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Takasago furuna Ahiohi[227].

SHITE (protagonist), Okina (Spirit of the Pine of Sumiyoshi).

TSURE (companion protagonist), Uba (Spirit of the Pine of Takasago).

ATO SHITE (deuteragonist), God of Sumiyoshi.

WAKI (tritagonist), Aso no Kannushi.

JI (chorus).

TOKORO (scene), Harima.

(tsugi shidai)[228]

Ima wo hazhime no
tabigoromo
hi mo yuku suwe mo
hisashiki—

(kotoba)[229]

Somosomo kore ha Kishiu Higo no kuni Aso no miya no kannushi Tomonari to ha aga koto nari. Ware imada miyako wo mizu safurafu hodo ni kono tabi omohitachi miyako ni nobori-safurafu mata yoki tsuide nareba Banshiu Takasago no ura wo mo ikken sebaya to zonzhi-safurafu.

(michiyuki)[230]

Tabigoromo
suwe harubaru no
miyakoji wo
kefu omohitatsu—
ura no nami
funaji nodokeki
haru kaze mo
iku ka kinuran
ato suwe mo
iza shirakumo no
harubaru to
sashi mo omohishi
Harima-gata
Takasago no ura ni
tsuki ni keri
tsuki ni keri.

Shite tsure (hito kowe)—

Takasago no
matsu no haru kaze
fukikurete
Wonohe no kane mo
hibiku nari.

Tsure

nami ha kasumi no
isogakure—

Futari

oto koso shiho no
michi hi nare.

Shitesashi

Tare wo ka mo
shiruhito ni semu
Takasago no
matsu mo mukashi no
tomo narade
sugikoshi yoyo ha
shirayuki no
tsumori tsumorite[231]
oi no tsuru no
negura ni nokoru
ariake no
haru no shimo yo no
oki-wi ni mo
matsu kaze wo nomi
kiki-narete
kokoro wo tomo to
sugamushiro no
omohi wo noburu
bakari nari.

(futari utafu)—

otodzure ha
matsu ni kototofu
urakaze no
ochiba-goromo no
sode sohete
kokage no chiri wo
kakau yo
kakau yo
tokoro ha Takasago no
Wonohe no matsu mo
toshi furite
oi no nami mo
yorikuru ya
ko no shita kage no
ochiba kaku
naru made inochi
nagarahete
naho itsu made ka
iki no matsu
sore mo hisashiki
meisho kana
meisho kana!

Waki (kotoba)—

Satobito wo ahimatsu tokoro ni rauzhin fuufu kitareri ika ni koko naru rauzhin ni tadzunubeki koto no safurafu.

Shite (kotoba)—

Konata no koto nite safurafu ka nanikoto nite safurafu zo.

Waki

Takasago no matsu to ha idzure no ki wo maushi safurafu zo.

Shite

Tadaima kokage wo kiyome safurafu koso Takasago no matsu nite safurahe.

Waki

Takasago Suminoye no matsu ni ahiohi no na ari tausho to Sumiyoshi to ha kuni wo hedateru ni nani tote ahiohi no matsu to ha maushi safurafu zo.

Shite

Ohose no gotoku Kokin no zhiyo ni Takasago Suminoye no matsu mo ahiohi no yau ni oboye to ari. Sarinagara kono zheu ha Tsu no kuni Sumiyoshi no mono kore naru uba koso tausho no hito nare shiru koto araba mausase tamahe.

Waki

Fushigi ya mireba rauzhin no fuufu issho ni ari nagara tohoki Suminoye Takasago no ura yama kuni wo hedatete sumu to ifu ha ika naru koto yaran!

Tsure

Utate no ohose safurafu ya sansenbanri wo hedatsuredomo tagahi ni kayofu kokorodzukahi no imose no michi ha tohokarazu.

Shite

Madzu anzhite mo goran-zeyo!

Shite tsure

Takasago Suminoye no matsu ha hizhiyau no mono dani mo ahiohi no na ha aru zo kashi mashite ya shiyau aru hito to shite toshi hisashiku mo Sumiyoshi yori kayohinaretaru zheu to uba ha matsu morotomo ni kono toshi made ahiohi no fuufu to naru mono wo!

Waki

Ihare wo kikeba omoshiroya. Sate sate saki ni kikoyetsuru ahiohi no matsu no monogatari wo tokoro ni ihioku ihare ha naku ka?

Shite

Mukashi no hito no maushishi ha kore ha medetaki yo no tameshi nari.

Tsure

Takasago to ifu ha zhiyaudai no Manyefushiu no inishihe no gi—

Shite

Sumiyoshi to mausu ha ima kono miyo ni sumi-tamafu Yengi no ohon koto—

Tsure

matsu to ha tsukinu koto no ha no—

Shite

sakaye ha kokon ahionazhi to—

Shite tsure

miyo wo agamuru tatohe nari.

Waki

Yoku yoku kikeba arigataya ima koso fushin haru no hi no.

Shite

hikari yaharagu nishi no umi no—

Waki

kashiko ha Suminoye—

Shite

koko ha Takasago—

Waki

matsu mo irosohi—

Shite

haru mo—

Waki

nodoka ni—

Ji

shikai nami
shidzuka nite
kuni mo osamaru
tokitsu kaze
yeda wo narasanu
mi yo nare ya
ahi ni ohiohi no
matsu koso
medetakarikere
ge ni ya afugite mo
koto mo oroka ya
kakaru yo ni
sumeru tami tote
yutaka naru
kimi no megumi
arigataki.

Waki (kotoba)—

Nahonaho Takasago no matsu no medetaki ihare kuhashiku on monogatari safurabe.

Jikuri[232]

Sore saumoku kokoronashi to ha mausedomo kuwazhitsu no toki wo tagahezu yaushyau no toku wo sonahete nanshi hana hazhimete hiraku.

Shite (sashi)—

Saredomo kono matsu ha sono keshiki tokoshinahe ni shite kuwayefu toki wo wakazu.

Ji

Yotsu no toki itarite mo issen nen no iro yuki no uchi ni fukaku mata ha shiyoukuwa no iro to kaheri to mo iheri.

Shite

Kakaru tayori wo matsu ga ye no—

Ji

koto no ha gusa no tsuyu no tama kokoro wo migaku tane to narite—-

Shite

iki to shi ikeru mono goto ni—

Ji

Shikishima no kaze ni yoru to ka ya.

(kuse)?—

Shikaru ni Chiyaunou ga kotoba ni mo uzhiyau hizhiyau no sono kowe mina uta ni mo moruru koto nashi. Saumoku dosha fuusei suwion made bambutsu no komoru kokoro ari. Haru no hayashi no toufuu ni ugoki aki no mushi no hokuro ni naku mo mina waka no sugata narazuya. Naka ni mo kono matsu ha bammoku ni sugurete zhiyu hachi kou no yosohohi sen shiu no midori wo nashite kokon no iro mo mizu Shikwau no on shaku adzukaru hodo no ki nari tote ikoku ni mo honchiyau ni mo bammin kore wo shiyaukwansu.

Shite

Takasago no
Wonohe no kane no
oto su nari!

Ji

Ake kakete
shimo ha okedomo
matsu ga ye no
ha iro ha onazhi
fukamidori
tachi-yoru kage no
asa yufu ni
kakedomo ochiba no
tsukisenu ha
makoto nari
matsu no ha mo
chiri usezu shite
iro ha naho
masaki no kadzura
nagaki yo no
tatohe narikeru
tokiha-gi no
naka ni mo na ha
Takasago no
matsudai no tameshi
ni mo
ahiohi no matsu zo
medetaki.

(rongi) Ji

Ge ni na wo yetaru matsu ga ye no
oi-ki no mukashi arahashite
sono na wo nanori tamahe ya!

Shite tsure

Ima ha nani wo ka tsutsumubeki kore ha Takasago Suminoye no ahiohi no matsu no sei,

Ji

Me oto genzhi kitarikeri.

Ji

Fushigi ya sate ha nadokoro no matsu no kidoku wo arahashite.

Shite tsure

saumoku kokoro nakeredomo—

Ji

kashikoki yo tote—

Shite tsure

kusa mo ki mo—

Ji[233]

Waga ohokimi no
kuni nareba
itsumade kimi ga
yo ni Sumiyoshi ni
madzu yukite are nite
machi mausan to
yufu nami no
migiha naru
ama no wobune
ni uchi norite
ohi kaze ni
makase tsutsu
oki no kata ni
ide ni keri ya
oki no kata ni
ide ni keri.

Waki (utafu)—

Takasago ya
kono ura fune ni
ho wo agete
tsuki morotomo ni
ide shiho no
nami no Ahaji no
shima kage ya
tohoku Naruwo
oki sugite
haya Suminoye ni
tsuki ni keri
tsuki ni keri.

(ato) Shite

Ware mite mo
hisashiku narinu
Sumiyoshi no
kishi no himematsu
iku yo henuran
mutsumashi to
kimi ha shirazu ya
mizugaki no
hisashiki yoyo no
kami kagura
yoru no tsudzumi no
hiyaushi wo sorohete
suzushime tamahe
miyatsuko-tachi.

Ji

Nishi no umi
Awoki ga hara no
nami ma yori—

Shite

arahare ideshi
kami matsu no
haru nare ya
nokon no yuki no
Asaka-gata.

Ji

Tamamo karu
naru kishi kage no—

Shite

shiyaukon ni yorite
koshi wo sureba—

Ji

sennen no midori
te ni michiteri—

Shite

baikwa wo otte
kaube ni saseba—

Ji

zhi getsu no yuki
koromo ni ochitsu.

(rongi) Ji

Arigata no yekau ya tsuki Sumiyoshi no Kami asobi mi kage wo wogamu arata sa yo.

Shite

Ge ni samazama no mahi-hime no kowe mo sumu nari Suminoye no matsukage mo utsuru naru seigaiha to ha kore naran.

Ji

Kami to kimi to no michi sugu ni Miyako no haru ni yukubeku ha.

Shite

Sore zo genzhiyauraku no mahi—

Ji

sate banzei no—

Shite

womigoromo—

Ji

sasu kahi ni ha akuma wo harahi wosamuru te ni ha zhiyufuku wo idaki senshiu raku ha tami wo nade manzai raku ni ha inochi wo nobu ahiohi no matsu kaze satsusatsu no kowe zo tanoshimu.[234]

Takasago no ohari.

FOOTNOTES

[227] The text is that of the YÔkyoku TsÛge. The old name, furuna, was Ahiohi (grow old together).

[228] A stage direction, it seems to mean, entry in order of actors and songmen (utahigata).

[229] Prose recitation.

[230] Description of the Journey, by a member of the chorus? The syntax of this passage and of similar passages that follow is irregular, there is much ellipsis and some inversion. Most probably too the text—if there ever was a settled text—is more or less corrupt. Though the syntax and phrasing is of a rather fragmentary and disjointed character the meaning is not usually hard to get at, if somewhat vague.

[231] This passage, like some others, must be understood metaphorically as well as literally—here, in reference to the age of the tree and that of the speaker. The sashi of shitesashi seems to indicate a coming forward or interruption by the protagonist. Rongi-ji is a sort of dialogal chorus, and kuse, a statement of the precept or argument of the utahi, made by one of the chorus.

[232] Chorus again.

[233] From this point the verse is irregular.

[234] Poetized prose.


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