Hitomaro nakunaritaredo uta no koto todomareru kana. Tatohi toki utsuri koto sari tanoshibi kanashimi yukikafu to mo kono uta no mozhi ara wo ya! Awonagi no ito tayezu matsu no ha no chiriushinahi sezushite masaki no kadzura nagaku tsutahari tori no ato hisashiku todomareraba kono uta no sama wo mo shiri koto no kokoro wo mo yetaramu hito ha ohosora no tsuki wo miru ga gotoku ni inishihe wo afugite ima wo kohizarame ka mo. _Zhiyo (jo) no ohari._ FOOTNOTES [215] The text is that of the modern edition of the ‘Kokin’ by Kaneko Genshin. The bracketed portions are said to be interpolations. See volume of Translations. [216] _hisakata no_--a _makura kotoba_ of _ame_. [217] _araganeno_--m. k. of _tsuchi_. [218] _chihayaburu_--m. k. of _kami_. [219] _urayamu_ (_ura-nayamu_) here = admire, wonder at. [220] As to the whole of this sentence see the translation, which is as close as possible to the primary meaning of the passage--a secondary meaning of a moral character may also have been intended. _Iro_, colour, may signify poetic decoration; _hana_, flower, evanescence or superficiality. [221] judge, determine--past quasi-future or dubitative. [222] _kuretake no_, m. k. of _yo_. [223] _kata-ito no_, m. k. of _yori_. [224] _tayasuki_ = _karugarushiki_ = lightly, inconsiderately. [225] _nagare_ = _ryu_, style, school. [226] _makura_ seems to be a mistake for _warera_ (= we). NÔ NO UTAHI TAKASAGO TEXT TRANSLITERATED TAKASAGO _furuna_ AHIOHI[227]. SHITE (_protagonist_), Okina (Spirit of the Pine of Sumiyoshi). TSURE (_companion protagonist_), Uba (Spirit of the Pine of Takasago). ATO SHITE (_deuteragonist_), God of Sumiyoshi. WAKI (_tritagonist_), Aso no Kannushi. JI (_chorus_). TOKORO (_scene_), Harima. (_tsugi shidai_)[228]-- Ima wo hazhime no tabigoromo hi mo yuku suwe mo hisashiki-- (_kotoba_)[229]-- Somosomo kore ha Kishiu Higo no kuni Aso no miya no kannushi Tomonari to ha aga koto nari. Ware imada miyako wo mizu safurafu hodo ni kono tabi omohitachi miyako ni nobori-safurafu mata yoki tsuide nareba Banshiu Takasago no ura wo mo ikken sebaya to zonzhi-safurafu. (_michiyuki_)[230]-- Tabigoromo suwe harubaru no miyakoji wo kefu omohitatsu-- ura no nami funaji nodokeki haru kaze mo iku ka kinuran ato suwe mo iza shirakumo no harubaru to sashi mo omohishi Harima-gata Takasago no ura ni tsuki ni keri tsuki ni keri. _Shite tsure_ (_hito kowe_)-- Takasago no matsu no haru kaze fukikurete Wonohe no kane mo hibiku nari. _Tsure_-- nami ha kasumi no isogakure-- _Futari_-- oto koso shiho no michi hi nare. _Shitesashi_--