Maki VIII, Kami
Haru no kusagusa no uta.
98
Kusaka yama no uta.
Oshiteru 1
Naniha wo sugite
uchi nabiku
Kusaka no yama wo
yufu-gure ni 5
aga koye-kureba
yama mo se ni
sakeru ashibi no
ashikaranu
kimi wo itsushika 10
yukite haya mimu.
7 se ni, crowdedly, thickly.
8, 9 sound-quibble, ashibi and ashikaranu.
10, 11 There is inversion here.
For oshiteru and uchinabiku see List m. k.
99
Sakura no hana no uta.
Wotomera ga 1
kazashi no tame ni
miyabi-wo no
katsura no tame to
shikimaseru 5
kuni no hatate ni
saki nikeru
sakura no hana no
nihohi ha mo ana ni!
Haru no shitashimi uta.
100
(Tempyô) itsutose to ifu toshi midzunoto tori nochi no yayohi Kanamura ga Morokoshi ni tsukahasu tsukahi ni okureru uta.
Tamatasuki 1
kakenu toki naku
iki no wo ni
aga ’mofu kimi ha
utsusemino 5
[yo no hito nareba
ohokimi no]
mikoto kashikomi
yufu sareba
tadzu ga tsuma yobu 10
Naniha-gata
Mitsu no saki yori
ohobune ni
ma kaji shizhi nuki
shira-nami no 15
takaki arumi wo
shima-dzutahi
i-wakare yukeba
todomareru
are ha nusa tori 20
ihahitsutsu
kimi wo ba matamu
haya kaherimase!
1-8 are a preface.
2 without breach of truce.
3 iki no wo, thread of life.
6, 7 Interpolated on the authority of Keichiu.
16 arumi = aruru umi.
For tamatasuki, utsusemino see List m. k.
Natsu no shitashimi uta.
101
Ohotomo no Yakamochi ga tachibana wo yojite Sakanohe no Oho-Iratsume ni okureru uta.
Itsushika to 1
matsu waga yado ni
momo-ye-zashi
ofuru tachibana
tama ni nuku 5
sa-tsuki wo chikami
ayenu gani
hana saki ni keri
asa ni ke ni
ide-miru goto ni 10
iki no wo ni
aga ’mofu imo ni
masokagami
kiyoki tsuki-yo ni
tada hito me 15
misemu made ni ha
chiri-kosu na
yume to ihitsutsu
kokodaku mo
aga moru mono wo 20
uretaki ya
shiko hototogisu
akatoki no
urakanashiki ni
ohedo ohedo 25
naho shi ki-nakite
itadzura ni
tsuchi ni chiraseba
sube wo nami
yojite ta-woritsu 30
mimase wagimoko!
Mochi kudachi 1
kiyoki tsuku yo ni
wagimoko ni
misemu to ’mohishi
yado no tachibana! 5
7 ayenu = ayenuru, ready to set for fruit?
gani = yô, sama.
19 kokodaku = ikubaku.
1 mochi kudachi = michikudari = full and on the turn.
For masokagami see List m. k.