Ama-girahi 1 wataru hi kakushi nagatsuki no shigure no fureba kari ga ne mo 5 tomoshiku ki-naku Kamunabi no kiyoki mi ta ya no kaki tsu ta no ike no tsutsumi no 10 momotarazu i tsuki ga yeda ni midzu ye sasu aki no momiji-ba maki-motaru 15 wo-suzu mo yura ni tawayame ni are ha aredomo hiki-yojite yeda mo towowo ni 20 uchi-tawori a ha mochite yuku kimi ga kazashi ni. 5 Or _karigane_. 6 _tomoshiku_, deficient, hence rare, hence fine. 9 m. k. of _i_. 12 _i_ = 50. 13 _midzu_, shining, fine. 15, 16 are epithetical of _ta_ in _tawayame_. 22, 23 Here we have inversion. For _momotarazu_ see List m. k. 132 Amakumono 1 kage sahe miyuru komorikuno Hatsuse no kaha ha ura nami ka 5 fune no yori-konu iso nami ka ama no tsuri senu yoshiweyashi ura ha naku tomo 10 yoshiweyashi iso ha nakutomo okitsu nami kihohi kogiri-ko ama no tsuribune! 15 2 may mean reflecting the brightness of the clouds. 5, 6 also 7, 8 may be read transposed. 9 may be rendered ‘howbeit’. 14 _kogi iri ko_--_ko_ is imperative of _kuru_. For _amakumono_, _komorikuno_ see List m. k. 133 Ashiharano 1 Midzuho no kuni no tamuke su to amorimashikemu iho-yorodzu 5 chi-yorodzu kami no kami-yo yori ihi-tsuki-kitaru Kamunabi no Mimoro no yama ha 10 haru sareba haru kasumi tachi aki yukeba kurenawi nihofu Kamunabi no 15 Mimoro no kami no obi ni seru Asuka no kaha no mi wo hayami mushi-tame-gataki 20 iha ga ne ni koke masu made ni arata yo no sakiku kayohamu koto hakari 25 ime ni mise koso tsurugitachi ihahi-matsureru kami nishi maseba. 1-7 are introductory to 8. 14 _nihofu_ may be an intensitive of _nihi_, be fresh, &c.; its root-meaning seems to be rather a state of vigour than of mere fragrance. 19 _mi wo_ = watercourse. 20 = _musubi-tame-gataki_, hard for anything to grow and endure upon; applied to _iha ga ne_. 22 A common, almost proverbial phrase. 23 = nights to come; read with _ime ni_, &c. 25 = _shimichi_, _shikata_, ‘do-way, do-method’, settled or regular order or sequence of affairs, conduct, &c. 134 Nusa matsuri 1 Nara yori idete midzutade Hodzumi ni itari tonamiharu 5 Sakate wo sugi ihabashiru Kaminabi yama ni asa miya ni tsukahematsurite 10 Yoshinu he to irimasu mireba inishihe omohoyu. Tsuki hi ha 1 yukikaharedomo hisa ni furu Mimoro no yama no totsu-miya tokoro. 5 1 Epithet of Nara. Another reading is _mitegura mote_--_Nara yori idzuru_.