Akiyama no 1 shitaberu imo nayotakeno towoyoru kora ha ikasama ni 5 omohimase ka takunahano nagaki inochi wo tsuyu koso ha ashita ni okite 10 yufube ha kenu to ihe kiri koso ha yufube ni tachite ashita ha 15 usu to ihe adzusayumi oto kiku are mo oho ni mishi koto kuyashiki wo 20 shikitaheno ta-makura makite tsurugitachi mi ni sohenekemu wakakusano 25 sono tsuma no ko ha sabushimi ka omohite nuramu kuyashimi ka omohikofuramu 30 toki narazu suginishi kora ga asa tsuyu no goto yufu giri no goto. Sasanamino 1 Shigatsu no kora ga makari nishi kaha se no michi wo mireba sabushi mo. 5 vv. 1-6 introduction; 7-16 impermanence of life; 17-20 regret of poet at news of death (hinted at rather than directly stated) of the _uneme_; 21 to end climatic lament over an untimely death. 2 _shitaberu_ = wilt, wither, droop; _akiyama no shitaberu imo_, drooping as the flaccid leafage in autumn on the hills: but see translation. 1, 2 and 3, 4 are parallelisms reminding one of Hebrew and Chinese poetry, there are several other examples in this _uta_. 4 _kora_ seems to be a plural form of honour. 8 The _wo_ at the end, which has a stray look, may be understood here (as often elsewhere in the Anthology) by supplying _omoheba_ or some form of the verb _omofu_. The various _ha_ in this _uta_ exemplify the effect of the particle as suggesting a predicate of the isolated word or expression. 18 The news has come to me who only slightly knew her by sight yet am full of regret.… 22 making mutually pillows of each other’s arms. 26 _tsuma_ = _otto_; _ko_ is honour-title. 31 _toki narazu_, untimely. 1 _Sasanami_ involves the homophonous m. k. _sasanami_. 3 (_hanka_ I) _makari nishi_ = _makari-inishi_, gone away, died. For _nayotakeno_, _takunahano_, _adzusayumi_, _shikitaheno_, _tsurugitachi_, _wakakusano_ see List m. k. 30 Sanuki no [kuni] ni Samine no shima nite isobe no shinihito wo mite Hitomaro ga yomeru uta hitotsu.