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
to notamaheba, Okina kikite uchinagekite yomeru--
Kure-take[92] no
yoyo no take toru
no yama ni mo
sa ya ha wabishiki
fushi wo nomi mishi[93].
Kore wo Miko kikite kokora no hi-goro omohi-wabi-haberi-tsuru kokoro ha
kefu namu ochi-winuru to notamahite kaheshi--
Waga tamoto
kefu kawakereba,
wabishisa no
chigusa no kazu mo
wasurarenubeshi!
to notamafu. Kakaru hodo ni wotokodomo[94] roku nin tsuranete niha ni
idekitari[95]. Ichinin no wotoko fumi-hasami[96] ni fumi wo hasamite
mausu--
‘Tsukumo dokoro[97] no tsukasa no takumi Ayabe no Uchimaro
mausaku--Tama no ki wo tsukurite tsukaumatsurishi koto kokoro no
kudakite[98] sen yo nichi ni chikara wo tsukushitaru koto sukunakarazu
shikaru ni roku imada tamaharazu kore wo tamaharite[99] wakachite[100]
kego ni tamahasemu’ to ihite sasagetari.
Taketori no Okina kono takumira ga mausu koto ha nani-goto zo to
katabuki wori. Miko ha ware ni mo aranu keshiki nite kimo[101]
kihenubeki kokochi shite wi-tamaheri.
Kore wo Kaguyahime kikite--
‘Kono tatematsuru fumi wo tore’
to ihite, mireba fumi ni moshikeru yau--
‘Miko no kimi sen yo nichi iyashiki takumira to morotomo ni[102]
onazhi tokoro ni kakure wi-tamahite kashikoki tama no yeda wo
tsukurase-tamahite tsukasa mo tamahamu[103] ohose-tamahiki. Kore wo
kono goro anzuru ni mi tsukahi to ohashimasubeki Kaguyahime no yeuzhi
tamafubeki narikeri to uketamaharite kono miya yoritamaharamu to
maushite tamaharubeki ni nari.’
To ifu wo kikite, Kaguya-hime[104] kururu mama ni omohi wabitsuru
kokochi wemi[105]-sakahete Okina wo yobi-torite ifu yau--
‘Makoto ni Hourai no ki ka to koso omohitsure kaku asamashiki sora goto
nite arikereba haya tote[106] kaheshi-tamahe’ to iheba, Okina kotafu--
‘Sadaka ni tsukurasetaru mono to kikitsureba kahesamu koto ito
yasushi,’ to unadzuki wori[107].
Kaguya-hime no kokoro yukihatete aritsuru uta no kaheshi--
Makoto ka to
kikite mitsureba
koto no ha wo
kazareru tama no
yeda ni zo arikeru!
to ihite, tama no yeda wo kaheshitsu.
Taketori no Okina sabakari katarahitsuru ga sasuga ni oboyete
neburi-wori. Miko ha tatsu mo hashita wiru mo hashita nite wi-tamaheri.
Hi no kurenureba suberi idetamahinu[108].
Kano ureheseshi takumira wo ba Kaguya-hime yobi-suwete--
‘Ureshiki hito-domo nari[109]’
to ihite, roku ito ohoku torasetamafu. Takumira imizhiku yorokobite
‘omohitsuru yau ni mo aru kana!’ to ihite, kaheru.
Michi nite Kuramochi no miko chi no nagaruru made chiyouzesase[110]
tamafu roku yeshi kahi mo naku mina tori-sutesase tamahite kereba
nige-use nikeri.
Kakute kono Miko isseu no haji kore ni suguru ha arazhi wouna wo
yezu narinuru nomi ni arazu ame no shita no hito no mi-omohamu koto
no hadzukashiki koto to notamahite tada hito tokoro fukaki yama he
iritamahinu.
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