Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts: Transliterated into Roman with introductions, notes and glossaries
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Primitive & Mediaeval Japanese Texts: Transliterated into Roman with introductions, notes and glossaries
Japanese literature -- To 1868
Hi kururu hodo rei no atsumarinu hitobito aruhiha fuye wo fuki aruhiha
uta wo utahi aruhiha shiyauga wo shi aruhiha uso wo fuki afugi wo
narashi nado suru ni okina idete ihaku--
‘Katazhikenaku [mo] kitanagenaru tokoro ni toshi tsuki wo hete mono
shitamafu koto kihamaritaru kashikomari-to mausu--okina no inochi kefu
asu to mo shiranu wo kaku notamafu kimidachi ni mo yoku omohi sadamete
tsukaumatsure--to mauseba--fukaki mi kokoro wo shirade ha to namu
mausu sa mausu mo kotowari nari idzure otori masari ohashimasaneba
yukashiki mono misetamaheramu ni on kokorozashi no hodo ha miyubeshi
tsukaumatsuramu koto ha sore ni namu sadamubeki to maushihaberu--kore
yoki koto nari hito no urami mo arumazhi’[37] to iheba, go nin no
hitobito mo--
‘yoki koto nari’ to notamaheba, Okina irite ifu--
‘Kaguyahime Ishidzukuri no miko ni ha Temujiku ni Hotoke no ohon ishi
no hachi to ifu mono ari sore wo torite tamahe, to ifu--Kuramochi
no miko ni ha himukashi no umi ni Hourai to ifu yama annari sore ni
shirokane wo ne to shi kogane wo kuki to shi shiratama wo mi to shite
tateru ki ari sore hito yeda worite tamahamu, to ifu--ima hitori ni ha
Morokoshi ni aru hinezumi no kahagoromo wo tamahe--Ohotomo no Dainagon
ni ha tetsu no kubi ni go shiki ni hikaru tama ari sore wo torite
tamahe--Iso no Chiunagon ni ha tsubakurame no motaru koyasugahi hitotsu
torite tamahe to ifu.’
Okina--
‘Kataki kotodomo ni koso anmere kono kuni ni aru mono ni mo arazu kaku
kataki koto wo ba ika ni mausan’ to ifu, Kaguyahime--
‘nahika katakaramu’ to iheba, Okina tomare kakumare mausamu tote idete,
‘kaku namu kikoyuru yau ni misetamahe’, to iheba,
Mikodachi Kamudachibe kikite,
‘Oiraka ni atari yori dani na ariki so to ya ha notamahanui’, to ihite
unzhite mina kaherinu.
MAKI III
HOTOKE NO MI ISHI NO HACHI
Naho kono wouna mide ha yo ni arumazhiki kokochi no shikereba Temujiku
ni aru mono mo mote konu mono ka ha to omohi-megurashite Ishidzukuri no
miko ha kokoro no shitakumi[38] aru hito nite Temujiku ni futatsu to
naki hachi wo hiyaku-sen-man ri no hodo ikitari tomo ikadeka torubeki
to omohite Kaguya-hime no moto ni ha kefu namu Temujiku he ishi no
hachi tori ni makaru to kikasete mi tose bakari hete Yamato no kuni
Tohochi no kohori ni aru yama-dera ni Bindzuru no mahe naru hachi no
hitakuro ni susudzukitaru[39] wo torite nishiki no fukuro ni irite,
tsukuri-hana no eda ni tsukete Kaguyahime no ihe ni mote kite[40]
misekereba Kaguyahime ayashigarite miru ni hachi no naka ni fumi ari.
Hirogete mireba--
Umi yama no
michi ni kokoro wo
tsukushi-hate[41]
mi ishi[42] no hachi[43] no
namida nagare ha!
Kaguya-hime hikari ya aru to miru ni[44] hotaru bakari no hikari dani
nashi--
Oku tsuyu no[45]
hikari wo dani zo[46]
yadosumashi[47]
Wogura[48] no yama nite
nani motomekemu.
tote kaheshi-idasu wo[49] hachi wo kado ni sutete kono uta no kaheshi
wo su,
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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