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
For _koromode_, _uchinabiku_ see List m. k.
111
Hototogisu wo yomeru uta.
Uguhisu no 1
kahi-ko no naka ni
hototogisu
hitori umarete
shi ga chichi ni 5
nite ha nakazu
shiga haha ni
nite wa nakazu
u no hana no
sakitaru nu he yo 10
tobi kakeri
ki naki toyomoshi
tachibana no
hana wo wi-chirashi
hinemosu ni 15
nakedo kiki yoshi
mahi ha semu
tohoku na yuki so
waga yado no
hana tachibana ni 20
sumi watari nake.
5 _sore ga_.
6, 8 _nite_, like, resembling.
11 fly high.
112
Tsukuba yama ni noboru uta.
Kusamakura 1
tabi no ukeku wo
nagusamuru
koto mo are ya to
Tsukuba ne ni 5
noborite mireba
wobana chiru
Shidzuku no ta-wi ni
karigane mo
samuku ki-nakinu 10
Nihibari no
Toba no afumi mo
aki kaze ni
shira-nami tachinu
Tsukuba ne no 15
yokeku wo mireba
nagaki ke ni
omohi tsumi-koshi
ukeku ha yaminu.
7 _wobana_ is Miscanthus sinensis.
8 _ta-wi_ = _ta-winaka_ or _inaka_.
9 Either _karigane_ or _kari-ga-ne_, a sort of quibble.
17 _nagaki kihe_.
18 _koshi_, a past of _kuru_, here auxiliary, read with _ukeku_.
_omohi-tsumi_, piled up thoughts (i.e. sorrows of travel).
For _kusamakura_ see List m. k.
113
Tsukubane ni noborite kagahi suru toki yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika
uta.
Washinosumu 1
Tsukuba no yama no
Mohakitsu no
sono tsu no uhe ni
adomohite 5
wotome wotoko no
yuki tsudohi
kagafu kagaki ni
hito-dzuma ni
are mo ahamu 10
aga tsuma ni
hito mo koto-tohe
kono yama wo
ushi-haku kami no
inishihe yo 15
isamenu waza zo
kefu nomi ha
megushi mo nami so
koto mo togamuna
Wo no kami ni 1
kumo tachi nobori
shigure furi
nure-tohoru tomo
are kaherame ya. 5
18 Either _me-gurushiku na mi so_ or _megushi nami so_--the sense is
much the same.
19 _koto togame wo mo suna_.
For _washinosumu_ see List m. k.
114
Shika wo yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Mimoro no 1
Kamunabi yama ni
tachi-mukafu
Mikaki no yama ni
aki-hagi no 5
tsuma wo makamu to
asa-dzuku-yo
akemaku woshimu
ashihiki no
yamabiko-doyome 10
yobitate naku mo.
115
Nanuka no yo no uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.
Hisakatano 1
ama no kahara ni
kamitsu se ni
tama-hashi watashi
shimotsu se ni 5
fune ukesuwe
ame furite
kaze ha fuku to mo
kaze fukite
ame ha furu to mo 10
mo nurasazu
yamazu kimase to
tama-hashi watasu.
11 _mo_ = skirt, dress.
For _hisakatano_ see List m. k.
116
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