Maki IV, Kami
Shitashimi uta.
54
Wokamoto no Sumera mikoto no mi-yomimaseru [ohomi] uta hitotsu.
Kami-yo yori 1
are tsugitareba
hito saha ni
kuni ni ha michite
ajimurano 5
sawaki ha yukedo
aga kofuru
kimi nishi araneba
hiru ha
hi no kururu made 10
yoru ha
yo no akuru kihami
omohitsutsu
ine kate ni nomi
akashitsuraku mo 15
nagaki kono yo wo
Yama no ha ni 1
ajimura sawaki
yuku naredo
are ha sabushi we
kimi ni shi araneba. 5
Afumi-ji no 1
Toko no yama naru
Isaya kaha
ke no kono goro ha
kohitsutsu mo aramu. 5
2 are = arahare.
15 akashitsuru.
4 we, an exclamation of pain or regret.
For ajimurano see List m. k.
55
Tajihi no Mabito Kasamaro ga Tsukushi no kuni ni kudaru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.
Omi no me no 1
kushige ni itsuku
kagaminasu
Mitsu no hamabe ni
sanidzurafu 5
himo toki-sakezu
wagimoko ni
kohitsutsu woreba
ake-gure no
asa-kiri kakuri 10
nakutadzuno
ne nomi shi nakayu
aga kofuru
chihe no hitohe mo
nagusamuru 15
kohoro mo are ya to
ihe no atari
aga tachi-mireba
awohatano
Kadzura-ki yama ni 20
tanabikeru
shira-kumo kakuri
amazakaru
hina no kuni-he ni
tada-mukafu 25
Ahaji wo sugi
Ahashima wo
sogahi ni mitsutsu
asa nagi ni
kako no kowe yobi 30
yufu nagi ni
kaji no ’to shitsutsu
nami no he wo
i-yuki sa-gukumi
iha no ma wo 35
i-yuki motohori
Inabitsuma
ura mi wo sugite
tori zhi mono
nadzusahi yukeba 40
Ihe no shima
ariso no uhe ni
uchi-nabiki
shizhi ni ohitaru
nanori-so no 45
nado ka mo imo ni
norazu ki ni kemu.
Shirotahe no 1
sode toki-kahete
kaheri-komu
tsuki hi wo yomite
yukite komashi wo. 5
1-3 are introductory to mi (Mitsu).
45 nanori-so involves a word-play with norazu (47).
For kagaminasu, sanidzurafu, nakutadzuno, awohatano, amazakaru, shirotahe see List m. k.
56
Aki no Obokimi no uta hitotsu.
Toho-dzuma no 1
koko ni araneba
tamahokono
michi wo tadohomi
omofu sora 5
yasukaranaku ni
nageku sora
yasukaranu mono wo
mi-sora yuku
kumo ni mo ga mo 10
takatobu
tori ni mo ga mo
asu yukite
imo ni kototohi
aga tame ni 15
imo mo kotonaku
imo ga tame
are mo kotonaku
ima mo mishi goto
taguhite mo ga mo. 20
5-7 sora, metaphorical for state, condition.
9 sora, atmosphere, what exists between heaven and earth.
19 ima = tadaima (nuper).
20 mo ga mo = mo gana?
For tamahokono see List m. k.
57
Zhimuki (Jinki) hazhime no toshi kinoye ne kaminadzuki Ki no kuni ni idemaseru toki mi-tomo no hito ni okuramu tame wotome ni atsuraherayete Kasa no Asomi Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Ohokimi no 1
idemashi no ma ni
mononofuno
yaso tomo no wo to
ide-yukishi 5
utsukushi tsuma ha
amatobuya
Karu no michi yori
tamatasuki
Unebi wo mitsutsu 10
asamoyoshi
Ki-ji ni iritachi
Matsuchi yama
koyuramu kimi ha
momiji-ba no 15
chiri-tobu mitsutsu
shitashikeku
a wo ba omohazu
kusamakura
tabi wo yoroshi to 20
omohitsutsu
kimi ha aramu to
asoso ni ha
katsu ha shiredomo
shikasu ga ni 25
moda mo ye araneba
aga ’seko ga
yuki no ma ni ma ni
ohamu to ha
chi tabi omohedomo 30
tawayame no
aga mi ni shi areba
michi-mori no
tohamu kotahe wo
ihi-yaramu 35
sube wo shirani to
tachite tsumadzuku!
12 Ki-ji = Kii no michi.
17, 18 Read a wo ba shitashikeku omohazu.
23 asoso or azoso = usu-usu = wadzukani—asoso ni ha shire … katsu ha … but the text here appears corrupt.
For mononofuno, amatobuya, tamatasuki, asamoyoshi, kusamakura see List m. k.
58
Futatose to ifu toshi (Zhimuki = Jinki) kinoto no ushi yayohi Mika no hara no totsumiya idemaseru toki wotome wo yete Kanamura ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Mika no hara 1
tabi no yadori ni
tamahokono
michi no yukiahi ni
amakumono 5
yoso nomi mitsutsu
koto-tohamu
yoshi no nakereba
kokoro nomi
muse-tsutsu aru ni 10
ame tsuchi no
kami koto-yosete
shikitaheno
koromo-de kahete
ono tsuma to 15
tanomeru ko-yohi
aki no yo no
momo yo no nagaku
arikosenu ka mo.
Amakumo no 1
yoso ni mishi yori
wagimoko ni
kokoro mo mi sahe
yori nishi mono wo. 5
12 kotoyoseru strictly means to pretend, but I take it as involving a committal (of the lover’s fortunes) to the gods.
19 ari koso ne (kibô no kotoba), Oh, that it might or may be so!
For tamahokono, amakumono, shikitaheno see List m. k.
59
Sakanohe no Iratsume ga urami no uta hitotsu.
Oshiteru 1
Naniha no suge no
nemokoro ni
kimi ga kikoshite
toshi fukaku 5
nagaku shi iheba
masokagami
togishi kokoro wo
yurushiteshi
sono hi no kihami 10
nami no muta
nabiku tamamo no
ka ni kaku ni
kokoro ha motazu
ohobuneno 15
tanomeru toki ni
chihayaburu
kami ya sakekemu
utsusemino
hito ka safuramu 20
kayohashishi
kimi mo kimasazu
tamadzusano
tsukahi mo miyezu
narinureba 25
ita mo sube nami
nubatamano
yoru ha sugara ni
akarabiku
hi mo kururu made 30
nagekedomo
shirushi wo nami
omohedomo
ta-dzuki wo shirani
tawayame to 35
ihaku mo shiruku
tawarahano
ne nomi nakitsutsu
tamotohori
kimi ga tsukahi wo 40
machi ya kanetemu.
1, 2 Introductory to nemokoro.
4 kikoshite = notamahite.
12 This line serves as m. k. to the next.
13 swerving neither this nor that way.
29 akarabiku, the ra is of unknown value, perhaps = akarashiki wo hiku, lead in earliest dawn.
For oshiteru, masokagami, ohobuneno, chihayaburu, utsusemino, tamadzusano, nubatamano, akarabiku, tawarahano see List m. k.