Maki XVIII, Shimo
228
Yoshino no totsumiya ni idemasamu toki no tame ni arakazhime yomeru uta.
Takamikura 1
ama no hitsugi to
ame no shita
shirashimeshikeru
sumerogi no 5
kami no mikoto no
kashikoku mo
hazhime tamahite
tafutoku mo
sadametamaheru 10
Mi Yoshinu no
kono ohomiya ni
ari-gayohi
meshitamafurashi
mononofuno 15
yasotomo no wo mo
ono ga oheru
ono ga na [ohi] na ohi
ohokimi no
make no manimani 20
kono kaha no
tayuru koto naku
kono yama no
iya tsugi-tsugi ni
kaku shi koso 25
tsukahematsurame
iya toho naga ni.
5 sumerogi is the Mikado Ojin (270-310).
13, 14 refer to the reigning Mikado Shômu (724-48).
20 Read in connexion with 26.
For takamikura, mononofuno see List m. k.
229
Miyako no ihe ni okuramu ga tame ni shiratama wo horisuru uta.
Susu no ama no 1
okitsu mi kami ni
i-watarite
kadzuki tori to ifu
ahabi tama 5
ihochi mo ga mo
hashikiyoshi
tsuma no mikoto no
koromodeno
wakareshi toki yo 10
nubatamano
yo toko kata sari
asa-ne-gami
kaki mo kedzurazu
idete koshi 15
tsuki-hi yomitsutsu
nagekuramu
kokoro nagusa ni
hototogisu
ki naku sa-tsuki no 20
ayame-gusa
hana tachibana ni
nuki mazhihe
kadzura ni seyo to
tsutsumite yaramu. 25
2 mi kami, great god, here = wilds of ocean (great sea-god’s realm).
6 i-ho-chi = i ho tsu, compare hatachi.
10 yo = yori.
12 yo = yoru, night; kata sari, where one has gone and left the other of a pair.
13 asa ne kami, hair disordered in morning on awaking from sleep.
14 kakazu mo, kedzurazu mo.
19 hototogisu ki naku is epithetical of sa-tsuki (fifth month).
230
Fumibito Wohari no Woguhi wo satosu uta.
Ohonamuji 1
Sukunabikona no
kami-yo yori
ihitsugikeraku
chichi haha wo 5
mireba tafutoku
me ko mireba
kanashiku megushi
utsusemino
yo no kotowari to 10
kaku sama ni
ihikeru mono wo
yo no hito no
tatsuru koto-date
chisa no hana 15
sakeru sakari ni
hashikeyoshi
sono tsuma no ko to
asa yohi ni
yemimi yemazu mo 20
uchi-nageki
katarikemaku ha
tokoshihe ni
kaku shi mo arame ya
ame tsuchi no 25
kami kotoyosete
haruhanano
sakari mo aramu to
matashikemu
toki no sakari wo 30
sakari-wite
nagekasu to imo ga
itsushika mo
tsukahi mo komu to
matasuramu 35
kokoro sabushiku
minami fuki
yuki ke hafurite
Imidzu kaha
ukabu mi nawa mo 40
yoru he nami
Saburu sono ko ni
himo no wo no
i-tsugari ahite
nihodori no 45
futari narabi-wi
Nago no umi no
oki wo fukamete
sadohaseru
kimi ga kokoro wo 50
sube mo subenasa!
4 = ihitsugikeru.
6, 8 To tafutoku and kanashiku (also to sabushiku, v. 36), add nari.
15 chisa = chisha, lettuce. Wild salads of all kinds were much esteemed in ancient Japan.
15-36 describe the anxiety of the wife.
18 ko = lady.
20 smiling or not, in all moods.
25, 26 her reliance on the gods.
31 This line is doubtful—sense is possible only by reading sakari as = hanare or hanachi.
37 minami [kaze].
37-41 introductory to Saburu.
38 yuki, snow. ke = kihe, disappear, melt.
44 i-tsugari = tsunagu, tsunagaru.
For utsusemino, haruhanano see List m. k.
231
Kakemaku mo 1
aya ni kashikoshi
sumerogi no
kami no oho mi yo ni
Tazhima Mori 5
Tokoyo ni watari
ya hoko mochi
mawide koshi tofu
tokizhiku no
kagu no ko no mi wo 10
kashikoku mo
nokoshitamahere
kuni mo se ni
ohi-tachi sakaye
haru sareba 15
hikoye moitsutsu
hototogisu
naku sa-tsuki ni ha
hatsu hana wo
yeda ni taworite 20
wotomera ni
tsuto ni mo yarimi
shirotaheno
sode ni mo kokire
ka-guhashimi 25
okite karashimi
ayuru mi ha
tama ni nukitsutsu
te ni makite
miredomo akazu 30
aki-dzukeba
shigure no amefuri
ashihikino
yama no konure ha
kurenawi ni 35
nihohi chiredomo
tachibana no
nareru sono mi ha
hitateri ni
iya migahoshiku 40
mi yuki furu
fuyu ni itareba
shimo okedomo
sono ha mo karezu
tokihanasu 45
iya sakahaye ni
shikare koso
kami no mi yo yori
yoroshi-nabe
kono tachibana wo 50
tokizhiku no
kaku no ko no mi to
nadzukekerashi mo!
8 mawide = mawiri-ide. koshi is past of kuru used as auxiliary.
13 se = semaku. se ni, closely = abundantly.
6 hiko-ye, twigs, lit. descendant-branches.
22 tsuto, tsutsumi to, bound or arranged as a gift.
24 kokire, koki-ire, lit. strip-put-in. The value here is somewhat uncertain, perhaps to strip off the flowers and set them on the sleeve in some way.
26 karashi, caus. of karu wither. mi here, as in 22, has an iterative force.
39 hita-teri, right dazzling.
52 kaku, thus, i.e. weathering all the seasons, but kaku may be read kagu, fragrant, i.e. pleasing all the year through, hence by a word-play the appropriateness of the term ka-guhashimi (25).
For shirotaheno, ashihikino, tokihanasu see List m. k.
232
Niha no hana wo mite yomeru uta.
Ohokimi no 1
toho no Mikado to
makitamafu
tsukasa no manima
mi yuki furu 5
Koshi ni kudariki
aratamano
toshi no itsu tose
shikitaheno
ta-makura makazu 10
himo tokazu
marone wo sureba
ifusemi to
kokoro nagusa ni
nadeshiko wo 15
yado ni maki-ohoshi
natsu no no no
sa-yuri hiki uwete
saku hana wo
idemiru goto ni 20
nadeshiko ga
sono hana-dzuma ni
sa yuri-bana
yuri mo ahamu to
nagusamura 25
kokoro shinakuba
amazakaru
hina ni hito hi mo
arubeku mo aru ya!
Nadeshiko ga 1
hana miru goto ni
wotomera ga
yemahi no nihohi
omohoyuru ka mo? 5
2 to = nite.
3, 4 in execution of service imposed upon me.
8 tose = toshi he, passage of years.
9 must be read as m. k. of makura.
2 maro-ne = hitori-ne.
13 to, supply naru.
14 nagusamu.
16 maki-ohoshi = sow or plant, let grow.
17 no no no, the second no = nu, moor.
18 sa-yuri, the sa of sa tsuki—vigorously growing (sa nahe), lily of the fifth month.
24 Here yuri = yori = nochi.
For aratamano, shikitaheno, amazakaru see List m. k.
233
Ohokimi no 1
maki no manimani
tori-mochite
tsukafuru kuni no
toshi no uchi no 5
koto katane mochi
tamahokono
michi ni ide-tachi
ihane fumi
yama koye nu yuki 10
miyako he
mawishi waga se wo
aratamano
toshi yuki-kaheri
tsuki kasane 15
minu hi sa-manemi
kofuru sora
yasuku shi araneba
hototogisu
ki naku sa-dzuki no 20
ayame-gusa
yomogi kadzura ki
saka mi-dzuki
asobi naguredo
Imidzu kaha 25
yuki ke afurite
yuku midzu no
iya mashi ni nomi
tadzu ga naku
Nagoye no suge no 30
nemokoro ni
omohi musuhore
nageki tsutsu
aga matsu kimi ga
koto wohari 35
kaheri makarite
natsu no nu no
sa yuri no hana no
hana wemi ni
nifubu ni wemite 40
ahashitaru
kefu wo hazhimete
kagaminasu
kaku shi tsune mimu
omokaharisezu. 45
6 katane, katanu is to settle, arrange, conclude, &c.
10 The syntax here is obscure.
13, 14, 15 lit. fresh years came and went—the months summed up.…
19 hototogisu ki naku is epithetical of sa-tsuki.
22 Error for yanagi?
25-30 are introductory to nemokoro.
41 = ahi-tamahi.
44 kaku shi tsune = just as now so always.
45 omokahari sezu, without change of face, i.e. keeping health and youth.
For tamahokono, aratamano, kagaminasu see List m. k.
234
Amage no kumo wo mite yomeru uta.
Sumerogi no 1
shikimasu kuni no
ame no shita
yo mo no michi ni ha
uma no tsume 5
i-tsukusu kihami
funa no he no
i-hatsuru made ni
inishihe yo
ima no wotsutsu ni 10
yorodzu tsuki
matsuru tsukasa to
tsukuritaru
sono nari-hahi wo
ame furazu 15
hi no kasanareba
uwe shita mo
makishi hatake mo
asa goto ni
shibomi kare-yuku 20
so wo mireba
kokoro wo itami
midori-ko no
chi kofu ga gotoku
amatsumidzu 25
afugite so matsu
ashihikino
yama no tawori ni
kono miyuru
ama no shira kumo 30
watatsumi no
okitsu miya he ni
tachi-watari
tonogumori ahite
ame mo tamahane. 35
4 yo mo, four faces or quarters, everywhere.
10 wotsutsu = utsutsu.
11 tsuki = tribute, tax.
28 tawori, summit.
For amatsumidzu (used here in double sense), ashihikino see List m. k.
235
Tanabata no uta.
Amaterasu 1
kami no mi yo yori
Yasu no kaha
naga ni hedatete
shika hitachi 5
sode furi kahashi
iki no wo ni
nagekasu kora
watari mori
fune mo maukezu 10
hashi dani mo
watashite araba
sono he yu mo
i-yuki watarashi
tadzusahari 15
unagakeri-wite
omohoshiki
koto mo katarahi
nagusamuru
kokoro ha aramu wo 20
nani shi ka mo
aki nishi araneba
kototohi no
tomoshikikora
utsusemi no 25
yo no hito ware mo
koko wo shi mo
aya ni kusushimi
yuki kaharu
toshi no ha goto ni 30
ama no hara
furi-sake mitsutsu
ihi-tsugi ni sure.
8 kora is an honour-plural, the Webster woman.
13 sono he yu = sono uhe yori, here = from that side, the other side where the Herdman is.
26 I take ware to refer to Yakamochi.
33 sure for koso sure.