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
(Tempyô) yatose to ifu toshi hinoye ne minadzuki Yoshinu no totsumiya
ni idemaseru toki Akahito ga mikotonori wo uketamaharite yomeru uta
hitotsu.
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi no
meshi-tamafu
Yoshinu no miya ha
yama-takami 5
kumo so tanabiku
kaha hayami
se no to so kiyoki
kamusabite
mireba tafutoku 10
yoroshi nabe
mireba sayakeshi
konoyama no
tsukiba nomi koso
kono kaha no 15
tayeba nomi koso
momoshikino
ohomiya tokoro
yamu toki mo arame!
3 _meshi_ = _mishi_.
11 _yoroshi nabe_, and likewise excellent.
14 _tsukiba_ and 16 _tayeba_ have much the same value.
16 _nomi koso_, the _koso_ emphasizes the two _nomi_.
89, 90, 91
Isonokami no Otomaro no mahetsukimi (kyô) Tosa no kuni ni hanatayeshi
toki uta mitsu.
89
Isonokami 1
Furu no mikoto ha
tawayame no
sadohi ni yorite
uma-zhi mono 5
naha tori-tsuke
shishi zhi mono
yumi-ya kakumite
ohokimi no
mikoto kashikomi 10
amazakaru
hina he ni makaru
furukoromo
Matsuchi no yama yu
kaheri-konu ka mo. 15
For _amazakaru_, _furukoromo_ see List m. k.
90
Ohokimi no 1
mikoto kashikomi
sashinamino
kuni ni idemasu
hashikiyashi 5
waga se no kimi wo
kakemaku mo
yuyushiki kashikoshi
Suminoye no
ara hito kami 10
funa no he ni
ushi-haki-tamahi
tsuki-tamahamu
shima no saki-zaki
yori tamahamu 15
iso no saki-zaki
araki nami
kaze ni ahasezu
tsutsumi naku
mi yamahi arazu 20
sumuyakeku
kaheshi-tamahane
moto no kuni he ni.
3-4 perhaps should run _sashinamino_ | _Tosa no kuni ni_ | _idemasu ya_.
10 _ara_ = _arahareru_--but see Aston, _Shintô_.
12 _ushi_ = _mushi_ (_ni shite hakasu_).
13, 15 _tsuki_ rather refers to direction, _yori_ to approach.
19 = _tsutsuga naku_, untroubled.
21 = _sumiyaka ni_. Motowori says _sumu_ = _susumu_.
For _sashinamino_ see List m. k.
91
Chichi kimi ni 1
are ha manago so
omo tozhi ni
are ha manago so
mawi-nobori 5
yaso uji hito no
tamuke suru
Kashiko no saka ni
nusa matsuri
are ha so makaru 10
tohoki Tosa-ji wo.
5, 6, 7 introduce _kashiko_ (Kashiko). Motowori considers the subject
of 5 to be Isonokami.
92
Nara no miyako no aretaru wo kanashimi yomeru uta hitotsu.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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