3 I have followed the Kogi reading of the curiously involved script of this passage, _hitori ko [ni ko] wo_ = _hitori ko [wo ko] wo_. 4 _ihe_ written _i-ho-he_ (500 houses) for _ihe_ (_iheru_). 11 _ihahihe_ is here a jar, not _he_ a place, _ni_ = together with. 12 _[tori] shidete_ = _shidare_, hang down. For _akihagiwo_, _kusamakura_ see List m. k. 120 Wotome wo shinubite yomeru uta hitotsu mata mizhika uta (futatsu). Shiratamano 1 hito no sono na wo nakanaka ni koto no wo hayezu ahanu hi no 5 maneku sugureba kofuru hi no kasanari yukeba omohi-yaru tadoki wo shirani 10 kimomukafu kokoro kudakete tamatasuki kakenu toki naku kuchi yamazu 15 aga kofuru ko wo tamakushiro te ni maki-mochite masokagami tada me ni mineba 20 Shitahi yama shita yuku midzu no uhe ni idezu aga ’mohi kokoro yasukaranu ka mo. 25 Kakihonasu 1 hito no yokokoto shigemi ka mo ahanu hi maneku tsuki no henuramu. 5 3 _nakanaka ni_, probably = _namanaka_. 4 _hayezu_, not extend thread of language--give utterance to one’s thoughts. The m. k. (19) applies to _me_ (20). For _shiratamano_, _kimomukafu_, _tamatasuki_, _tamakushiro_, _masokagami_, _kakihonasu_ see List m. k. 121 Ashigara no saka wo suguru toki mi-makareru hito wo mite yomeru uta. Wokaki tsu no 1 asa wo hiki hoshi imo nane ga tsukuri kisekemu shirotaheno 5 himo wo mo tokazu hito-he yufu obi wo mi-he yuhi kurushiki ni tsukahematsurite 10 ima dani mo kuni ni makarite chichi haha mo tsuma wo mo mimu to omohitsutsu 15 yukikemu kimi ha toriganaku Adzuma no kuni no kashikoki ya Kami no mi saka ni 20 nigitahe no koromo samura ni nubatamano kami ha midarete kuni tohedo 25 kuni wo mo norazu ihe tohedo ihe wo mo ihazu masurawono yuki no susumi ni 30 koko ni koyaseru. 1, 2 form a preface applying to _imo_, (17) to A[dzuma], (29) to _yuki_ or perhaps the whole of 30. 1 _wo_ is not exactly = small, it is a diminutive prefix of intimacy or endearment; _wokaki tsu_ = _wokaki no uchi_. 3 _nane_ = term of endearment or respect; _na-se_ = _na[-n-imo] se[-na]_, &c. 25-30 may be regarded as parenthetic. For _shirotaheno_, _toriganaku_, _nubatamano_, _masurawono_ see List m. k. 122 Ashiya wotome ga haka wo suguru toki yomeru uta.