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
Yasumishishi 1
waga ohokimi no
takashikasu
Yamato kuni ha
sumerogi no 5
kami no mi yo yori
shikimaseru
kuni nishi areba
aremasamu
miko no tsugi tsugi 10
amenoshita
shiroshimesamu to
ya ho yorodzu
chi-tose wo kanete
sadamekemu 15
Nara no miyako ha
kagirohino
haru nishi areba
Kasuga yama
Mikasa no nu-he ni 20
sakura hana
ko no kure-gakure
kaho-tori ha
ma naku shiba naku
tsuyushimono 25
aki sari-kureba
Hakahi yama
Tobuhi ga take ni
hagi no ye wo
shigarami chirashi 30
sawoshika ha
tsuma yobi-toyome
yama mireba
yama mo migahoshi
sato mireba 35
sato mo sumiyoshi
mononofuno
yaso tomo no wo no
uchi-hahete
sato namishikeba 40
ametsuchi no
yori-ahi no kihami
yorodzu no yo ni
sakaye yukamu to
omohi nishi 45
ohomiya sura wo
tanomerishi
Nara no miyako wo
arata yo no
koto nishi areba 50
ohokimi no
hiki no manimani
haruhanano
utsurohi kahari
muratorino 55
asa tachi yukeba
sasudakeno
ohomiya hito no
fumi narashi
kayohishi michi ha 60
uma mo yukazu
hito mo yukaneba
are ni keru ka mo!
3 _takashikasu_ = _takashirasu_.
9 _araharemasamu_.
24 The first _naku_ = not-be, the second, cry, sing.
39 _uchi-hahete_, _hafu_, extend.
41-42 set forth men’s hopes. Nara would long endure--a sort of common
form in lays of this character. 53 to end describe the impermanence of
things and the desolation of the abandoned Capital.
For _yasumishishi_, _kagirohino_, _tsuyushimono_, _mononofuno_,
_haruhanano_, _muratorino_, _sasudakeno_ see List m. k. Most of these
can only be rendered indirectly.
93, 94
Kuni no nihimiyako wo tatafuru uta futatsu.
93
Akitsukami 1
waga ohokimi no
ame no shita
Yashima no uchi ni
kuni ha shi mo 5
ohoku aredomo
sato ha shi mo
saha ni aredomo
yama nami no
yoroshiki kuni to 10
kaha nami no
tachi-afu sato to
Yamashiro no
Kase-yama no ma ni
miya-hashira 15
futoshiki matsuri
takashirasu
Futagi no miya ha
kaha chikami
se no to so kiyoki 20
yama chikami
tori ga ne-doyomu
aki sareba
yama mo todoro ni
sawoshika ha 25
tsuma yobi-doyome
haru sareba
woka be no shizhi ni
ihaho ni ha
hana saki-wowori 30
ana omoshiro
Futagi no hara
ito tafuto
ohomiya tokoro
ubeshi koso 35
waga ohokimi ha
kimi no mani
kikashitamahite
sasudakeno
ohomiya koko to 40
sadamekerashi mo.
For _akitsukami_, _sasudakeno_ see List m. k.
94
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