1-11 are introductory to _futa_ of Futakami. From _futa_ backwards to _momo_ a literal translation would be good English--a capital instance of the way in which the order of words in Japanese permits of a telling climax. 5 _awo yanagi_. 6 _mayone_ = _mayu_, eyebrow. 7 _wemi magari_, smile-arch, smile-curve. 13 _ko_ is _ki_, tree, bush; _kure_, shadow or gloom. 17 _yufudzuku-yo_, evening-moonlight-night. 18 _kasokeki_, shadowy, dim. 19 _harobaro_, at a distance, far. 21 _tachi-kuku_, dart in and out. 22 _ha furi_, wing-shake. 26 _kokire_ = _mushiri-ire_, take off (the blossoms) and put in. 27 _shimaba shimu_ = _somaba somu_. 248 Hironaha ni okureru hototogisu no urami no uta. Koko ni shite 1 sogahi ni miyuru waga seko ga kaki tsu no tani ni ake sareba 5 hari no sa-yeda ni yufu sareba fuji no shigemi ni harobaro ni naku hototogisu 10 waga yado no uwe ki tachibana hana ni chiru toki wo matashimi ki nakanaku 15 soko ha uramizu shikaredomo tani kata-dzukite ihe-woreru kimi ga kikitsutsu 20 tsuge naku mo ushi! 14 I read _matashimi_ as = _imadashi_. 21 _tsuge_ I take as referring to the cuckoo who does not with his song herald the approach of summer for the poet. 249 Hototogisu wo yomeru uta. Tani chikaku 1 ihe ha woredomo ko-dakakute sato ha aredomo hototogisu 5 imada ki nakazu naku kowe wo kikamakuhori to ashita ni ha kado ni idetachi 10 yufube ni ha tani wo mi-watashi kofuredomo hito kowe dani mo imada kikoyezu. 15 MAKI XIX, NAKA 250 Wotome haka no uta ni ohite nazorafu uta. Inishihe no 1 arikeru waza wo kusuhashiki koto to ihitsugu Chinu wotoko 5 Unahi wotoko no utsusemino na wo arasofu to tamakiharu inochi wo sutete 10 ahi tomo ni tsuma-dohi shikeru wotomera ga kikeba kanashisa haruhanano 15 nihohe sakayete akinohano nihohi ni tereru atara mi no sakari wo sura ni 20 masurawo no koto itohoshimi chichi haha ni mawoshi wakarete ihe-zakari 25 umi he ni detachi asa yohi ni michi kuru shiho no yahe nami ni nabiku tamamo no 30 fushi no ma no woshiki inochi wo tsuyushimono sugimashi ni kere okutsuki wo 35 koko to sadamete nochi no yo no kiki tsugu hito mo iya toho ni shinubi ni seyo to 40 tsuge wo-kushi shi ga sashikerashi ohite nabikeru. 3 _kusuhashiki_ = _kusushi_. 1-12 relate to the wooers; 13, 14 are interjectional, expressing pity for the girl’s fate. 13, 14 _wotomera ga [koto wo] kikeba_.