Inishihe no 1 masurawo no ko no ahi-kihohi tsuma-dohi shikemu Ashinoya no 5 Unahi wotome no okutsuki wo aga tachi-mireba nagaki yo no katari ni shitsutsu 10 nochi hito no shinubi ni semu to tamahokono michi no-he chikaku iha-kamahe 15 tsukureru haka wo amakumono soku he no kagiri kono michi wo yuku hito goto ni 20 yuki-yorite i-tachi nagekahi sato-hito ha ne ni mo nakitsutsu katari-tsugi 25 shinubi tsugi koshi wotomera ga okutsuki tokoro are sahe ni mireba kanashi mo 30 inishihe omoheba! 1-12 introductory, 10 being continuative with 11 … 13-26 declare the lasting sadness attaching to grave and story. 27 to end, the feelings of the poet on hearing the story. 7 _okutsuki_, secluded-mound tomb, or grave-place. For _tamahokono_, _amakumono_ see List m. k. 123 Oto no mimakareru wo kanashimite yomeru uta. Chichihaha ga 1 nashi no manimani hashimukafu oto no mikoto ha asatsuyuno 5 ke-yasuki inochi kami no muta arasohi kanete Ashihara no Midzuho no kuni ni 10 ihe nami ya mata kaheri-konu tohotsu kuni yomi no sakahi ni hafutsutano 15 momo ono mo amakumono wakareshi yuketa yamiyonasu omohi madohahi 20 iyushishino kokoro wo itami ashikakino omohi midarete haru tori no 25 ne nomi nakitsutsu umasahafu [me goto no tayete nubatamano] yoru hiru to ihazu kagirohino kokoro moyetsutsu 30 nageki so aga suru! The m. k. are: _hashi-mukafu_ (of _oto_), lit. as like as the members of a pair of chop-sticks = fraternal relation (of affection); _asa-tsuyuno_ (of _ke-_ or _kihe-yasuki_), [evanescent as] morning dew; _hafu-tsutano_ (cling-ivy--of _wakareshi_), parted as reluctantly as ivy parts from its stem; _amakumono_ (also of _wakareshi_); _yami-yo nasu_ (of _omohi madohahi_); _iyushishino_ (wounded deer) of _kokoro_; _ashikakino_ (reed-fence) of _midarete_; _haru-torino_ (of _ne_); _umasahafu_ (see List m. k.). 2 _nashi_ = bring up. 6 _ke_ = _kihe_. 11 _ihe_ means a place of residence. _nami_ is _nasa_, not-being-ness. 21 _iyu_ = passive of _i_, aim at, shoot; like _miyu_ from _mi_, see; _kikoyu_ from _kiku_, hear. 27 The Kogi interpolates the verses _me goto mo tayete_ | _nubatama no_--_nubatama_ being itself a m. k. _Kagirohino_ is a m. k. of _moyetsuru_, see List m. k., also K. 288. The construction of the _uta_ offers no particular difficulty. For _hashimukafu_, _hafutsutano_, _amakumono_, _yamiyonasu_, _ashikakino_, _umasahafu_, _nubatamano_, _kagirohino_ see List m. k. 124 Katsushika no Mama no wotome wo yomeru uta.