Maki VI, Shimo
88
(Tempyô) yatose to ifu toshi hinoye ne minadzuki Yoshinu no totsumiya ni idemaseru toki Akahito ga mikotonori wo uketamaharite yomeru uta hitotsu.
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi no
meshi-tamafu
Yoshinu no miya ha
yama-takami 5
kumo so tanabiku
kaha hayami
se no to so kiyoki
kamusabite
mireba tafutoku 10
yoroshi nabe
mireba sayakeshi
konoyama no
tsukiba nomi koso
kono kaha no 15
tayeba nomi koso
momoshikino
ohomiya tokoro
yamu toki mo arame!
3 meshi = mishi.
11 yoroshi nabe, and likewise excellent.
14 tsukiba and 16 tayeba have much the same value.
16 nomi koso, the koso emphasizes the two nomi.
89, 90, 91
Isonokami no Otomaro no mahetsukimi (kyô) Tosa no kuni ni hanatayeshi toki uta mitsu.
89
Isonokami 1
Furu no mikoto ha
tawayame no
sadohi ni yorite
uma-zhi mono 5
naha tori-tsuke
shishi zhi mono
yumi-ya kakumite
ohokimi no
mikoto kashikomi 10
amazakaru
hina he ni makaru
furukoromo
Matsuchi no yama yu
kaheri-konu ka mo. 15
For amazakaru, furukoromo see List m. k.
90
Ohokimi no 1
mikoto kashikomi
sashinamino
kuni ni idemasu
hashikiyashi 5
waga se no kimi wo
kakemaku mo
yuyushiki kashikoshi
Suminoye no
ara hito kami 10
funa no he ni
ushi-haki-tamahi
tsuki-tamahamu
shima no saki-zaki
yori tamahamu 15
iso no saki-zaki
araki nami
kaze ni ahasezu
tsutsumi naku
mi yamahi arazu 20
sumuyakeku
kaheshi-tamahane
moto no kuni he ni.
3-4 perhaps should run sashinamino | Tosa no kuni ni | idemasu ya.
10 ara = arahareru—but see Aston, Shintô.
12 ushi = mushi (ni shite hakasu).
13, 15 tsuki rather refers to direction, yori to approach.
19 = tsutsuga naku, untroubled.
21 = sumiyaka ni. Motowori says sumu = susumu.
For sashinamino see List m. k.
91
Chichi kimi ni 1
are ha manago so
omo tozhi ni
are ha manago so
mawi-nobori 5
yaso uji hito no
tamuke suru
Kashiko no saka ni
nusa matsuri
are ha so makaru 10
tohoki Tosa-ji wo.
5, 6, 7 introduce kashiko (Kashiko). Motowori considers the subject of 5 to be Isonokami.
92
Nara no miyako no aretaru wo kanashimi yomeru uta hitotsu.
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi no
takashikasu
Yamato kuni ha
sumerogi no 5
kami no mi yo yori
shikimaseru
kuni nishi areba
aremasamu
miko no tsugi tsugi 10
amenoshita
shiroshimesamu to
ya ho yorodzu
chi-tose wo kanete
sadamekemu 15
Nara no miyako ha
kagirohino
haru nishi areba
Kasuga yama
Mikasa no nu-he ni 20
sakura hana
ko no kure-gakure
kaho-tori ha
ma naku shiba naku
tsuyushimono 25
aki sari-kureba
Hakahi yama
Tobuhi ga take ni
hagi no ye wo
shigarami chirashi 30
sawoshika ha
tsuma yobi-toyome
yama mireba
yama mo migahoshi
sato mireba 35
sato mo sumiyoshi
mononofuno
yaso tomo no wo no
uchi-hahete
sato namishikeba 40
ametsuchi no
yori-ahi no kihami
yorodzu no yo ni
sakaye yukamu to
omohi nishi 45
ohomiya sura wo
tanomerishi
Nara no miyako wo
arata yo no
koto nishi areba 50
ohokimi no
hiki no manimani
haruhanano
utsurohi kahari
muratorino 55
asa tachi yukeba
sasudakeno
ohomiya hito no
fumi narashi
kayohishi michi ha 60
uma mo yukazu
hito mo yukaneba
are ni keru ka mo!
3 takashikasu = takashirasu.
9 araharemasamu.
24 The first naku = not-be, the second, cry, sing.
39 uchi-hahete, hafu, extend.
41-42 set forth men’s hopes. Nara would long endure—a sort of common form in lays of this character. 53 to end describe the impermanence of things and the desolation of the abandoned Capital.
For yasumishishi, kagirohino, tsuyushimono, mononofuno, haruhanano, muratorino, sasudakeno see List m. k. Most of these can only be rendered indirectly.
93, 94
Kuni no nihimiyako wo tatafuru uta futatsu.
93
Akitsukami 1
waga ohokimi no
ame no shita
Yashima no uchi ni
kuni ha shi mo 5
ohoku aredomo
sato ha shi mo
saha ni aredomo
yama nami no
yoroshiki kuni to 10
kaha nami no
tachi-afu sato to
Yamashiro no
Kase-yama no ma ni
miya-hashira 15
futoshiki matsuri
takashirasu
Futagi no miya ha
kaha chikami
se no to so kiyoki 20
yama chikami
tori ga ne-doyomu
aki sareba
yama mo todoro ni
sawoshika ha 25
tsuma yobi-doyome
haru sareba
woka be no shizhi ni
ihaho ni ha
hana saki-wowori 30
ana omoshiro
Futagi no hara
ito tafuto
ohomiya tokoro
ubeshi koso 35
waga ohokimi ha
kimi no mani
kikashitamahite
sasudakeno
ohomiya koko to 40
sadamekerashi mo.
For akitsukami, sasudakeno see List m. k.
94
Waga ohokimi 1
kami no mikoto no
takashirasu
Futagi no miya ha
momo ki moru 5
yama ha ko-dakashi
ochi-tagitsu
se no ’to mo kiyoshi
uguhisu no
ki naku haru he ha 10
ihaho ni ha
yama shita-hikari
nishiki nasu
hana saki wowori
sawoshika no 15
tsuma yobu aki ha
ama-girafu
shigure wo itami
sanidzurafu
momichi chiritsutsu 20
yachi tose ni
are tsukashitsutsu
ame no shita
shiroshimesamu to
momo yo ni mo 25
kaharubekaranu
ohomiya tokoro.
Wotomera ga 1
umi wo kaku chifu
Kase no yama
toki shi yukereba
miyako to narinu. 5
5 The meaning of moru is disputed. The Kogi follows Motowori, taking moru as equivalent to shigeru.
22 = chôtei ni tsukahematsuru wo. are = arahare.
3 kase, homophon of Kase, means skein or spool.
For sanidzurafu, see List m. k.
95
Haru no koro Mika no hara no miyako no aretaru wo kanashimi yomeru uta hitotsu.
Mika no hara 1
Kuni no miyako ha
yama takami
kaha no se kiyomi
ari yoshi to 5
hito ha ihedomo
sumi yoshi to
are ha omohedo
furi nishi
sato nishi areba 10
kuni miredo
hito mo kayohazu
sato mireba
ihe no aretari
hashikeyashi 15
kaku arikeru ka
mi moro tsuku
Kase yama no ma ni
saku hana ni
iro medzurashiku 20
momotorino
kowe natsukashiki
ari-gahoshi
sumi yoki sato no
aruraku woshi mo! 25
2 Kuni, is City-Royal; in 11 kuni is ‘land’ or ‘country.’
15 must be read, though indirectly, with 18, 16 being parenthetical.
17 Motowori prefers umi wo kaku (see 94).
tsuku = tsukuru.
25 aruraku = aruru, lie desolate, waste.
For momotorino see List m. k.
96
Naniha no miya nite yomeru uta hitotsu.
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi no
ari-gayofu
Naniha no miya ha
isanatori 5
umi katatsukite
tama hirifu
hama he wo chikami
asa ha furu
nami no ’to sawaki 10
yufu nagi ni
kaji no ’to kikoyu
akatoki no
ne-same ni kikeba
umi chikami 15
shihohi no muta
urasu ni ha
chidori tsuma yobi
ashi-he ni ha
tadzu ga ne-doyomu 20
miru hito no
katari ni sureba
kiku hito no
mimakuhori suru
mikemukafu 25
Ajifu no miya ha
miredo akanu ka wo.
16 muta = tomo ni.
22 ni = wo.
24 migahoshiku.
27 akanu, unwearied of.
For yasumishishi, isanatori, mikemukafu see List m. k.
97
Minume no ura wo suguru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.
Yachihokono 1
kami no mi yo yori
momofuneno
hatsuru tomari to
Yashima kuni 5
momo funa hito no
sadameteshi
Minume no ura ha
asa kaze ni
ura nami sawaki 10
yufu nami ni
tamamo ha ki-yoru
shira manago
kiyoki hama-he ha
yuki kaheri 15
miredomo akazu
ubeshi koso
miru hito goto ni
katari-tsugi
shinubikerashiki 20
momoyo hete
shinubaye yukamu
kiyoki shira hama.
1-7 introductory to 8. 9 to end descriptive and eulogistic.
13 manago = masago, sand, pebbles.
For yachihokono, momofuneno see List m. k.