Takasago ya kono ura fune ni ho wo agete tsuki morotomo ni ide shiho no nami no Ahaji no shima kage ya tohoku Naruwo oki sugite haya Suminoye ni tsuki ni keri tsuki ni keri. (_ato_) _Shite_-- Ware mite mo hisashiku narinu Sumiyoshi no kishi no himematsu iku yo henuran mutsumashi to kimi ha shirazu ya mizugaki no hisashiki yoyo no kami kagura yoru no tsudzumi no hiyaushi wo sorohete suzushime tamahe miyatsuko-tachi. _Ji_-- Nishi no umi Awoki ga hara no nami ma yori-- _Shite_-- arahare ideshi kami matsu no haru nare ya nokon no yuki no Asaka-gata. _Ji_-- Tamamo karu naru kishi kage no-- _Shite_-- shiyaukon ni yorite koshi wo sureba-- _Ji_-- sennen no midori te ni michiteri-- _Shite_-- baikwa wo otte kaube ni saseba-- _Ji_-- zhi getsu no yuki koromo ni ochitsu. (_rongi_) _Ji_-- Arigata no yekau ya tsuki Sumiyoshi no Kami asobi mi kage wo wogamu arata sa yo. _Shite_-- Ge ni samazama no mahi-hime no kowe mo sumu nari Suminoye no matsukage mo utsuru naru seigaiha to ha kore naran. _Ji_-- Kami to kimi to no michi sugu ni Miyako no haru ni yukubeku ha. _Shite_-- Sore zo genzhiyauraku no mahi-- _Ji_-- sate banzei no-- _Shite_-- womigoromo-- _Ji_-- sasu kahi ni ha akuma wo harahi wosamuru te ni ha zhiyufuku wo idaki senshiu raku ha tami wo nade manzai raku ni ha inochi wo nobu ahiohi no matsu kaze satsusatsu no kowe zo tanoshimu.[234] _Takasago no ohari._ FOOTNOTES [227] The text is that of the Yôkyoku Tsûge. The old name, _furuna_, was Ahiohi (grow old together). [228] A stage direction, it seems to mean, entry in order of actors and songmen (_utahigata_). [229] Prose recitation. [230] Description of the Journey, by a member of the chorus? The syntax of this passage and of similar passages that follow is irregular, there is much ellipsis and some inversion. Most probably too the text--if there ever was a settled text--is more or less corrupt. Though the syntax and phrasing is of a rather fragmentary and disjointed character the meaning is not usually hard to get at, if somewhat vague. [231] This passage, like some others, must be understood metaphorically as well as literally--here, in reference to the age of the tree and that of the speaker. The _sashi_ of _shitesashi_ seems to indicate a coming forward or interruption by the protagonist. _Rongi-ji_ is a sort of dialogal chorus, and _kuse_, a statement of the precept or argument of the _utahi_, made by one of the chorus. [232] Chorus again. [233] From this point the verse is irregular. [234] Poetized prose. MAKURA KOTOBA A list of all the Makura kotoba contained in the Manyôshiu. Brief explanations only are given, sufficient to suggest the meaning which can never be strictly defined.