Utsusemi to 1 omohishi toki ni tadzusahete aga futari mishi washiri-de no 5 tsutsumi ni tateru tsuki no ki no kochi-gochi no ye no haru no ha no shigeki ga gotoku 10 omoherishi imo ni ha aredo tanomerishi kora ni ha aredo yo no naka wo 15 somukishi yeneba kagirohino moyuru ara-nu ni shirotahe no amahire kakuri 20 tori zhi mono asa tachi-i-mashite irihinasu kakuri ni shikaba wagimoko ga 25 katami ni okeru wakaki ko no kohi-naku goto ni tori atafu mono shi nakereba 30 wotoko mono zhi waki hasami mochi wagimoko to futari aga neshi makuradzuku 35 tsumaya no uchi ni hiru ha mo urasabi kurashi yoru ha mo iki-dzuki akashi 40 nagekedomo semu subeshirami kofuredomo afu yoshi wo nami ohotori no 45 Hakahi no yama ni aga kofuru imo ha imasu to hito no iheba ihane sakumite 50 nadzumi koshi yokeku mo so naki utsusemi to omohishi imo ga kagirohino 55 honoka no dani mo miyenu omoheba. Kozo miteshi 1 aki no tsukuyo ha teraseredo ahimishi imo ha iya toshi sakaru. 5 Ihe ni kite 1 tsumaya wo mireba tamatokono to ni mukahikeri imo ga ko-makura. 5 vv. 1-11 are introductory to _imo_; 12-16 declare impossibility of escaping the fate of all mankind; 17-20 refer to the funeral of the _imo_; 21-24 to her burial; 25-32 to the father’s endeavour to comfort the child; 33-42 to the desolation of his home; 43 to end to the ascent of the hill of interment in the vain hope of seeing her spirit. 2 _omohishi_, here, as often, is little more than _narishi_. 22 _i-mashite_, _i_ is here merely a prefix. 30 _shi_ is an emphatic particle. 31 _zhi_ = _nasu_ (so in 21). 34 A past of _neru_. 42 A common phrase = _shikata ga nai_. 52 = _yoki, koto naki_. 55 Note the application of the m. k. to _ho_(_noka_). Read the latter verses as _honoka ni sahe mo imo ga miyenu wo omoheba kurushiku hatarakite koshi kahi mo naku yoki koto so naki_. 5 Written wooden (_ko_) pillow--I venture to read it as (_ko_) little pillow. For _utsusemi_, _kagirohino_, _shirotaheno_, _irihinasu_, _makuradzuku_, _ohotorino_, _tamahokono_ see List m. k. 29 Shinatsu no unebe ga mi-makareru toki Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.