikemu
tekona shi omohoyu. 5
2 hito = a suitor.
5 The translation is based on the Kogi explanation.
For matsuganeno see List m. k.
48
Temuhiyau (Tempyô) hazhime no toshi tsuchi no to mi Tsu no kuni no Agachi-da no Fumihito Hasetsukabe no Tatsumaro ga wanakishi toki matsurigoto hito (Hanguwan) Ohotomo no Sukune Minaka ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Amakumono 1
muka-fusu kuni no
masurawo to
ihayeshi hito ha
Sumerogi no 5
kami no mikado ni
to no he ni
tachi-samorahi
uchi no he ni
tsukahe matsuri 10
tamakadzura
iya toho-nagaku
oya no na mo
tsugi-yuku mono to
omo chichi ni 15
tsuma ni kodomo ni
katarahite
tachi nishi hi yori
tarachineno
haha no mikoto ha 20
ihahi-he wo
mahe ni suwe-okite
hito te ni ha
yufu tori-mochi
hito te ni ha 25
nikitahe matsuri
tahirakeku
masakiku mase to
ame tsuchi no
kami ni kohi nomi 30
ikani aramu
toshi tsuki hi ni ka
tsutsuzhihana
nihoheru kimi ga
nihodorino 35
nadzusahi komu to
tachite wite
machikemu hito ha
ohokimino
mikoto kashikomi 40
oshiteru
Naniha no kuni ni
aratamano
toshi furu made ni
shirotahe no 45
koromode hosazu
asa yohi ni
aritsuru kimi ha
ikasama ni
omohi-mase ka 50
utsusemino
woshiki kono yo wo
tsuyushimono
okite inikemu
toki-narazu shite! 55
Kinofu koso 1
kimi ha arishi ka
omohanu ni
hama-matsu no he no
kumo ni tanabiku. 5
4 hito = Tatsumaro.
7 to, soto.
28 mase, koso mase.
38 hito, household of Tatsumaro.
48 aritsuru, goes on or went on being.
50 = omohimaseba.
51 m. k. of yo.
52 m. k. of okite.
For amakumono, tamakadzura, tarachineno, tsutsuzhihana, nihodorino, ohokimino, oshiteru, aratamano, shirotaheno, tsuyushimono see List m. k.
49
[Temuhiyau (Tempyô)] nana tose to ifu toshi kinoto no wi Ohotomo no Sakanohe no Iratsume ga ama no Riguwamu (Rigwan) no mi-makareru wo kanashimi yomeru uta hitotsu.
Takutsunu no 1
Shiraki no kuni yu
hito goto wo
yoshi to kikashite
tohi-sakuru 5
ugara haragara
naki kuni ni
watari-kimashite
ohokimi no
shikimasu kuni ni 10
uchihisasu
Miyako shimimi ni
sato ihe ha
saha ni aredomo
ikasama ni 15
omohikeme ka mo
tsure mo naki
Saho no yama he ni
nakukonasu
shitahi kimashite 20
shikitaheno
ihe wo mo tsukuri
aratamano
toshi no wo nagaku
sumahitsutsu 25
imashishi mono wo
umarureba
shinu chifu koto ni
nogaroyenu
mono ni shi areba 30
tanomarishi
hito no kotogoto
kusamakura
tabi naru hodoni
Saho kaha wo 35
asa kaha watari
Kasuga nu wo
so-gahi ni mitsutsu
ashihikino
yamabe wo sashite 40
kura-yami to
kakuri mashinure
ihamu sube
semusubeshirani
tamotohori 45
tada hitori shite
shirotaheno
koromo-de hosazu
nagekitsutsu
aga naku namida 50
Arima yama
kumo wi tanabiku
ame ni furiki ya!
5 Converse, utter, talk with.
8 The subject is Rigwan, also of verbs in 25, 26.
26 After mono supply omohite or omoheba.
34 hodoni = whilst.
36 sqq. The subject of the verbs is the party of mourners who accompany the corpse of Rigwan.
44 Subject of tamotohori (go up and down, to and fro) is Sakanohe.
For takutsunu, uchihisasu, nakukonasu, shikitaheno, aratamano, kusamakura, ashihikino see List m. k.
50
Mata Yakamochi ga yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Waga yado ni 1
hana so sakitaru
so wo miredo
kokoro mo yukazu
hashikiyashi 5
imo ga ariseba
mikamonasu
futari narabi-wi
taworite mo
misemashi mono wo 10
utsusemino
kareru mi nareba
tsuyushimono
kesuru ga gotoku
ashihikino 15
yamaji wo sashite
irihinasu
kakuri ni shikaba
soko ’mofu ni
mune koso itame 20
ihi mo kane
nadzuke mo shirani
atomonaki
yo no naka nareba
semu sube mo nashi. 25
Toki ha shimo 1
itsu mo aramu wo
kokoro itaku
i-yuku wagimo ka
wakaki ko wo ’kite. 5
Ide-yukasu 1
michi shiramaseba
arakazhime
imo wo todomemu
seki wo okamashi wo. 5
Imo ga mishi 1
yado ni hana saku
toki ha henu
aga naku namida
imada hi naku ni. 5
3 so = sore.
10 Supply omohite (oheba).
4 i is prefix.
5 ’kite = okite.
1 Read mishi with hana.
For mikamonasu, utsusemino, tsuyushimono, ashihikino, irihinasu, atomonaki see List m. k.
51-52
(Oyazhi) to tose amari mu tose to ifu toshi kinoye saru kisaragi Asaka no miko no sugitamaheru toki uchi-toneri Ohotomo no Sukune Yakamochi yomeru uta mutsu.
Kakemaku mo
aya ni kashikoshi
ihamaku mo
yuyushiki ka mo
waga ohokimi 5
miko no mikoto
yorodzu yo ni
woshi-tamahamashi
Oho-Yamato
Kuni no miyako ha 10
uchinabiku
haru sarinareba
yama he ni ha
hana-saki wowori
kaha se ni ha 15
ayu-ko sa-hashiri
iya hi ke ni
sakayuru toki ni
oyodzure no
tawagoto to ka mo 20
shirotahe ni
toneri yosohite
Wadzuka yama
mi koshi tatashite
hisakatano 25
ame shirashinure
koi-marobi
hidzuchi nakedomo
semu sube mo nashi.
Waga ohokimi 1
ame shirasamu to
omohaneba
oho ni so mikeru
Wadzuka soma yama. 5
Ashihikino 1
yama sahe hikari
saku hana no
chirinuru gotoki
waga ohokimi ka mo. 5
24 koshi, coffin.
For uchinabiku, hisakatano, ashihikino see List m. k.
52
Kakemaku mo 1
aya ni kashikoshi
waga ohokimi
miko no mikoto
mononofuno 5
yaso tomo no wo wo
meshitsudohe
adomohi-tamahi
asa-kari ni
shishi fumi-okoshi 10
yufu-kari ni
tori fumi-tate
oho mi ma no
kuchi osahe-tome
mi kokoro wo 15
meshi akirameshi
Ikuji yama
ko-dachi no shizhi ni
saku hana mo
utsurohi ni keri 20
yo no naka ha
kaku nomi narashi
masurawono
kokoro furi-okoshi
tsurugitachi 25
koshi ni tori-haki
adzusayumi
yuki tori-ohite
ame tsuchi to
iya tohonaga ni 30
yorodzu yo ni
kaku shi mo ka mo to
tanomerishi
Miko no Mikado no
sabahenasu 35
sawaku toneri ha
shirotahe ni
koromo tori-kite
tsune narishi
wemahi furumahi 40
iya hi ke ni
kaharafu mireba
kanashiki ro ka mo.
For mononofuno, masurawono, tsurugitachi, sabahenasu, shirotaheni (equiv. shirotaheno) see List m. k.
53
Usetaru me wo kanashimi Takahashi no Asomi ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Shirotaheno 1
sode sashi-kahete
nabiki-neshi
waga kurokami no
ma-shiraga ni 5
kaharamu kihami
arata yo ni
tomo ni aramu to
tamanowono
tayezhi i-imo to 10
musubiteshi
koto ha hatasazu
omoherishi
kokoro ha togedzu
shirotaheno 15
tamoto wo wakare
nikibi ni shi
ihe yu mo idete
midori-ko no
naku wo mo okite 20
asa-kiri no
oho ni naritsutsu
Yamashiro no
Sagaraka yama no
yama no ma yu 25
yuki-suginureba
ihamu sube
semusubeshirani
wagimoko to
sa-neshi tsuma-ya ni 30
asa niha ni
ide-tachi shinubi
yufube ni ha
iri-wi nagekahi
waki-hasamu 35
ko no naku goto ni
wotoko-zhi mono
ohi-mi udaki-mi
asatorino
ne nomi naki-tsutsu 40
kofuredomo
shirushi wo nami to
koto tohanu
mono ni ha aredo
wagimoko ga 45
iri ni shi yama wo
yosuka to so ’mofu.
47 yosuka is better than yosuga.
For shirotaheno, tamanowono see List m. k.