Maki VIII, Shimo
Aki no kusagusa no uta.
102
Yamanohe no Omi Okura ya nanuka no yo [Tanabata] no uta towo amari futatsu (naga-uta hitotsu).
(5)
Hisakatano 1
ama no kaha se ni
fune ukete
koyohi ka kimi ga
agari ki-masamu. 5
(6)
Hiko-hoshi ha 1
Tanabata tsu me to
ame tsuchi no
wakareshi toki yu
inamushiro 5
kaha ni mukitachi
omofu sora
yasukaranaku ni
nageku sora
yasukaranaku ni 10
awo nami ni
nozomi ha tayenu
shira kumo ni
namida ha tsukinu
kaku nomi ya 15
ikidzuke woramu
kaku nomi ya
kohitsutsu aramu
sa ni-nuri no
wo bune mo ga mo 20
tama-maki no
ma kai mo ga mo
asa nagi ni
i-kaki-watari
yufu shiho ni 25
i-kogi-watari
hisakatano
ama no kahara ni
amatobuya
hire katashiki 30
matamadeno
tama-de sashikahe
amata tabi
imo neteshi ka mo
aki ni arazu to mo! 35
3 ukete, float, launch.
6 muki-tachi, stand by.
8, 10 ni is adverbial, in 11, 13 postpositional.
13 Supply furisake mireba.
15, 17 ya is dubitative, with a tinge of regret.
24 beat (the water with oar or scull) and cross.
24, 26 i is a prefix of which the original value is lost.
30 katashiki, spread out to one side.
For hisakatano, inamushiro, amatobuya, matamadeno see List m. k.
Aki no shitashimi uta.
103
Yakamochi ga Sakanohe no Oho-Iratsume ni okureru uta.
Nemokoro ni 1
mono wo omoheba
ihamu sube
semu sube mo nashi
imo to aga 5
te tadzusaharite
ashita ni ha
niha ni idetachi
yufuhe ni ha
toko uchi-harahi 10
shirotaheno
sode sashikahete
sa-neshi yo ya
tsune ni arikeru
ashihikino 15
yamadori koso ha
wo mukahi ni
tsuma-dohi su to ihe
utsusemino
hito naru are ya 20
nani su to ka
hito hi hito yo mo
sakari-wite
nageki kofuramu
koko ’moheba 25
mune koso itame
soko yuwe ni
kokoro nagu ya to
Takamato no
yama ni mo nu ni mo 30
uchi-yukite
asobi arukedo
hana nomi shi
nihohite areba
miru goto ni 35
mashite shinubayu
ika ni shite
wasuremu mono so
kohi chifu mono wo.
17 wo mukahi, over the hills.
28 nagu = nagusamuru.
3-9 inversion.
For shirotaheno, ashihikino, utsusemino see List m. k.