Scope: An English rendering of Katakamuna Uta 77, separated into transliteration, controlled literal gloss, and interpretive English.
Japanese Source Text
ヒネ シマ ヒメ ヨミ オキ ヤマツミ ムツノ ウツシ カエシ フナ カエシ ハネ
カム ナカラ オホ トケ ハシリ アマ トヨ コトミチ ナミ ウロ ハユ
アメ ウツシ アヤ カム ナカラ アメノ フトマリ
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The source authority for this translation is the published Japanese entry for Katakamuna Uta 77. Its canonical text, structural analysis, and evidence labels govern any discrepancy. This English rendering preserves the transliteration, literal gloss, and interpretive layer separately; it does not expand the Japanese authority’s claims.
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Transliteration
Hine Shima Hime — Yomi Oki Yamatsumi — Mutsu no Utsushi Kaeshi — Funa Kaeshi Hane — Kamunagara — Oho Toke Hashiri — Ama Toyo Koto Michi Nami — Uro Hayu — Ame Utsushi Aya — Kamunagara — Ame no Futomari
Literal Gloss
Hine Shima Hime: fire-root held within an island / feminine-water matrix. Yomi Oki Yamatsumi: a deep or underworld reading set within the inner mountain-body. Mutsu no Utsushi Kaeshi: sixfold / harmonious reflection and return. Funa Kaeshi Hane: the returning vessel springs or lifts like a wing. Oho Toke Hashiri: a great loosening or release runs forth. Ama Toyo Koto Michi Nami: the abundant heavenly path of word-event appears as waves. Uro Hayu: the hollow shines, grows, or flourishes. Ame Utsushi Aya: heavenly reflection takes on a woven pattern. Ame no Futomari: a great/thick rounding or gathering of heaven.
Interpretive English
The returning current is placed into a field where a fire-root is held within a receptive, water-like matrix. Deep knowing is set within the inner mountain-body, and the pattern is reflected back through a sixfold or harmonizing return. The vessel that carries the process turns back and springs into the next space like a wing. In accordance with Kamunagara, the gathered fire-water loosens and runs free, becoming waves along the abundant path of word and event. The hollow is not mere emptiness: it brightens, grows, and becomes the field in which a heavenly reflection is woven into pattern. The sequence culminates in a great rounding or gathering of heaven. This is an interpretive rendering within the TENMON kotodama framework, not a claim of established historical etymology.
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