Amaterasu 1 kami no mi yo yori Yasu no kaha naga ni hedatete shika hitachi 5 sode furi kahashi iki no wo ni nagekasu kora watari mori fune mo maukezu 10 hashi dani mo watashite araba sono he yu mo i-yuki watarashi tadzusahari 15 unagakeri-wite omohoshiki koto mo katarahi nagusamuru kokoro ha aramu wo 20 nani shi ka mo aki nishi araneba kototohi no tomoshikikora utsusemi no 25 yo no hito ware mo koko wo shi mo aya ni kusushimi yuki kaharu toshi no ha goto ni 30 ama no hara furi-sake mitsutsu ihi-tsugi ni sure. 8 _kora_ is an honour-plural, the Webster woman. 13 _sono he yu_ = _sono uhe yori_, here = from that side, the other side where the Herdman is. 26 I take _ware_ to refer to Yakamochi. 33 _sure_ for _koso sure_. MAKI XIX, KAMI 236 Ma-shirafu no taka wo yomeru uta. Ashihikino 1 yama saka koyete yuki kaharu toshi no wo nagaku shinazakaru 5 Koshi ni shi sumeba ohokimi no shikimasu kuni ha miyako wo mo koko mo oyazhi to 10 kokoro ni ha omofu mono kara katari-sake misakuru hito me tomoshimi to 15 omohi shi shigeshi soko yuwe ni kokoro nagu ya to aki-dzukeba hagi saki-nihofu 20 Ihase nu ni uma tagi-yukite wochi kochi ni tori fumi-tate shiranuri no 25 wo-suzu mo yura ni ahase-yari furi-sake mitsutsu ikitohoru kokoro no uchi wo 30 omohi-nobe ureshibi nagara makuradzuku tsuma ya no uchi ni to-gura yuhi 35 suwete so aga kafu mashirafu no taka! 13 _katari-sake_, utter, give expression to conversation; _misake_, send forth glance, i.e. look at, perceive. 22 _uma tagi-yukite_, _tagu_ (_taguru_) is to draw (rope, cord, &c.). 27 _ahase-yari_ is taken as referring to _wo-suzu_. 29 See N. I. 241, the _uta_. 37 _ma-shirafu_, shining, white-mottled. For _makuradzuku_ see List m. k. 237 U tsu kafu uta. Aratamano 1 toshi yuki kahari haru sareba hana saki nihofu ashihikino 5 yama shita doyomi ochi tagichi nagaru Sakita no kaha no se ni ayu ko sa-bashiri 10 shima tsu tori u-kahi tomo nabe kagari sashi nadzusahi yukeba wagimoko ga 15 katami gatera to kurenawi no ya shiho ni somete okosetaru koromo no suso mo 20 tohorite nurenu. 13 _kagari sashi_, place torch-holders = prepare or light decoy-flares. 14 _nami-tsu[mori]-safu_. 16 _gatera to_ = here, by way of parting gift or souvenir. For _aratamano_, _ashihikino_ see List m. k. 238 Yo no tsune no naki koto no uta.