Maki XVIII, Kami
226
Agehari no uchi ni hitori wite hototogisu no ne wo kikite yomeru uta.
Takamikura 1
ama no hitsugi to
Sumerogi no
ami no mikoto no
kikoshiwosu 5
kuni no mahora ni
yama wo shi mo
saha ni ohomi to
momo tori no
ki-wite naku koye 10
haru sareba
kiki no kanashi mo
idzure wo ka
wakite shinubamu
u no hana no 15
saku tsuki tateba
medzurashiku
naku hototogisu
ayame-gusa
tama nuku made ni 20
hiru kurashi
yo watashi kikedo
kiku goto ni
kokoro ugokite
uchi nageki 25
ahare no tori to
ihanu toki nashi.
(3)
Hototogisu 1
ito netakeku ha
tachibana no
hana chiru toki ni
ki-naki toyomuru. 5
1 A sort of m. k. of ama no hitsugi.
13, 14 of all the birds the most delightsome.
For takamikura see List m. k.
227
Michinoku no kuni yori kugane wo idaseru mikotonori wo kotohoku uta.
Ashihara no 1
Midzuho no kuni wo
ama kudari
shirashimeshikeru
sumerogi no 5
kami no mikoto no
mi yo kasane
ama no hitsugi to
shirashikuru
kimi no miyo miyo 10
shikimaseru
yo mo no kuni ni ha
yama kaha wo
hiromi atsumi to
tatematsuru 15
mi tsuki takara ha
kazoheyezu
tsukushi mo kanetsu
shikaredomo
waga ohokimi no 20
moro hito wo
izanahi tamahi
yoki koto wo
hazhime tamahite
kukane ka mo 25
tanoshikeku aramu
to omohoshite
shita nayamasu ni
toriganaku
Adzuma no kuni no so 30
Michinoku no
Woda naru yama ni
kugane ari
to maushitamahere
mi kokoro wo 35
akirame tamahi
ame tsuchi no
kami ahi-udzunahi
sumerogi no
mi tama tasukete 40
tohoki yo ni
nakarishi koto wo
waga mi yo ni
arahashite areba
wosu kuni ha 45
sakayemu mono to
kamu nagara
omohoshimeshite
mononofuno
ya so tomo no wo wo 50
matsurobe no
muke no manimani
oi-hito mo
me no waraha ko mo
shi ga negafu 55
kokoro-darahi ni
nade-tamahi
wosame-tamaheba
koko wo shi mo
aya ni tafutomi 60
ureshikeku
iyo-yo omohite
Ohotomo no
tohotsu kamu oya no
sono na wo ba 65
Ohokume nushi to
ohi-mochite
tsukaheshi tsukasa
umi yukaba
midzuku kabane 70
yama yukaba
kusamusu kabane
ohokimi no
he ni koso shiname
kaheri-mi ha 75
sezhi to kotodate
masurawono
kiyoki sono na wo
inishihe no
ima no wotsutsu ni 80
nagasaheru
oya no kodomo so
Ohotomo no
Saheki no uji ha
hito no ’ya no 85
tatsuru kotodate
hito no ko ha
oya no na tatazu
ohokimi ni
matsurofu mono to 90
ihi-tsugeru
koto no tsukasa so
adzusa yumi
te ni tori-mochite
tsurugi tachi 95
koshi ni tori-haki
asa mamori
yufu no mamori ni
ohokimi no
Mikado no mamori 100
ware wo okite
mata hito ha arazhi
to iya-tate
omohishi masaru
ohokimi no 105
mikoto no saki no
kikeba tafutomi.
vv. 1-18 describe Yamato, its line of rulers, its features and wealth; 18-28 the object of the Mikado’s desire for gold; yoki koto, desirable thing; 21-24 see below; 29-50 his gratitude on hearing of the discovery of gold in Michinoku; 51 to end, the panegyric by Yakamochi of the Otomo clan to which he belongs. 101 and 102 are plagiarized from [Lay 67].
52 = iyo-yo = iyo-iyo.
103 to iya-tate, so, more and more raise (kotodate).
107 Read kikeba after tafutomi.
For kazoheyezu, toriganaku, mononofuno, masurawono see List m. k.