Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts: Transliterated into Roman with introductions, notes and glossaries
General
Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts: Transliterated into Roman with introductions, notes and glossaries
Japanese literature -- To 1868
19 _hototogisu ki naku_ is epithetical of _sa-tsuki_ (fifth month).
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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.
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