Ki no kuni no 1 hama ni yoru chifu ahabi tama hirihamu to ihite Imo no yama 5 Se no yama koyete yukishi kimi itsu kimasamu to tamahokono michi ni ide-tachi 10 yufu ura wo aga tohishikaba yufu ura no are ni noraku wagimoko ya 15 na ga matsu kimi ha okitsu nami ki-yosu shira-tama hetsu nami no yosuru shira-tama 20 motomu to so kimi ga kimasanu hirifu to so kimi ha kimasanu hisa naraba 25 ima nanuka bakari hayakaraba ima futsuka bakari aramu to so kimi ha kikoshishi 30 na kohi so wagimo! 5, 6 Note the word-play _Imo_ and _Se_ (_imose_)--see the translation. 31 _wagimo_ here means ‘my lady’. For _tamahokono_ see List m. k. 182 Shinatatsu 1 Tsukuma Sanukata Okinaga no Wochi no ko suge amanaku ni 5 i-kari mochi-ki shikanaku ni i-kari mochi-kite okite are wo shinubasu 10 Okinaga no Wochi no ko-suge! 1 _shinatatsu_ is not to be confounded with the m. k. _shinateru_. 5 _amanaku_ = _amanu_ (neg. of _amu_, weave, plait). 7 _shikanaku_ = _shikanu_ (neg. of _shiku_, spread). 183 Kakemaku mo 1 aya ni kashikoshi Fujihara no Miyako shimimi ni hito ha shi mo 5 michite aredomo kimi ha shi mo ohoku imasedo yuki kaharu toshi no wo nagaku 10 tsukahe-koshi kimi no mikado wo ame no goto afugite mitsutsu kashikokedo 15 omohi tanomite itsushika mo [waga ohokimi no ame no shita] shiroshi-imashite 20 mochitsukino tatahashikemu to waga ’moheru miko no mikoto ha haru sareba 25 Uwetsuki ga uhe no tohotsuhito matsu no shita ji yu noborashite kuni mi asobashi 30 nagatsuki no shigure no aki ha ohotono no migiri shimimi ni tsuyu ohite 35 nabikeru hagi wo tamatasuki kakete shinubashi mi yuki furu fuyu no ashita ha 40 sashiyanagi ne-bari adzusa wo ohomi te ni torashi tamahite asobashishi 45 waga ohokimi wo keburi tatsu haru no hi kurashi masokagami miredo akaneba 50 yorodzu yo ni kaku shi mo ga mo to ohobuneno tanomeru toki ni aga namida 55 me ka mo madohasu ohotono wo furi-sake mireba shirotaheni kazari-matsurite 60 uchihisasu miya no toneri ha tahe no ho no asa kinu keru ha ime ka mo 65 utsutsu ka mo to kumoriyono madoheru hodo ni asamoyoshi Kinohe michi yu 70 tsunusahafu Ihare wo mitsutsu kamu hafuri hafurimatsureba yuku michi no 75 tadzuki wo shirani