Citations:八雲立つ

Japanese citations of 八雲立つ

Kokin Wakashū

• 905–914, Kokin Wakashū (kana preface, based on the first poems of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki)

  や雲(くも)立(た)つ出雲(いづも)八重(やへ)垣(がき)妻(つま)ごめに八重(やへ)垣(がき)作(つく)るその八重(やへ)垣(がき)を

  ya kumo tatsu Izumo yaegaki tsumagome ni yaegaki tsukuru sono yaegaki o

  A manifold fence I build, a manifold fence to shut in a wife, Izumo manifold fence, where manifold clouds rise high.

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Old Japanese citations of 八雲立つ

Kojiki

• 711–712, Kojiki, (poem 1):

  夜久毛多都伊豆毛夜幣賀岐都麻碁微爾夜幣賀岐都久流曾能夜幣賀岐袁

  ya kumo₁ tatu Idumo₁ yape₁gaki₁ tumago₂mi₂ ni yape₁gaki₁ tukuru so₂no₂ yape₁gaki₁ wo

  In eight-cloud-rising Izumo, an eightfold fence to enclose my wife, an eightfold fence I build, and, oh, that eightfold fence!

Nihon Shoki

• 720, Nihon Shoki, (poem 1):

  夜句茂多菟伊都毛夜覇餓岐菟磨語昧爾夜覇餓枳菟倶盧贈廼夜覇餓岐廻

  ya kumo tatu Idumo yape₁gaki₁ tumago₂me₂ ni yape₁gaki₁ tukuru so₂no₂ yape₁gaki₁ we

  A many-layered fence at Izumo, where clouds billow―a fence I build to live therein with my wife. Ah, that many layered fence!

• 720, Nihon Shoki, (poem 20):

  椰勾毛多菟伊頭毛多鶏流餓波鶏流多知菟頭邏佐波磨枳佐微那辞珥阿波礼

  ya kumo tatu Idumo Take₁ru ga pake₁ru tati tudura sapamaki₁ sami₂nasi ni apare

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  [Note: Poem 23 of the Kojiki replaces ya kumo tatu with やつめさす (ya tume₂ sasu) of uncertain meaning.]