17 Various explanations are given of this word--Keichiu gives _asasa_, like (_asasa_ is a sp. of Limnanthemum); Okabe reads _kazashi_, adorn; Motowori suggests the meaning adopted by the Kogi, and in my translation, i.e. _asane no kami_ = _nekutare-gami_. _Azane_, however, may be perhaps better connected with _azanafu_, to bind up. For _uchihisatsu_, _minanowata_ see List m. k. 169 Tamatasuki 1 kakenu toki naku aga ’moheru imo ni shi ahaneba akanesasu 5 hiru shimirani nubatamano yoru ha sugara ni i mo nezu ni imo ni kofuru ni 10 ikeru subenashi. 9, 10 _imo_, _i mo_. For _tamatasuki_, _akanesasu_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k. 170 Mi-watashi ni 1 imora ha tatashi kono kata ni are ha tachite omufu sora 5 yasukaranaku ni nageku sora yasukaranaku ni saninuri no wo-bune mo ga mo 10 tama-maki no wo-kaji mo ga mo kogi-wataritsutsu mo katarahamashi wo. In one edition the lay begins with the fourth verse; in another the opening is--_Komoriku no_ | _Hatsuse no kaha no_ | _wochi kata ni_ | _imora ha tatashi_--representing the girl (_imora_) as standing on the further (distant) bank (_wochi-kata_) of the rapid stream of Hatsusè. 171 Oshiteru 1 Naniha no saki ni hiki-noboru ake no sohobune sohobune ni 5 tsuna torikake hikodzurahi ari nami suredo ari nami yezu ihare nishi agami. 10 The text is obscure. 4 _ake_, red. _soho bune_ is red ship. 8 _ari nami_ = _ari nabiki_. There is a play upon this _ari nami_ and the same expression in 9. 7 Lengthened form of _hikotsuru_, go on hauling. So _ihidzurahi_ = _ihitsuru_ (K. 343). 9 _ari nami_ is explained (Motowori) as = _inamu_, refuse, object; _ihare nishi agami_ = such is what I bid you. 172 Kamukazeno 1 Ise no umi no asa nagi ni ki-yoru fukamiru yufu nagi ni 5 ki-yoru matamiru fukamiruno fukameshi are wo matamiruno mata yuki-kaheri 10 tsuma to ihazhi to ka mo omohoseru kimi. 10 _yuki-kaheri_, the coming and passing (of months and days, i.e. of time). 11, 13 _tsuma_ and _kimi_ are not the same person. For _kamukazeno_, _fukamiruno_, _matamiruno_ see List, m. k. 173