15-20 describe her beauty, &c. 19, 20 though in the flower of her age; 21-34 her despair and death; 35 to end, her choice of a tomb-place, and the miraculous growth from the comb wherewith she marked the spot, that her memory might endure. For _utsusemino_, _tamakiharu_, _haruhanano_, _akinohano_, _tsuyushimono_ see List m. k. 251 Kanashimi uta. Ametsuchi no 1 hazhime no toki yo utsusomino yaso tomo no wo ha ohokimi ni 5 matsurofu mono to sadametaru tsukasa nishi areba ohokimi no mikoto kashikomi 10 hina-zakaru kuni wo osamu to ashihikino yama kaha henari kaze kumo ni 15 koto ha kayohedo tada ni ahanu hi no kasanareba omohi kohi ikidzuki woru ni 20 tamahokono michi kuru hito no tsute koto ni are ni kataraku hashikiyoshi 25 kimi ha konogoro urasabite nagekahi imasu yo no naka no ukeku tsurakeku 30 saku hana mo toki ni utsurofu utsusemi mo tsune naku arikeri tarachineno 35 mi haha no mikoto nani shi ka mo toki shi ha aramu wo masokagami miredomo akazu 40 tamanowono woshiki sakari ni tatsukirino usenuru gotoku tamamonasu 45 nabiki koi-fushi yuku midzu no todome kaneki to taha-koto ya hito no ihitsuru 50 oyodzure ka hito no tsugetsuru adzusayumi tsuma[biku] yo ’to toho ’to ni mo 55 kikeba kanashimi niha tadzumi nagaruru namida todome kanetsu mo! Yo no naka no 1 tsune naki koto ha shiruramu wo kokoro tsukusuna masurawo ni shite! 5 1-10 in praise of the Mikado; 11-24 the poet’s seclusion in his frontier government. 15 _kaze kumo_, wind and clouds, regarded as bearers of tidings. 25-43 the tidings from City-Royal; 39, 40 see note 2, translation; 49 to end, his grief. The envoy is an exhortation to bear the ills of this fleeting world as a leal man should. For _utsusomino_, _ashihikino_, _tamahokono_, _tarachineno_, _masokagami_, _tamanowono_, _tatsukirino_, _tamamonasu_ see List m. k. 252 Miyako yori okoseru uta. Hatatsumi no 1 kami no mikoto no mi kushige ni takuhahi okite itsuku tofu 5 tama ni masarite omoherishi aga ko ni ha aredo utsusemino yo no kotowari to 10 masurawono hiki no manimani shinazakaru Koshi ji wo sashite hafutsutano 15 wakare nishi yori okitsunami towomu mayo-biki ohobuneno yukura yukura ni 20 omokage ni motona miyetsutsu kaku kohiba oi-dzuku aga mi kedashi ahemu ka mo! 25