Kusuri no tsubo ni mi fumi sohete mawirasu. Hirogete goranzhite ito itaku aharegarase-tamahite mono mo kikoshimesezu mi asobi nado mo nakarikeri. Daizhin kandachibe wo meshite ‘idzure no yama ka ame ni chikaki’ to tohase-tamafu ni aru hito sousu-- ‘Suruga no kuni ni aru yama namu kono Miyako mo chikaku ame no chikaku haberu--’ to sousu. Kore wo kikase-tamahite-- Afu koto mo namida ni ukabu wagami ni ha shinanu kusuri mo nani ni ka ha semu! Kano tatematsuru shinanu no kusuri no tsubo ni mi fumi gushita mi tsukahi ni tamahasu. Chiyokushi ni ha Tsuki no Iwagasa to ifu hito wo meshite ‘Suruga no kuni ni anaru yama no itadaki ni mote yukubeki’ yoshi ohose-tamafu. Mine nite subeki yau woshihesasetamafu ‘mi fumi fushi no kusuri no tsubo narabete hi wo tsukete moyasubeki’ yoshi ohosetamafu. Sono yoshi uke-tamaharite tsuhamonodomo amata gushite yama he noborikeru yori namu. Sono yama wo ba Fuzhi no yama to ha nadzukeru. Sono keburi imada kumo no naka de tachi-noburu to zo ihi-tsutahetaru. FOOTNOTES [10] The footnotes chiefly indicate textual variations. [11] _iheru_. [12] _no koto_ often omitted. [13] From _yorodzu_ sometimes omitted. [14] Add _no_. [15] _he_. [16] Or _toru ni_. [17] Add _no uchi ni_. [18] _saushite_, _soushite_, _sousoku shite_, &c. [19] _kichiyau_. [20] _kesau_. [21] _sakaye ni nari_. [22] _uke_. [23] _hodohete_. [24] _monoto_. [25] _kototo_. [26] _ohoroka_, _orosoka_. [27] = _yakunaki_ or _yeki-_--useless, vain. [28] _hitodomo_, _hitotachi_. [29] _tsukahasuredomo_. [30] _idashite_. [31] _notamahedo_? [32] _shitagahezu_. [33] _okuru_. [34] _ohasamu_. [35] _imasogaru_, _imasokaru_, _imasekashi_. [36] _tamahe_. [37] There are various readings of this complicated sentence, which has, doubtless, been much manipulated. [38] There are various readings of _shitakumi_, none of which appears to be worth noting. [39] _sumitsuke taru_. [40] _mochite kite_. [41] This may also read as = beyond Tsukushi (the utmost western limit of Japan). [42] _na ishi_, _o ishi_. [43] Read also _mi ishi no ha chi_ (blood) _no_. [44] _mireba_. [45] A sort of _makura kotoba_. [46] _dani mo_. [47] would that it held. [48] Little Grange Hill, but by word-play, dim or dark hill. [49] Omitted in some texts; _wo_ adversative = _wo mite_. [50] The subject is Ishidzukuri. [51] word-play--_haji_, shame. [52] As (Ishidzukuri) could get nothing to her ear he grew sick of the attempt. [53] _owashinu_. [54] _hitotsu no takara_. [55] _Uchitakumi_, also _Kachitakumi_. [56] _kamado_. [57] _kura_. [58] _idzu_. [59] _hisoka_. [60] _kurushigaritaru_. [61] The less honorific _ohashitari_. [62] _mochite_. [63] _mote_. [64] _ni arazu_, omitted in some texts. [65] _mi_. [66] _tada_. [67] _yukashi … maushitsuru_, omitted in many texts. [68] _haberu … naho_, omitted in some texts. [69] _saitsutoshi_. [70] Omitted in some texts. [71] Omitted in some texts. [72] Or _umi_.