Oxford NINJAL Corpus of Old Japanese (ONCOJ)

The texts

This page presents the OJ poetic texts poem by poem. Each poem contains three columns. The first column shows line numbers for a text. The second column is the original script. The third column is the phonemic transcription (with italics used to represent text that is phonographically written, plain used to represent logographically written text, and underlining used for text that has no direct representation in the original script).

Example:

打歌		山	乃
*ututa*	no	yama	no

(MYS.2.139, l.2)

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0	美阿止都久留	miato tukuru	[1 The echo of the rock]
1	伊志乃比鼻伎波	isi no pibiki pa	[0 where I carve the sacred footprints]
2	阿米爾伊多利	ame ni itari	[2 reaches the heaven and]
3	都知佐閇由須礼	tuti sape yusure	[3 even shakes the earth!]
4	知知波波賀多米爾	titipapa ga tameni	[4 For my mother and father,]
5	毛呂比止乃多米爾	moropito no tameni	[5 for all people.]

0	弥蘇知阿麻利	miswoti amari	[5 How rare are]
1	布多都乃加多知	putatu no katati	[4 the footprints trod]
2	夜蘇久佐等	yaswokusa to	[3 by one complete]
3	曾太礼留比止乃	sodareru pito no	[2 with [1 the
4	布美志阿止止己呂	pumisi atodokoro	[0 thirty-]two marks and]
5	麻礼爾母阿留可毛	mareni mo aru kamo	eighty signs!]

0	与伎比止乃	yoki pito no	[3 Being unable to see]
1	麻佐米爾美祁牟	masameni mikyemu	[2 even the Buddha’s footprints,]
2	美阿止須良乎	miato sura wo	[0 which good people]
3	和礼波衣美須弖	ware pa emizute	[1 must have seen right before their eyes,]
4	伊波爾恵利都久	ipa ni werituku	[4 I carve them onto rock.]
5	多麻爾恵利都久	tama ni werituku	[5 I carve them onto precious stone.]

0	己乃美阿止	ko no miato ya	[0 Oh, these sacred footprints,]
1	夜与呂豆比賀利乎	yorodupikari wo	[2 radiating]
2	波奈知伊太志	panatiidasi	[1 myriad lights,]
3	毛呂毛呂須久比	moromoro sukupi	[3 how I want them to [4 save everyone
4	和多志多麻波奈	watasitamapana	and] take them to the other side!]
5	須久比多麻波奈	sukupitamapana	[5 How I want them to save them!]

0	伊可奈留夜	ikanaru ya	[0 Oh what kind of]
1	比止爾伊麻世可	pito ni imase ka	[1 person is it?]
2	伊波乃宇閇乎	ipa no upe wo	[4 He must have left footprints]
3	都知止布美奈志	tuti to pumi nasi	[3 stepping [2 on a rock,]
4	阿止乃祁留良牟	ato nokyeru ramu	as if on earth.]
5	多布刀久毛阿留可	taputwoku mo aru ka	[5 How awe-inspiring it is!]

0	麻須良乎乃	masurawo no	[3 Looking [2 at the footprints
1	須須美佐岐多知	susumi sakitati	where [0 the great man] stood,]
2	布賣留阿止乎	pumyeru ato wo	[1 going forth and departing before me,]
3	美都都志乃波牟	mitutu sinopamu	I will long for him]
4	多太爾阿布麻弖爾	tadani apu madeni	[4 until we meet directly,]
5	麻佐爾阿布麻弖爾	masani apu madeni	[5 until we meet for real.]

0	麻須良乎乃	masurawo no	[1 The footprints left
1	布美於祁留阿止波	pumiokyeru ato pa	where [0 the great man] stood]
2	伊波乃宇閇爾	ipa no upe ni	[3 still remain]
3	伊麻毛乃己礼利	ima mo nokoreri	[2 on top of the rock.]
4	美都都志乃覇止	mitutu sinopye to	[4 Look at them and marvel, I say!]
5	奈賀久志乃覇止	nagaku sinopye to	[5 Marvel long, I say!]

0	己乃美阿止乎	ko no miato wo	[1 Having sought and searched]
1	多豆祢毛止米弖	tadunemotomete	[0 for these sacred footprints,]
2	与伎比止乃	yoki pito no	[4 I, too, will surely enter]
3	伊麻須久爾爾波	imasu kuni ni pa	[3 the land where
4	和礼毛麻胃弖牟	ware mo mawitemu	[2 the Good One] resides,]
5	毛呂毛呂乎為弖	moromoro wo wite	[5 leading the way for everyone.]

0	舎加乃美阿止	saka no miato	[1 Having copied [0 the sacred footprints
1	伊波爾宇都志於伎	ipa ni utusioki	of Śākyamuni] onto the rock
2	宇夜麻比弖	uyamapite	and] [2 worshipped them,]
3	乃知乃保止気爾	noti no potoke ni	[4 I will pass them on]
4	由豆利麻都良牟	yudurimaturamu	[3 to the Buddha of the Future.]
5	佐佐義麻宇佐牟	sasagemausamu	[5 I will offer them up to Him.]

0	己礼乃与波	kore no yo pa	[1 Although [0 this world]
1	宇都利佐留止毛	uturisaru tomo	changes and moves on,]
2	止己止婆爾	tokotobani	[3 they will remain
3	佐乃己利伊麻世	sanokoriimase	[2 forever]!]
4	乃知乃与乃多米	noti no yo no tame	[4 For the next world,]
5	麻多乃与乃xx	mata no yo no tame	[5 for the world to come.]

0	佐伎波比乃	sakipapi no	[4 The preciousness of the footprints] [3 which,
1	阿都伎止毛加羅	atuki tomokara	[2 having visited them,]
2	麻為多利弖	mawitarite	[1 my extremely [0 lucky] comrades]
3	麻佐米爾弥祁牟	masameni mikyemu	must have seen
4	阿止乃止毛志x	ato no tomosisa	right before their eyes!]
5	宇礼志久毛阿留可	uresiku mo aru ka	[5 What joy!]

0	乎遅奈伎夜	wodinaki ya	[2 As there are many people]
1	和礼爾於止礼留	ware ni otoreru	[1 less virtuous than me,]
2	比止乎於保美	pito wo opomi	[0 who is weak,]
3	和多佐牟多米止	watasamu tameto	[4 I have copied these footprints]
4	宇都志麻都礼利	utusimatureri	[3 so that they will lead them to the other side.]
5	都加閇麻都礼利	tukapematureri	[5 I have carried out this duty.]

0	舎加乃美阿止	saka no miato	[1 Having copied [0 Sakyamuni's sacred footprints]
1	伊波爾宇都志於伎	ipa ni utusioki	onto the rock,]
2	由伎米具利	yukimeguri	[4 I want to spend my life]
3	宇夜麻比麻都利	uyamapimaturi	[5 – I want to spend this life –]
4	和我与波乎閇牟	wa ga yo pa wopemu	[2 going round and]
5	己乃与波乎閇牟	ko no yo pa wopemu	[3 worshipping them.]

0	久須理師波	kusurisi pa	[1 Although there are
1	都祢乃母阿礼等	tune no mo aredo	also ordinary [0 doctors,]]
2	麻良比止乃	marapito no	[2 the extraordinary one
3	伊麻乃久須理師	ima no kusurisi	that is] [3 the present doctor]
4	多布止可理家利	taputokarikyeri	[4 is venerable indeed!]
5	米太志加利鶏利	medasikarikyeri	[5 He is admirable indeed!]

0	麻須良乎能	masurawo no	[1 The sacred footprints]
1	美阿止xxxx	miato xxx	[0 of the great man…]

0	己乃美阿止乎	ko no miato wo	[1 When I gaze] [0 upon
1	麻婆利麻都礼婆	maparimatureba	these sacred footprints,]
2	阿止奴志乃	atonusi no	[4 how they evoke]
3	多麻乃与曾保比	tama no yosopopi	[3 the treasured image]
4	於母保由留可母	omopoyuru kamo	[2 of their owner!]
5	美留期止毛阿留可	miru goto mo aru ka	[5 It is like seeing him!]

0	於保美阿止乎	opomiato wo	[4 They say that [3 the sins
1	美爾久留比止乃	mi ni kuru pito no	of as many as a thousand [2 past] lives]
2	伊爾志加多	inisi kata	are purged] [1 for those
3	知与乃都美佐閇	tiyo no tumi sape	who come to see]
4	保呂夫止曾伊布	porobu to so ipu	[0 these most hallowed footprints.]
5	乃曾久止叙伎久	nozoku to zo kiku	[5 I hear that they are removed.]

0	比止乃微波	pito no mwi pa	[1 As it is hard to achieve]
1	衣賀多久阿礼婆	egataku areba	[0 human form,]
2	乃利乃多能	nori no ta no	[3 we must follow]
3	与須加止奈礼利	yosuka to nareri	[2 the Dharma.]
4	都止米毛呂毛呂	tutome moromoro	[4 Try hard, everybody!]
5	須須賣毛呂母呂	susumye moromoro	[5 Move forward, everybody!]

0	与都乃閇美	yotu no pemi	[4 I must reject and cast off]
1	伊都都乃毛乃乃	itutu no mono no	[3 this impure form,]
2	阿都麻礼流	atumareru	[2 where [0 four snakes]
3	伎多奈伎微乎婆	kitanaki mwi woba	[1 and five demons]
4	伊止比須都閇志	itopisutu besi	gather.]
5	波奈礼須都倍志	panaresutu besi	[5 I must escape and discard it.]

0	伊加豆知乃	ikaduti no	[2 This life,]
1	比加利乃期止岐	pikari no gotoki	[1 like the lightning]
2	己礼乃微波	kore no mwi pa	[0 that occurs with thunder,]
3	志爾乃於保岐美	sini no opokimi	[4 is always accompanied]
4	都祢爾多具覇利	tune ni tagupyeri	[3 by the Great Lord that is Death.]
5	於豆閇可良受夜	odu bekarazu ya	[5 Should we not be afraid?]

0	x都xxx	xtuxxx	[0 … ]
1	xxxx比多留	xxxxpitaru	[1 … ]
2	xx乃多爾	xx no tani	[3 I will seek a doctor]
3	久須理師毛止牟	kusurisi motomu	[2 to …]
4	与岐比止毛止无	yoki pito motomu	[4 I will seek a good person]
5	佐麻佐牟我多米爾	samasamu ga tameni	[5 to open their eyes.]

0	許智多鶏波	kotitakyeba
1	乎婆頭勢夜麻能	wobatuseyama no
2	伊波帰爾母	ipakwi ni mo
3	為弖許母郎奈牟	wite komoranamu
4	奈古非叙和支母	na kwopwi so wagimo

0	都久波尼爾	tukupane ni
1	阿波牟等	apamu to
2	伊比志古波	ipisi kwo pa
3	多賀己等岐気波加	ta ga koto kikeba ka
4	弥尼阿波巣気牟也	mine apazukyemu

0	都区波尼爾	tukupane ni
1	伊保利弖	iporite
2	都麻奈志爾	tuma nasi ni
3	和我尼牟欲呂波	wa ga nemu yworo pa
4	波夜母阿気奴賀母也	paya mo akenu kamo

0	多賀波麻爾	takapama ni
1	支与須留奈弥乃	kiyosuru nami no
2	意支都奈弥	oki tu nami
3	与須止毛与良志	yosu tomo yorazi
4	古良爾志与良波	kwora ni si yoraba

0	多賀波麻乃	takapama no
1	志多賀是差夜久	sitakaze sayagu
2	伊毛乎古比	imo wo kwopi
3	鬥麻止伊波波夜	tuma to ipaba ya
4	志古止賣志鬥毛	sikwotomye situ mo

0	阿良佐賀乃	arasaka no
1	賀味能弥佐気乎	kamwi no misake wo
2	多義止	tage to
3	伊比祁婆賀母与	ipikyeba ka mo yo
4	和我恵比爾祁牟	wa ga wepinikyemu

0	伊夜是留乃	iyazeru no
1	阿是乃古麻都爾	aze no kwomatu ni
2	由布悉弖弖	yupu sidete
3	和乎布利弥由母	wa wo puri miyu mo
4	阿是古志麻波母	azekwo si mapamo

0	宇志呆爾波	usipo ni pa
1	多多牟止伊閇止	tatamu to ipedo
2	奈西乃古何	nase no kwo ga
3	夜蘇志麻加久理	yaswosimakakuri
4	和乎弥佐婆志理之	wa wo misaba sirisi

0	志漏止利乃	sirwotori no
1	芳我都都弥乎	pa ga tutumi wo
2	都都牟止母	tutumu tomo
3	安良布麻目右疑	arapu ma mo ukwi
4	波古叡	pakwoye

0	宇都久志伎	utukusiki
1	乎米乃佐佐波爾	wome no sasapa ni
2	阿羅礼布理	arare puri
3	志毛布留等毛	simo puru tomo
4	奈加礼曾禰	na kare sone
5	袁米乃佐佐波	wome no sasaba

0	志努波羅能	sinwopara no
1	意登比賣能古袁	otopimye no kwo wo
2	佐比登由母	sapitoyu mo
3	為禰弖牟志太夜	winetemu sida ya
4	伊幣爾久太佐牟也	ipye ni kudasamu

0	等許余弊爾	tokoyopye ni
1	久母多智和多留	kumo tatiwataru
2	美頭能睿能	midunoye no
3	宇良志麻能古賀	urasima no kwo ga
4	許等母知和多流	koto motiwataru

0	夜麻等弊爾	yamatopye ni
1	加是布企阿義天	kaze pukiagete
2	久母婆奈礼	kumobanare
3	所企遠理等母与	soki wori tomo yo
4	和遠和須良須奈	wa wo wasurasu na