Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi takahikaru hi no miko hisakatano 5 ama tsu miya ni kamu nagara kami to imaseba, soko wo shi mo aya ni kashikomi 10 hiru ha mo hi no kotogoto yoru ha mo yo no kotogoto fushi-wi nagekedo 15 aki-taranu ka mo! ohokimi ha 1 kami nishimaseba amakumono iho he ga shita ni kakuri-tamahinu! 5 4 _iho he_, 500 folds, countless folds or layers; _shita_ = _ura_, within or behind. For _yasumishishi_, _takahikaru_, _hisakatano_, _amakumono_ see List m. k. 26 Asuka no himemiko no Kinohe no araki no miya no toki Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu. Tobutorino 1 Asuka no kaha no kamitsu se ni iha-hashi watari shimotsu se ni 5 uchi-hashi watasu ihahashi ni ohi-nabikeru tamamo mo so tayureba ofuru 10 uchi-hashi ni ohi-wowoheru kahamo mo so karureba hayaru nani shi ka mo 15 waga ohokimi no tataseba tamamo no gotoku koro-fuseba kahamo no gotoku 20 nabikahishi yoroshiki kimi ga asa miya wo wasuretamafu ya yufu miya wo 25 somukitamafu ya utsusomi to omohishi toki ni haru he ha hana wori-kazashi 30 aki tateba momiji-ba kazashi shikitaheno sode tadzusahari kagaminasu 35 miredomo akani mochi-dzuki no iya medzurashimi omohoshishi kimi to tokidoki 40 idemashite asobitamahishi mikemukafu Kinohe no miya wo toko miya to 45 sadametamahite ajisahafu me koto mo tahenu soko wo shi mo aya ni kanashimi 50 nuyetori no katakohishitsutsu asatorino kayohasu kimi ga natsukusano 55 omohishi nayete yufudzudzuno ka yuki kaku yuki ohobuneno tayutafu mireba 60 nagusamuru kokoro mo arazu soko yuwe ni semusube shirani oto nomi wo 65 na nomi mo tayezu ame tsuchi no iya tohonagaku shinubi yukamu mi-na ni kakaseru 70 Asuka-gaha yorodzu yo made ni hashikiyoshi waga ohokimi no katami ni koko wo. 75 vv. 1-14 compare the Princess with the _mo_ and hint at her death, the water-weeds will be renewed in due course, but she will not come back to life; 15 is best understood by being read in connexion with 24; 16-21 describe the grace of the Princess; 22-26 suggest the fault of the Prince which interrupted the relations of the pair; 27-42 describe the happiness of the pair during the Princess’ life; 43-60 picture the grief of the Prince at her loss, and 61 to end add the reflections of the poet.