15 _hi no tate_ must here mean the East, and _hi no yoko_ (21), lit. the noon-sun direction, must mean the West. 27 _sotomo_, hinder, shady, or north face. 33 _kagetomo_, light or south face. The exact distribution, however, of the meaning of these terms is not quite clear; _hinotate_, _hi no yoke_, _sotomo_, _kagetomo_. 37, 39 I take the _ya_ as interjectional. 39 _ame-shiru_, heaven-rule. 40 I take the _no_ as connecting 37-40 with _midzu_ in 41. The text is not easy, and the Kogi seems to me rather to shirk the main difficulties. 3 _are-tsugu_ = _arahare-tsugu_, be manifest, i.e. follow in succession. For _yasumishishi_, _takahikaru_, _arataheno_, _ameshiruya_ see List m. k. [Nara no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo.] 15 [Aru hon] Fujihara no miyako yori Nara no miya ni utsurimaseru toki no uta. Ohokimi no 1 mikoto kashikomi nikibinishi ihe wo oki komorikuno 5 Hatsuse no kaha ni fune ukete aga yuku kaha no kaha kuma no yaso kuma ochizu 10 yorodzu tabi kaherimishitsutsu tamahokono michi yuki-kurashi awoniyoshi 15 Nara no miyako no Saho-gaha ni i-yuki itarite aga netaru koromo no uhe yo 20 asadzuku yo sayaka ni mireba tahe no ho ni yoru no shimo furi ihatoko to 25 kaha no hikohori sayuru yo wo yasumu koto naku kayohitsutsu tsukureru ihe ni 30 chi yo made ni imasamu kimi to are mo kayohamu. Awoniyoshi 1 Nara no ihe ni ha yorodzu yo ni are mo kayohamu wasuru to ’mofu na. 5 32 _kimi_ is the friend who has removed to the new capital. 5 _omofu_. For _komorikuno_, _tamahokono_, _awoniyoshi_ see List m. k. MAKI II KAMI Shitashimi uta. Asuka no Kiyomihara no miya ni amenoshita shiroshimeshishi Sumera mikoto no mi-yo. 16, 17 Hitomaro ga Ihami no kuni yori me ni wakarete mawinoboru toki uta futatsu. 16 Ihami no mi 1 Tsunu no ura-mi wo ura nashi to hito koso mirame katanashi to 5 hito koso mirame yoshiweyashi ura ha naku tomo yoshiweyashi kata ha naku tomo 10 isanatori umi he wo sashite Watadzu no ariso no uhe ni ka-awo naru 15 tamamo okitsu mo asa ha furu kaze koso ki-yose yufu ha furu nami koso ki-yose 20 nami no muta ka yori kaku yoru tamamonasu yori-neshi imo wo tsuyushimono 25 okite shi kureba kono michi no yasokuma goto ni yorodzu tabi kaherimi suredo 30 iya toho ni sato ha sakarinu iya taka ni yama wa koyekinu natsukusano 35 omohishi nayete shinubaramu imo ga kado mimu nabike kono yama.