Ame tsuchi no 1 tohoki hazhime yo yo no naka ha tsune naki mono to katari tsuki 5 nagarahe kitari ama no hara furi-sake mireba teru tsuki mo michi kakeshikeri 10 ashihikino yama no konure mo haru sareba hana saki nihohi aki tsukeba 15 tsuyu shimo ohite kaze mazhiri momiji chirikeri utsusemi mo kaku nomi narashi 20 kurenawi no iro mo utsurohi nubatamano kuro kami kahari asa no wemi 25 yufube kaharahi fuku kaze no miyenu ga gotoku yuku midzu no tomaranu gotoku 30 tsune mo naku utsurofu mireba nihatadzumi nagaruru namida todome kanetsu mo. 35 16 _ohite_ = be or lie on. 31 impermanent. For _ashihikino_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k. 239 Masurawo no na wo furufu wo shitafu uta. Chichinomino 1 chichi no mikoto hahasobano haha no mikoto ohoroka ni 5 kokoro tsukushite omofuramu sono ko nare ya mo masurawo ya munashiku arubeki 10 adzusa yumi suwe-furi-okoshi nagu ya mochi chi hiro i-watashi tsurugi-tachi 15 koshi ni tori-haki ashihikino yatsuwo fumi-koye sashi makuru kokoro sayarazu 20 nochi no yo no katari-tsugibeku na wo tatsubeshi mo. _furufu_, lit. to brandish, here to display. 1 The line is a sort of phonetic m. k. of _chichi_, father; _chichi no mi_ is the fruit of Ginkgo biloba (the maiden-hair tree). So _hahaso-ba_ (leaf of Quercus dentata) is a phonetic m. k. of _haha_. 8 _nare_ = _koso nare_, _ya_ = _ya ha_ (= Lat. _num_). 10 Read as _munaskiku arubeki ya_. 19 = _ninzeraruru_. 20 _sayarazu_ = _sawarazu_ (not stopped from executing duty). For _ashihikino_ see List m. k. 240 Hototogisu mata toki no hana wo yomeru uta. Toki goto ni 1 iya medzurashiku yachi kusa ni kusa ki hana saki naku tori no 5 kowe mo kaharafu mimi ni kiki me ni miru goto ni uchi-nageki shinaye urabure 10 shinubitsutsu arikuru hashi ni ko no kure no u tsuki shi tateba yo-gomori ni 15 naku hototogisu inishihe yo katari tsugitsuru uguhisu no utsushi ma-ko ka mo 20 ayame-gusa hana tachibana wo wotomera ga tama nuku made ni akanesasu 25 hiru ha shimerani ashihikino yatsu wo tobikoye nubatamano yoru ha sugara ni 30 akatoki no tsuki ni mukahite yuki-kaheri naki toyomuredo ikade akitaramu! 35 3 _ya chi_, 8,000--i.e. all kinds of.