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
11 a species of wild goose; also _kari ga ne_, the scream of the wild
geese.
19-20 the spring we have made vain to wait for.
40-41 _sankin ni ahite midari ni michi ni idzuru koto dani yezushite_.
For _makuzuhafu_, _uchinabiku_, _mononofuno_, _momoshikino_,
_ohokimino_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k.
Of the above lay the text is more or less uncertain, the syntax is
confused, and the meaning in part obscure.
85
(Tempyô) futatose shimotsuki Sakanohe no Iratsume ga Kami no ihe
yori michi-dachi shite Tsukushi no michi no kuchi no kuni (Chikuzen)
Munakata no kohori Nagoyama wo koyuru toki yomeru uta hitotsu.
Ohonamuji 1
Sukunabikona no
kami koso ha
nadzuke somekeme
na nomi wo 5
Nagoyama to ohite
aga kohi no
chihe no hito he mo
nagusame naku ni.
7 _kohi_ = _[miyako wo] kohishiku omofu_.
86
(Tempyô) yotose to ifu toshi midzunoye saru Fujihara no Umakahi no
mahetsukimi nishi no umi tsu ji no setsudoshi ni tsukahasaruru toki
Takahashi no Murazhi Mushimaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.
Shirakumono 1
Tatsuta no yama no
tsuyu shimo ni
iro-dzuku toki ni
uchi-koyete 5
tabi-yuku kimi ha
ihohe yama
i-yuki sakumi
ata-mamoru
Tsukushi ni itari 10
yama no soki
nu no soki mesedo
tomo no be wo
agachi tsukahashi
yamabikoni 15
kotahemu kihami
taniguku no
sa wataru kihami
kuni-gata wo
meshi-tamahite 20
fuyukomori
haru sari-yukaba
tobutorino
haya kaheri-kone
Tatsuta-ji no 25
Wokabe no michi ni
ni-tsutsuzhi no
nihohamu toki no
sakura-bana
sakinamu toki ni 30
yamatadzuno
mukahe-mawi demu
kimi ga kimasaba.
Chiyorodzu no 1
ikusa naritomo
koto agesezu
torite kinubeki
wotoko to so ’mofu. 5
3 _tsuyu shimo ni_, by the rime and dew (which cause the ruddy leafage
of autumn). But see Glossary. Other explanations are possible, but the
above seems most suitable.
3 _koto agesezu_ = _ihitatsuru koto naku_.
For _shirakumono_, _yamabikoni_, _fuyukomori_, _tobutorino_,
_yamatadzuno_ (not rendered in the translation) see List m. k.
87
Sumera mikoto no setsudoshi no mahetsukimitachi ni ohomiki tamaheru
ohomi-uta hitotsu.
Wosukuni no 1
toho no mikado ni
imashira shi
kaku makarinaba
tahirakeku 5
are ha asobamu
te udakite
are ha imasamu
sumera waga
udzu no mite mochi 10
kaki-nade so
negi-tamafu
uchi-nade so
negi-tamafu
kaheri-komu hi 15
ahi nomamu ki so
kono toyomiki ha
10 _udzu_, precious or sacred; _mi-te_ = _mi tahe_.
11, 13 _kaki_ and _uchi_ are prefix verbs having an emphatic value;
_nade_ = propitiate, _negi_ (_negafu_), intreat.
MAKI VI, SHIMO
88
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