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
Yo no naka no 1
sube naki mono ha
toshi tsuki ha
nagaruru gotoshi
tori-tsudzuki 5
ohi-kuru mono ha
momokusani
seme-yori-kitaru
wotomera ga
wotome sabi su to 10
Kara tama wo
tamoto ni makashi
shirotaheno
sode furi-kahashi
kurenawino 15
aka mo susobiki
yochi kora to
te tadzusaharite
asobikemu
toki no sakari wo 20
todomi kane
sugushi-yaretsure
minanowata
ka-guroki kami ni
itsu no ma ka 25
shimo no furikemu
ni no ho nasu
omote no
uhe ni
idzuku yu ka 30
shiha kakitarishi
masurawono
wotoko sabi su to
tsurugitachi
koshi ni tori-haki 35
satsu yumi wo
ta-nigiri mochite
aka koma ni
shitsu kura uchi-oki
hahi-norite 40
asobi arukishi
yo no naka ga
tsune ni arikeru
wotomera ga
sa nasu itato wo 45
oshi-hiraki
i-tadori yorite
matamadeno
tama-de sashikahe
sa neshi yo no 50
ikuda mo araneba
ta-tsukadzuwe
koshi ni taganete
kayukeba
hito ni itohaye 55
kaku yukeba
hito ni nikumaye
oyoshiwo ha
kaku nomi narishi
tamakiharu 60
inochi woshikedo
semu sube mo nashi.
Tokihanasu 1
kaku shi mo ka mo
omohedomo
yo no koto nareba
todomi-kanetsu mo. 5
8 _seme_.
10 _sabi_, _shika buri_, wont, wonted art or fashion.
14 _furi-kahashi_, flutter their sleeves together.
17 _yochi_, of like age.
22 pass away.
24 _ka_ is intensitive prefix.
25 at some time or other.
27 _ni no ho_, ruddy-ear (of grain) like.
39 _shitsu kura_, saddle of patterned &c. Japanese stuff.
40 mount and ride.
45 close-shut wooden doors.
47 grope.
49 _tama-de_, fine arms.
52 hand-supporting-staff.
58 = _oyoso_.
1-8 this fleeting world.
9-31 passing character of woman’s charms.
32-62 impermanence of man’s strength and joys.
For _momokusani_, _shirotaheno_, _kurenawino_, _minanowata_,
_masurawono_, _matamadeno_, _tamakiharu_, _tokihanasu_, see List m. k.
65
Yamanohe no Omi Okura ga Chinkwai-seki wo yomeru uta hitotsu.
Kakemaku ha 1
aya ni kashikoshi
Tarashi hime
kami no mikoto
Karakuni wo 5
muke-tahiragete
mi-kokoro wo
shidzume-tamafu to
i-torashite
ihahi-tamahishi 10
ma-tama nasu
futatsu no ishi wo
yo no hito ni
shimeshi-tamahite
yorodzu yo ni 15
ihi-tsugu to gane
watanosoko
oki tsu no Fukaye no
unakami no
Kofu no hara ni 20
mi tetsukara
okashi tamahite
kamu nagara
kamu sabi imasu
kushi mitama 25
ima no otsutsu ni
tafutoki ro ka mo!
16 _gane_ = _gani_ = _yô_.
17, 18 Epithetical of _Fuka_(_ye_).
19 _umi no kami_ = _umibe_.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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