Ohokimi no 1 toho no Mikado to shiranuhi Tsukushi no kuni ni nakukonasu 5 shitahi kimashite iki dani mo imada yasumezu toshi tsuki mo ikuda mo araneba 10 kokoro yu mo omohanu ahida ni uchi-nabiki koyashinure ihamu sube 15 semu sube shirani iha ki wo mo tohi-sake shirazu ihe naraba katachi ha aramu wo 20 urameshiki imo no mikoto no are wo ba mo ika ni seyo to ka nihotorino 25 futari narabi-wi katarahishi kokoro somukite ihe-zakari imasu. For _shiranuhi_, _nakukonasu_, _nihotorino_ see List m. k. 62 Madoheru kokoro wo kahesashimuru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta. Chichi haha wo 1 mireba tafutoshi me ko mireba megushi utsukushi nogaroyenu 5 haakara ukara nogaroyenu oimi itokemi tomo kaki mo koto-tohi kahasu 10 yo no naka ha kaku so kotowari mochitorino kakarahashi mo yo [haya kaha no 15 yuku he shiraneba] uke-gutsu wo nukitsuru gotoku fumi-nukite yuku chifu hito ha 20 iha ki yori nariteshi hito ka na ga na norasane ame he yukaba na ga ma ni ma ni 25 tsuchi nareba ohokimi imasu kono terasu hi tsuki no shita ha amakumono 30 mukafusu kihami taniguku no sa-wataru kihami kikoshiwosu kuni no mahora so 35 kani kaku ni hoshiki ma ni ma ni shika ni ha arazhi ka. Hisakatano 1 ama-ji ha tohoshi naho naho ni ihe ni kaherite nari wo shimasani. 5 5 Supply _koto_, must not be avoided or shirked. 6, 8, 9, 10 The relations indicated are meant. 15 A sort of proverb. 19 i.e. trampling on the ethical rules (of Confucianism). 22, 23 are heptasyllabic, they conclude the first part of the lay. 23 _nanji ga na wo na-norasane_. 25 _na_ = _nanji_. 35 _mahora, kuni no_ is an emphatic expression for _kuni_, land; _mahora_ seems to mean mountain-secluded, central, or recessed portion of land. 5 _nari_, occupation, duty in life; _shimasani_ = _shimasane_. For _mochitorino_, _amakumono_, _hisakatano_ see List m. k. 63 Kora wo shinubu uta hitotsu. Urihameba 1 kodomo omohoyu kuri hameba mashite shinubayu idzuku yori 5 kitarishi mono manakahi ni motona kakarite yasu-i shi nasanu. shirokane mo 1 kugane mo tama mo nani semu ni masareru takara ko ni shikame ya mo. 5 7 _manakahi_ = _ma na kahi_ = _me no ahida ni sono omokage no musamusa to kakarite_. 64 Yo no naka no todomarigataki wo kanashimeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta.