Ki no kuni no 1 Muro no ye no be ni chi tose ni tsutsumu koto naku yorodzu yo ni 5 kaku shi mo aramu to ohobuneno omohi-tanomite ide-tachi no kiyoki nagisa ni 10 asa nagi ni ki-yoru fukamiru yufu nagi ni ki-yoru naha-nori fukamiruno 15 fukameshi kora nahanorino hikaba tayu to ya sado-hito no yuki no tsudohi ni 20 nakukonasu yuki tori-saguri adzusayumi yuhara furi-okoshi shishiki ya wo 25 futatsu tabasami hanachikemu hito shi kuyashi mo kofuraku ’moheba! 1-6 express the situation of the lover; 12-18 describe the sea-weeds on the names of which the thought of the lay is made to turn. 17 is m. k. of _hikaba_, which refers to the breaking of the connexion. 20 _yuki_ is connected with _tsudohi_, assemble = _yukite tsudohite_. 21 is m. k. of 22. 21-26 is a prefatial m. k. of _hanachikemu_. 22 _yuki_ I take to be quiver, but having as homophon (_yuki_, go, prefix to _tori saguri_, search, look for) the epithet _nakuko nasu_--the idea being that of a child crying because it cannot find some treasure it has lost. 23 is m. k. of _yu[hara]_ = _yumi no suwe_. 25 _shishiki ya_ is taken as = _shishi-ya_, game-arrow, hunter’s arrow. 26 _futatsu_ refers to _shishi ya_. _tabasami_ is to take in the hand. 27 _hanachikemu_, to let fly. 28 _hito_ is error for _ware_. 23-26 seem to be a preface to _hanachikemu_. For _ohobuneno_, _fukamiruno_, _nahanorino_, _nakukonasu_, _adzusayumi_ see List m. k. Of course the above explanations are more or less conjectural. The lay is a poor affair enough, but the text is interesting on account of its complications. 174 Sado-hito no 1 are ni tsuguraku na ga kofuru utsukushi tsuma ha momichibano 5 chiri-midaretaru Kamunabi no sono yama-he kara nubatamano kuro-ma ni norite 10 kaha no se wo nana se watarite uraburete tsuma ha kaheri to hito so tsugetsuru. 15 13 Despondently. 14 _kaheri_, i.e. to City-Royal. For _momichibano_, _nubatamano_ see List m. k. 175 Tohikotahe no uta. Mono ’mohazu 1 michi yukinamu mo haru-yama wo furi-sake mireba tsutsuzhihana 5 nihohi wotome sakura-bana sakaye wotome na wo so mo a ni yosu chifu 10 a wo so mo na ni yosu chifu ara-yama mo hito shi yosureba yosoru to so ifu 15 na ga kokoro yume! 9 _na_, thou, thee, so in 12. 13, 14, 15 are proverbial ‘_hito ha yama wo yosureba yosoru zo_’ _to ifu_--‘Faith will move mountains.’ For _tsutsuzhihana_ see List m. k. 176 Tatohe uta.