Chapter 17

Toshi wo hetenami tachi-yoranuSumiyoshi nomatsu kahi nashikiku ha makoto ka?

Toshi wo hete

nami tachi-yoranu

Sumiyoshi no

matsu kahi nashi

kiku ha makoto ka?

to aru wo yonde kikasu.

Ito yowaki kokochi ni kashira wo motagete hitoni kami wo motasete kurushiki kokochi ni karauzhite kaki-tamafu—

Kahi ha kakuarikeru mono wowabi hateteshinuru inochi wosukuhi ya ha senu!

Kahi ha kaku

arikeru mono wo

wabi hatete

shinuru inochi wo

sukuhi ya ha senu!

to kaki-hatsuru to tahe-iritamahinu.

Kore wo kikite Kaguhahime sukoshi ahare to oboshikeri. Sore yori namu sukoshi ureshiki koto wo ba kahi ari! to ha ihikeru.

Sate Kaguyahime katachi yo ni mizu medetaki koto wo Mikado kikoshimeshite naishi Nakatomi no Fusako ni notamafu—

‘Ohoku no hito no mi wo itadzura ni nashite ahazanaru Kaguyahime ha ika bakari no wouna zo to makarite mite mawire’ to notamafu.

Fusako uke-tamaharite makareri. Taketori no Okina no ihe ni kashikomarite shiyauzhi[172]irete aheri. Wouna ni naishi notamafu—

‘Ohose-goto ni Kaguyahime no katachi iu ni ohasu to nari yoku-mite mawirubeki yoshi notamahasetsuru ni namu mawiritsuru’ to iheba, ‘kaku to maushi haberamu’ to ihite, irinu.

Kaguyahime ni ‘Haya kano ohon tsukahi ni taimen shi-tamahe’ to iheba, Kaguyahime ‘yoki katachi ni mo arazu ikadeka miyubeki’ to iheba‘utate mo notamafu kana! Mikado no ohon tsukahi wo ba ikadeka oroka ni semu?’ to iheba, Kaguyahime kotafuru yau ‘Mikado no meshite notamahamu koto kashikoshi to mo omohazu’ to ihite, sara ni miyubeki mo arazu. Umeru ko no yau ni ha aredo ito kokoro-hazukashige ni orosoka-naru yau ni ihikereba kokoro no mama ni mo yesemezu.

Wouna naishi no moto ni kaheri-idete ‘kuchioshiku kono osanaki mono ha kohaku haberu mono nite taimen sumazhiki’ to mausu. Naishi ‘kanarazu mi-tatematsurite mawire to ohose-goto aritsuru mono mitatematsurade ha ikadeka kaheri-mawiramu—kokuwô no ohose-goto wo masa ni yo ni sumi-tamahamu hito no uketamahari-tamahade ha arinamu ya! iharenu koto na shi-tamahi so’ to kotoba hajishiku ihikereba, kore wo kikite mashite Kaguyahime kikubeku mo arazu ‘Koku-wô no ohose-goto wo somukaba haya koroshi-tamahite yokashi’.

Kono naishi kaheri-mawirite kono yoshi wo sousu. Mikado kikoshimeshite ‘ohoku no hito wo koroshite-keru[173]kokoro zo kashi’ to notamahite, yami nikeredo naho oboshimeshi[2] ohashimashite[174]kono wouna no tabakari ni ya makemu to oboshimeshite Taketori no Okina wo meshite ohose-tamafu ‘Nanzhi ga mochite haberu Kaguyahime tatematsure kaho katachi yoshi to kikoshimeshite mi tsukahi wo tabishikado kahinaku mihezu nari nikeri. Kaku taidaishiku ya ha narahasubeki’ to ohoseraru.

Okina kashikomarite ohon kaheshi-goto[175]mausu yau ‘kono me ha waraha ha tahete miyadzukahe tsukaumatsurubeku mo arazu haberu wo mote wadzurahi-haberi saritomo makarite ohosetamahamu[176]’ to sousu.

Kore wo kikoshimeshite ohosetamafu yau ‘Nado ka Okina no te ni ohoshitatetaramu mono wo kokoro ni makasezaramu kono wouna moshi tatematsuritaru mono naraba Okina ni kaufuru wo nado ka tabasezaramu[177]’.

Okina yorokobite ihe ni kaherite Kaguyabime ni katarafu yau ‘kaku namu Mikado no ohose-tamaheru naho ya ha tsukaumatsuri-tamahane’ to iheba, Kaguyahime kotahete ihaku ‘mohara sayau miyadzukahe tsukaumatsurazhi to omofu wo shihite tsukaumatsurase-tamahaba kiye-usenamu zo mi tsukasa kaufuri tsukaumatsurite shinu bakari nari’.

Okina irafuru yau ‘Na shi-tamahi so tsukasa[178]kaufuri mo waga ko wo mi-tatematsurade ha nani ni ka ha semu sa ha aritomo nado ka miyudzukahe shitamahazaramu shini-tamafu-beki[179]yau ya ha arubeki’ to ifu.

‘Naho soragoto ka to tsukaumatsurasete shinazu ya aru to mi-tamahe amata no hito no kokorozashi oroka narazarishi wo munashiku nashite shi koso are kinofu kefu Mikado no notamahamu koto ni tsukamu hitogiki yasashi’ to iheba, Okina kotahete ihaku—

‘Ame no shita no koto to aritomo kakaritomo on inochi no ayafusa koso ohoki naru sahari nare naho tsukaumatsurumazhiki koto wo mawirite mausamu’ tote, mawirite mausu yau—

‘Ohose no[180]koto kashikosa ni kano waraha wo mawirasemu tote tsukaumatsureba miyadzukahe ni idashitatenaba shinubeshi to mausu. Miyatsuko Maro ga te ni umasetaru ko nite mo[181]arazu mukashi yama nite mi-tsuketaru kakareba kokoro-base mo yo no hito ni nizu zo haberu’ to sousesasu.

Mikado ohose-tamahaku—

‘Miyatsuko Maro ga ihe yama moto chikakanari[182]. Mikari no miyuki shi-tamahamu yau nite mitemu ya’ to notamahasu. Miyatsuko Maro ga mausu yau ‘ito yoki koto nari. Nanika kokoro mo nakute haberamu ni futo miyuki shite goranzerarenamu’ to sousureba, Mikado nihaka ni hi wo sadamete mikari ni idetamahite Kaguyahime no ihe ni iri-tamahite mi-tamafu ni hikari michite keura nite witari hito ari ‘Kore naramu!’ to oboshite, chikaku yorase tamafu ni[183]nigete iru. Sode wo torahe-tamaheba omote wo futagite safurahedo hazhime yoku goranzhi tsureba taguhi naku medetaku oboyesase-tamahite yurusazhi to su tote wite-ohashimasamu to suru ni Kaguyahime kotahete sousu ‘Ono ga mi ha, kono kuni ni umarete haberaba koso tsukai-tamahame ito wite-ohashigataku ya haberamu’ to sousu.

Mikado nado ka sa aramu naho ite-ohashimasemu tote ohon koshi wo yose-tamafu ni kono Kaguyahime kito kage ni narinu. Hakanaku kuchiwoshi to oboshite ge ni tada-bito ni ha arazarikeri to oboshite—

‘Saraba on moto[184]ni ha wite-ikazhi moto no on katachi to nari-tamahine sore wo mite dani kaheri-namu’ to ohoserarureba Kaguyahime moto no katachi narinu.

Mikado naho medetaku oboshimesaruru koto seki-tome-gatashi kaku misetsuru Miyatsuko Maro wo yorokobi-tamafu. Sate tsukaumatsuru hiyakukuwan no hitobito ni aruzhi ikameshiu tsukaumatsuru.

Mikado Kaguya-hime wo todomete kaheri-tamahamukoto wo akazu kuchiwoshiku oboshikeredo tamashihi wo todometaru kokochi shite namu kaherase-tamahikeru ohomi koshi ni tatematsurite nochi ni Kaguyahime ni—

Kaherusa nomiyuki mono ukuomohoyetesomukite tomaruKaguyahime yuwe!

Kaherusa no

miyuki mono uku

omohoyete

somukite tomaru

Kaguyahime yuwe!

on kabeshi-goto—

Mugura hafushita ni mo toshi hahenuru mi nonanika ha tama noutena wo no mimu!

Mugura hafu

shita ni mo toshi ha

henuru mi no

nanika ha tama no

utena wo no mimu!

Kore wo Mikado goranjite itodo kaheri-tamahamu sora mo naku obosaru mi kokoro ha sara ni tachi-kaherubeku mo obosarezarikeredo saritote yo wo akashi-tamafubeki ni mo araneba kaherase-tamahinu.

Tsune ni tsukaumatsuru hito wo mi-tamafu ni Kaguyahime no kataharani yorubeku dani arazarikeri. Koto hito yori ha keura nari to oboshikeru no kare ni oboshi-ahasureba[185]hito ni mo arazu Kaguyahime nomi ohon kokoro ni kakarite tada hitori sugushitamafu yoshi nakute on katagata ni mo watari-tamahazu.

Kaguyahime no on moto ni zo ohon fumi wo kakite kayohasase-tamafu on kaheshi-goto sasuga ni nikukarazu kikohe-kahashi-tamahite omoshiroki ki kusa ni tsukete mo on uta wo yomite tsukahasu.

Kayau nite ohon kokoro wo tagahi ni nagusametamafu hodo ni mi-tose bakari arite haru no hazhime yori Kaguyahime tsuki no omoshirou idetaru[186]wo mite tsune yori mo mono-omohitaru sama nari. Aru[187]hito no tsuki no kaho miru ha imu koto sei[188]shikeredomo tomo[189]sureba hito ma[190]ni ha tsuki wo mite imizhiku naki-tamafu.

Futsuki no mochi no tsuki ni ide-wite sechi[191]ni mono-omoheru keshiki ari.

Chikaku tsukaharuru hito-bito Taketori no Okina ni tsugete ihaku—

‘Kaguyahime rei[192]mo tsuki wo aharegari tamahikeredomo[193]kono goro to narite ha tada koto ni mo haberazameri imizhiku oboshi-nageku koto arubeshi yoku yoku mi-tatematsurase[194]-tamahe’ to ifu wo kikite Kaguyahime ni ifu yau ‘Nadefu[195]kokochi sureba kaku mono wo omohi taru sama nite tsuki wo mi-tamafu zo umashiki yo ni’ to ifu.

Kaguyahime ‘tsuki wo[196]mireba yo no naka kokorobosoku ahare ni haberi nadefu mono wo ka nageki haberubeki’ to ifu.

Kaguyahime no aru tokoro ni itarite mireba naho mono-omoheru keshiki nari. Kore wo mite—

‘Aga hotoke! nanigoto wo omohi-tamafu zo obosuramu koto nanigoto zo’ to iheba,

‘Omofu koto mo nashi mono namu kokorobosoku oboyuru’ to iheba,

Okina ‘Tsuki na mi-tamahi so kore wo mi-tamaheba mono-obosu keshiki ha aru zo’ to iheba,

‘Ikade tsuki wo mizute ha aramu’ tote, naho tsuki idzureba ide-wi-tsutsu nageki-omoheri. Yufu-yami ni ha mono-omohanu keshiki nari. Tsuki no hodo ni narinareba naho toki-doki ha uchi-nageki-naki nado su. Kore wo tsukafu mono-domo naho mono-obosu koto arubeshi to sasayakedo oya wo hazhimete nani-goto to mo shirazu.

Hatsuki no mochi bakari no tsuki ni ide-wite, Kaguyahime ito itaku naki-tamafu hito me mo ima ha tsutsumi-tamahazu naki-tamafu. Kore wo mite oya-domo mo nanigoto zo to tohi-sawagu.

Kaguyahime naku-naku ifu ‘saki-zaki mo mausamu omohishikadomo kanarazu kokoro madohashi tamahamu mono zo to omohite ima made sugushi-haberi-tsuru nari. Sa nomi ya ha tote uchi-ide-haberinuru zo ono ga mi ha kono kuni no hito ni mo arazu tsuki no miyako no hito nari. Sore wo mukashi no chigiri arikeru ni yorite namu kono sekai ni ha maudekitarikeru ima ha kaherubeki ni nari nikereba kono tsuki no mochi ni kano moto no kuni yori mukahe ni hitobito maude komu zu sarazu makarinubekereba oboshi nagekamu ga kanashiki koto wo kono haru yori omohi-nageki-haberu nari’ to ihite, imizhiu naku.

Okina ‘koha nadefu koto wo notamafu zo. Take no naka yori mi-tsuke-kikohetarishikado[197]na tane no ohokisa ohaseshi wo waga tachi-dake narabu made yashinahi-tatematsuritaru waga ko wo nani-bito ka mukahe-kikohemu masa ni yurusamu ya’ to ihite,‘ware koso shiname’ tote, naki-nonoshiru koto tahegatage nari.

Kaguyahime no ihaku ‘Tsuki no miyako no hito nite chichi haha ari kata toki no ma tote kano kuni yori maude-koshikadomo kaku kono kuni ni ha amata no toshi wo henuru ni namu arikeru. Kano kuni no chichi haha no koto mo obohezu koko ni ha kaku hisashiku asobi-kikohete narahi-tatematsureri imizhikaramu kokochi mo sezu kanashiku nomi namu aru. Saredo ono ga kokoro narazu makarinamu to suru’ to ihite, morotomo ni imizhiu naku. Tsukaharuru hito-bito mo toshi-goro narahite tachi-wakarenamu koto wo[198]kokorobahe nado ateyaka ni utsukushikaritsuru koto wo mi-narahite kohishikamu koto no tahegataku yumizu mo nomasezu onazhi kokoro ni nagekashigarikeri.

Kono koto wo Mikado kikoshimeshite Taketori ga ihe ni ohon tsukahi tsukahasase-tamafu. Mi tsukahi ni Taketori ide-ahite naku koto kagiri nashi. Kono koto wo nageku ni hige mo shiroku koshi mo kagamari me mo tadare nikeri. Okina kotoshi ha isozhi bakari narikeredomo mono-omohi ni ha kata-toki ni namu oi ni nari nikeri to miyu.

Mi tsukahi ohose-goto tote Okina ni ihaku ‘Ito kokoro-gurushiku mono-omofu naru ha makoto ni ka’ to ohose-tamafu.

Taketori naku-naku mausu—

‘Kono mochi-hi namu tsuki no miyako yori Kaguyahime no mukahe ni maude-ku naru. Tafutoku tohasetamafu[199]kono mochi ni ha hito-bito tamaharite tsuki no miyako no hito maude-koba torahesasemu’ to mausu.

Mi tsukahi kaheri-mawirite Okina no arisamamaushite soushitsuru. Koto-domo mausu wo kikoshimeshite notamafu ‘Hito me[200]mi-tamahishi mi kokoro ni dani wasuretamahanu ni ake kure mi-naretaru Kaguyahime wo yarite ha ikaga omofubeki!’

Kano mochi no hi tsukasa-dzukasa ni ohosete chiyokushi ni ha[201]tou no chiu [seu] shiyou Takano no Ohokuni to ifu hito wo sashite roku we no tsukasa ahasete ni sen nin no hito wo Taketori ga ihe ni tsukahasu.

Ihe ni makarite tsuihiji[202]no uhe ni sen nin ya no uhe ni sen nin ihe no hitobito ito ohokarikeru ni awasete akeru hima mo naku mamorasu. Kono mamoru hitobito mo yumi-ya wo tai shite wori moya no uchi ni ha wouna domo wo ban ni suwete mamorasu. Wouna nuri-gome no uchi ni Kaguyahime wo idakahete wori Okina mo nuri-gome no to wo sashite to-guchi ni wori.

Okina no ihaku—

‘Kabakari mamoru tokoro ni ame no hito ni mo makemu ya!’

to ihite, ya no uhe ni woru hitobito ni ihaku—

‘Tsuyu mo mono sora ni kudaraba futo i-koroshite tamahe’

Mamoru hitobito no ihaku—

‘Kabakari shite mamoru tokoro ni kahahori hitotsu dani araba madzu i-koroshite to[203]ni sarasamu to omohihaberu’—to ifu.

Okina kore wo kikite tanomoshigari wori. Kore wo kikite Kaguyahime ha‘Sashi-komete mamori tatakafubeki shitakumi wo shitari to mo ano kuni no hito wo ye-tatakahanu nari. Yumi-ya shite irasezhi kaku sashi-komete aritomo kano kuni no hito koba mina akinan to su ai-tatakahamu to su to mo kano kuni no hito kinaba takeki kokoro tsukafu hito yo mo arazhi’.

Okina no ifu yau—

‘On mukahe ni komu hito wo ba nagaki tsume shite manako wo tsukami tsutsusamu saga[204]kami wo torite kanaguri otosan saga shiri wo kaki-idete kokora no ohoyake hito ni misete haji misen’ to haradachi wori.

Kaguyahime ihaku—

‘Kowadaka ni na notamahi so ya no uhe ni woru hitodomo no kiku ni ito masa-nashi. Imazukaritsuru kokorozashidomo[205]wo omohi mo shirade makarinamuzuru koto no kuchioshiu habekeru nagaki chigiri no nakarikereba hodonaku makarinubeki nameri to omofu ga kanashiku haberu nari. Oya-tachi no kaheri-miwo isasaka dani tsukaumatsurade makaramu michi mo yasuku mo arumazhiki ni tsuki-goro[206]mo ide-wite kotoshi bakari no itoma wo maushitsuredo sara ni yurusarenu ni yorite namu kaku omohi-nageki-haberu on kokoro wo nomi madohashite sarinamu koto no kanashiku tahegataku haberu nari. Kano miyako no hito ha ito keura nite oi mo sezu namu omofu koto mo naku haberu nari. Saru tokoro he makaramuzuru mo[207]imizhiku mo haberazu oi-otorohe-tamaheru sama wo mi-tatematsurazaramu koso kohishikarami’ to ihite naku.

Okina mune itaki ‘koto na shi-tamahi so, uruhashiki sugata shitaru tsukahi ni mo saharazhi’ to netami wori.

Kakaru hodo ni yohi uchisugite ne no toki bakari ni ihe no atari hiru no akasa ni mo sugite hikaritarimochidzuki no akasa wo towo ahasetaru bakari nite aru hito no ke no ana sahe miyuru hodonari.

Ohosora yori hito kumo ni norite ori-kite tsuchi yori go shaku bakari agaritaru hodo ni tachi-tsuranetari.

Kore wo mite uchi-to[208]naru hito no kokoro-domo mono ni osoharuru yau nite ahi-tatahamu kokoro mo nakarikeri karauzhite omohi-okoshite yumi-ya toritatemu to suredomo te ni chikara mo nakunarite nahekagamaritaru naka ni kokoro-sakashiki mono nemuzhite imu to suredomo hoka-zama he ikikereba are mo tatakahade kokochi tada shire ni shirete mamori-aheri.

Tateru hito-domo ha sauzoku no kiyora naru koto mono ni mo nizu tobu kuruma hitotsu gushitari rakai sashitari sono naka ni wau to oboshiki hito ihe ni ‘Miyatsuko Maro maude-ko’ to ifu ni takeku omohitsuru Miyatsuko Maro mo mono ni wehitaru kokochi shite utsubushi fuseri.

Iwaku—

‘Nanzhi wosanaki hito isasaka-naru kudoku wo Okina tsukurikeru ni yorite namuzhi go tasuke ni tote kata-toki no hodo nite kudashishi wo sokora no toshigoro sokora no kogane tamahite mi wo kahetaru ga gotoku nari nitari. Kaguyahime ha tsumi wo tsukuritamaherikereba kaku iyashiki onore ga moto ni shibashi ohoshitsuru nari tsumino kagiri hatenureba kaku mukafuru wo Okina ha naki-nageku atahanu koto nari haya kaheshi tatematsure!’ to ifu.

Okina kotahete mausu—

‘Kaguyahime wo yashinahi-tatematsuru koto hata tose amari ni narinu kata-toki to notamafu ni ayashiku nari-haberinu. Mata koto tokoro ni Kaguyahime to mausu hito zo ohashimasuramu to ifu koko ni ohasuru Kaguyahime ha omohi yamahi wo shi-tamaheba ye-ide-ohashi-masumazhi’

to mauseba, sono kaheri-goto ha nakute ya no uhe ni tobu kuruma wo yosete,

‘Iza Kaguyahime kitanaki tokoro ni ikade hisashiku ohasemu’ to ifu.

Tatekometaru tokoro no to sunahachi tada aki ni akinu kaushidomo mo hito ha nakushite akinu wouna idakite witaru Kaguyahime to ni idenu ye-todomu-mazhikereba tada sashi-afugite naki-wori.

Taketori kokoro madohite naki-fuseru tokoro ni yorite Kaguyahime ‘koko ni mo kokoro ni mo arade kaku makaru ni noboramu wo dani mi-okuri-tamahe’

to ihedomo,

‘Nani shi ni kanashiki ni mi-okuri-tatematsuramu ware wo ba ika ni seyo tote sutete ha nobori-tamafu zo gushite wite ohasene’

to nakite fusereba, ‘on kokoro madohinu’[209]fumi wo kaki-okite ‘makaramu kohishikaramu wori-wori tori-idete mi-tamahe’ tote, uchi-nakite kaku koto ha—

‘Kono kuni ni umarenuru to naraba nagekase-tatematsuranu hodo made haberubeki wo haberade[210]sugi wakarenuru koto kahesugahesu ho-i-naku koto oboye-habere nugi-oku kinu katami to mi-tamahe tsuki no idetaramu yo ha mi-okose-tamahe mi-sute-tatematsurite makaru sora yori ochinubeki kokochi su—’ to kaki-oku.

Amabito no naka ni motasetaru hako ari. Ama no ha-goromo ireri. Mata aru ha fushi no kusuri ireri. Hitoro no amabito ifu—

‘Tsubo naru mi kusuri tatematsure kitanaki tokoro no mono kikoshimeshitareba on kokochi ashikaramu mono zo’—tote, mote-yoritareba isasaka nametamahite sukoshi katami tote nugi-oku kinu ni tsutsumamu to sureba aru amabito ‘tsutsumasezu’ on zo wo tori-idete kisen to su. Sono toki ni Kaguyahime ‘shibashi mate’ to ihite[211]‘kinu kitsuru[212]hito ha kokoro koto[213]ni naru nari’ to ifu[214]‘mono no hito-goto koto ihi-okubeki koto ari’ to ihite, fumi kaku.

Amabito ‘ososhi to kokoro-moto nagari-tamafu’ Kaguyahime ‘mono shiranu koto na shi-tamahi so’ tote, imizhiku shidzuka ni ohoyake ni on fumi tatematsuritamafu awatenu sama nari.

‘Kaku amata no hito wo tamahite, todome-sase-tamahedo yurusanu. Mukahe maude kite tori-wite makarinureba kuchiwoshiku kanashiki koto miyadzukahe tsukaumatsurazu narinuru mo kaku wadzurahashiki mi nite habereba kokoroyezu oboshimeshi tsuramedomo kokoro tsuyoku uketamaharazu nari nishi koto namege-naru mono ni oboshimeshi todomerarenuru namu kokoro ni tomari-haberinuru’ tote,

Ima ha toteAma no hagoromokiru wori zo,kimi wo ahare toomohi-idenuru!

Ima ha tote

Ama no hagoromo

kiru wori zo,

kimi wo ahare to

omohi-idenuru!

tote, tsubo no kusuri sohete tou no chiushiyau wo yobi-yosete tatematsurasu.

Chiushiyau ni amabito torite tsutafu. Chiushiyau toritsureba futo ama no hagoromo uchi-kise-tatematsuritsureba Okina wo itohoshi kanashi to oboshi-tsuru koto mo usenu kono kinu kitsuru hito ha mono-omohimo nakunari nikereba kuruma ni norite hiyaku nin bakari amabito gushite noborinu.

Sono nochi Okina wouna chi no namida wo nagashite madohedo kahi nashi. Ano kaki-okishi fumi wo yomite kikasekeredo nani sen ni ka inochi mo oshikaramu taga tame ni ka nanigoto mo yau mo nashi tote kusuri mo kuhazu yagate oki mo agarazu yami fuseri.

Chiushiyau hitobito wo hiki-gushite kaheri-mawirite Kaguyahime wo ye-tatakahi-tomezu narinuru koto wo komagoma to sousu.

Kusuri no tsubo ni mi fumi sohete mawirasu. Hirogete goranzhite ito itaku aharegarase-tamahite mono mo kikoshimesezu mi asobi nado mo nakarikeri.

Daizhin kandachibe wo meshite ‘idzure no yama ka ame ni chikaki’ to tohase-tamafu ni aru hito sousu—

‘Suruga no kuni ni aru yama namu kono Miyako mo chikaku ame no chikaku haberu—’

to sousu.

Kore wo kikase-tamahite—

Afu koto monamida ni ukabuwagami ni hashinanu kusuri monani ni ka ha semu!

Afu koto mo

namida ni ukabu

wagami ni ha

shinanu kusuri mo

nani ni ka ha semu!

Kano tatematsuru shinanu no kusuri no tsubo ni mi fumi gushita mi tsukahi ni tamahasu. Chiyokushi ni ha Tsuki no Iwagasa to ifu hito wo meshite ‘Suruga no kuni ni anaru yama no itadaki ni mote yukubeki’ yoshi ohose-tamafu.

Mine nite subeki yau woshihesasetamafu ‘mi fumi fushi no kusuri no tsubo narabete hi wo tsukete moyasubeki’ yoshi ohosetamafu.

Sono yoshi uke-tamaharite tsuhamonodomo amatagushite yama he noborikeru yori namu. Sono yama wo ba Fuzhi no yama to ha nadzukeru.

Sono keburi imada kumo no naka de tachi-noburu to zo ihi-tsutahetaru.

[10]The footnotes chiefly indicate textual variations.

[11]iheru.

[12]no kotooften omitted.

[13]Fromyorodzusometimes omitted.

[14]Addno.

[15]he.

[16]Ortoru ni.

[17]Addno uchi ni.

[18]saushite,soushite,sousoku shite, &c.

[19]kichiyau.

[20]kesau.

[21]sakaye ni nari.

[22]uke.

[23]hodohete.

[24]monoto.

[25]kototo.

[26]ohoroka,orosoka.

[27]=yakunakioryeki-—useless, vain.

[28]hitodomo,hitotachi.

[29]tsukahasuredomo.

[30]idashite.

[31]notamahedo?

[32]shitagahezu.

[33]okuru.

[34]ohasamu.

[35]imasogaru,imasokaru,imasekashi.

[36]tamahe.

[37]There are various readings of this complicated sentence, which has, doubtless, been much manipulated.

[38]There are various readings ofshitakumi, none of which appears to be worth noting.

[39]sumitsuke taru.

[40]mochite kite.

[41]This may also read as = beyond Tsukushi (the utmost western limit of Japan).

[42]na ishi,o ishi.

[43]Read alsomi ishi no ha chi(blood)no.

[44]mireba.

[45]A sort ofmakura kotoba.

[46]dani mo.

[47]would that it held.

[48]Little Grange Hill, but by word-play, dim or dark hill.

[49]Omitted in some texts;woadversative =wo mite.

[50]The subject is Ishidzukuri.

[51]word-play—haji, shame.

[52]As (Ishidzukuri) could get nothing to her ear he grew sick of the attempt.

[53]owashinu.

[54]hitotsu no takara.

[55]Uchitakumi, alsoKachitakumi.

[56]kamado.

[57]kura.

[58]idzu.

[59]hisoka.

[60]kurushigaritaru.

[61]The less honorificohashitari.

[62]mochite.

[63]mote.

[64]ni arazu, omitted in some texts.

[65]mi.

[66]tada.

[67]yukashi … maushitsuru, omitted in many texts.

[68]haberu … naho, omitted in some texts.

[69]saitsutoshi.

[70]Omitted in some texts.

[71]Omitted in some texts.

[72]Orumi.

[73]Ormakarishi.

[74]In some texts omitted.

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