For _masurawono_ see List m. k. MAKI X, NAKA 127 Ame tsuchi no 1 hazhime no toki yo ama no kaha i-mukahi worite hito tose ni 5 futa tabi ahanu tsuma-kohi ni mono omofu hito Ama no kaha Yasu no kahara no 10 ari-gayofu toshi no watari ni ohobune no tomo ni mo he ni mo funa-yosohi 15 ma kaji shizhi nuki hatasusuki [ura]ba mo soyo ni aki-kaze no fukitaru yohi ni 20 Ama no kaha shiranami shinugi ochi-tagitsu hayase watarite wakakusano 25 tsuma wo makamu to ohobuneno omohi tanomite kogi kuramu sono tsuma no ko ga 30 aratamano toshi no wo nagaku omohi-koshi kohi tsukusuramu fumi tsuki no 35 nanuka no yohi ha are mo kanashi mo! 4 _i-mukahi_, _i_ is a prefix: see grammar. 32 _toshi no wo_, thread (line, course) of years. 35 _fumi_ = _[ho wo] fufumi_, full of [rice-]ears, an old name of the seventh month, ending about the middle of August. For _wakakusano_, _ohobuneno_, _aratamano_ see List m. k. 128 Ame tsuchi to 1 wakareshi toki yo hisakatano amatsu shirushi to sadameteshi 5 ama no kahara ni aratamano tsuki wo kasanete imo ni afu toki samorafu to 10 tachi-matsu ni aga koromo-de ni aki-kaze no fukishi kahereba tachite wiru 15 tadoki wo shirani murakimono kokoro i[sa] yo[hi] tokikinuno omohi midarete 20 itsushika to aga matsu ko-yohi kono kaha no yuku-se mo nagaku, ari[kose] nu ka mo! 25 10 _sôrô_ (mod. Jap.). 14 blow and blow. 25 _ari koso ne[gafu] ka mo_. For _hisakatano_, _aratamano_, _murakimono_, _tokikinuno_ see List m. k. MAKI XIII, KAMI 129 Fuyukomori 1 haru sari-kureba ashita ni ha shira-tsuyu oki yufu ni ha 5 kasumi tanabiku Hatsuse no ya konure ga shita ni uguisu naku mo. 7 This is the Kogi reading. Other readings are _kaze no fuku_, _ame no furu_. 8 _konure_ = _ko_ (_ki_) _no ure_. For _fuyukomori_ see List m. k. 130 Mimoro ha 1 hito no moru yama moto he ha ashibi hana saki suwe he ha 5 tsubaki hana saku uraguhashi yama so naku ko moru yama. 2 _moru_ = _mamoru_, guard, watch (allusion originally, perhaps, to watchmen in charge of mountain beacons). 6, 7, 8 All heptasyllabic. 8 what weeping children regard (with delight that soothes their grief). 131