Akahito ga yomeru uta hitotsu [migi ni onazhi miyuki no toki]. Yasumishishi 1 waga ohokimi no kamu nagara takashiraseru Inami-nu no 5 Oho-umi no hara no arataheno Fujiye no ura ni shibi tsuru to ama-bune sawaki 10 shiho-yaku to hito so saha naru ura wo yomi ube mo tsuri ha su hama wo yomi 15 ube mo shiho yaku ari-gayohi mesaku mo shirushi kiyoki shirahama. Inami-nu no 1 asaji oshi-nabe sanuru yo no ke nagashiku areba ihe shi shinubayu. 5 17-19 Read _arigayohi mishitamafu mo ichishiruku kiyokute omoshiroki shirahama zo to nari_. 3 _sanuru_ = _yadori suru_. 4 _ke_ = _ki-he_. 5 _shinubayeru_. For _yasumishishi_, _arataheno_ see List m. k. 82 Karani no shima wo suguru toki Akahito ga yomeru uta. Umasahafu 1 imo ga mekarete shikitaheno makura mo akazu [makazu] kaniha maki 5 tsukureru fune ni ma kaji nuki aga kogi-kureba Ahaji no Nushima wo sugi 10 Inamitsuma Karani no shima no shima no ma yu wagihe wo mireba awoyama no 15 soko to mo miyezu shirakumo mo chihe ni narikinu kogi-tamuru ura no kotogoto 20 yuki-kakuru shima no saki-zaki kuma mo okazu omohi so aga kuru tabi no ke nagake! 25 Tamamokaru 1 Karani no shima ni shima mi suru u ni shi mo are ya ihe ’mohazaramu! 5 2 _imo ga mekarete_ = _me hanuru_, the eye (features, i.e. person) being separated from me. 4 _akazu_ probably should be _makazu_. 5 _kaniha_ = _kaba_, birch. 7 _nuki_, place oars in position, on thole or between rowlocks. 11 _Inamitsuma_, of _tsuma_, the meaning is uncertain, perhaps tract or neighbourhood; _tsuma_, border. 19 _tamuru_, a weak form of _tamotohoru_. 22 cape after cape: see K. 80. 345, _shima no sakizaki_. 23 _kuma mo okazu_ = _kuma (sumi) mo ochizu_, a not infrequent expression in the Manyôshiu. 24 _omohite so aga kuru tabi ga ki-he nagashi_. 25 _ke_ = _ki-he_ (_kuru-henuru_). 1, 2 _karu_ _kara_, probably a designed jingle. 4, 5 would I were but a cormorant, then I should be free from homesickness. As to the m. k. _shikitahe_ and _umasahafu_: _shikitahe_, spread-cloth, seems originally to have meant a garment worn to sleep in, or a coverlet. It is applied to night, sleeping, night garments, pillows, &c.