hito no ’ya no 85 tatsuru kotodate hito no ko ha oya no na tatazu ohokimi ni matsurofu mono to 90 ihi-tsugeru koto no tsukasa so adzusa yumi te ni tori-mochite tsurugi tachi 95 koshi ni tori-haki asa mamori yufu no mamori ni ohokimi no Mikado no mamori 100 ware wo okite mata hito ha arazhi to iya-tate omohishi masaru ohokimi no 105 mikoto no saki no kikeba tafutomi. vv. 1-18 describe Yamato, its line of rulers, its features and wealth; 18-28 the object of the Mikado’s desire for gold; _yoki koto_, desirable thing; 21-24 see below; 29-50 his gratitude on hearing of the discovery of gold in Michinoku; 51 to end, the panegyric by Yakamochi of the Otomo clan to which he belongs. 101 and 102 are plagiarized from Lay 67. 52 = _iyo-yo_ = _iyo-iyo_. 103 _to iya-tate_, so, more and more raise (_kotodate_). 107 Read _kikeba_ after _tafutomi_. For _kazoheyezu_, _toriganaku_, _mononofuno_, _masurawono_ see List m. k. MAKI XVIII, SHIMO 228 Yoshino no totsumiya ni idemasamu toki no tame ni arakazhime yomeru uta. Takamikura 1 ama no hitsugi to ame no shita shirashimeshikeru sumerogi no 5 kami no mikoto no kashikoku mo hazhime tamahite tafutoku mo sadametamaheru 10 Mi Yoshinu no kono ohomiya ni ari-gayohi meshitamafurashi mononofuno 15 yasotomo no wo mo ono ga oheru ono ga na [ohi] na ohi ohokimi no make no manimani 20 kono kaha no tayuru koto naku kono yama no iya tsugi-tsugi ni kaku shi koso 25 tsukahematsurame iya toho naga ni. 5 _sumerogi_ is the Mikado Ojin (270-310). 13, 14 refer to the reigning Mikado Shômu (724-48). 20 Read in connexion with 26. For _takamikura_, _mononofuno_ see List m. k. 229 Miyako no ihe ni okuramu ga tame ni shiratama wo horisuru uta. Susu no ama no 1 okitsu mi kami ni i-watarite kadzuki tori to ifu ahabi tama 5 ihochi mo ga mo hashikiyoshi tsuma no mikoto no koromodeno wakareshi toki yo 10 nubatamano yo toko kata sari asa-ne-gami kaki mo kedzurazu idete koshi 15 tsuki-hi yomitsutsu nagekuramu kokoro nagusa ni hototogisu ki naku sa-tsuki no 20 ayame-gusa hana tachibana ni nuki mazhihe kadzura ni seyo to tsutsumite yaramu. 25 2 _mi kami_, great god, here = wilds of ocean (great sea-god’s realm). 6 _i-ho-chi_ = _i ho tsu_, compare _hatachi_. 10 _yo_ = _yori_. 12 _yo_ = _yoru_, night; _kata sari_, where one has gone and left the other of a pair. 13 _asa ne kami_, hair disordered in morning on awaking from sleep. 14 _kakazu mo_, _kedzurazu mo_.