12 _ashige_, reed-like in colour, grey; _ashigebuchi_, dappled grey. The envoy is--_Koromode wo_ | _ashige no uma no_ | _ibayu kowe_ | _kokoro are ka mo_ | _tsune yu ke ni naku_. Here the m. k. _koromode_, vestment-sleeve, is curiously applied to _ashige_ as similar in sound to _osoki_ = _uhagi_ = outer or over-garment. The meaning of _ke ni_ (異) is, differently, strangely, specially. For _momoshinuno_ see List m. k. 186 Shirakumono 1 tanabiku kuni no awokumono muka-busu kuni no amakumono 5 shita naru hito ha a nomi ka mo kimi ni kofuramu are nomi shi kimi ni kofureba. 10 1-6 indicate all men under heaven. 1 _shirakumono_ applies to clouds on which the sun is shining, _awokumo_ to clouds unsunned. For _shirakumono_, _awokumono_, _amakumono_, see List m. k. The Kogi separates this lay from the next to which, in some editions, it serves as an introduction. 187 Ame tsuchi ni 1 michi-tarahashite kofuru ka mo mune no yameru omohe ka mo 5 kokoro no itaki aga kohi so hi ni ke ni masaru itsu ha shi mo kohinu toki to ha 10 aranedomo kono nagatsuki wo waga seko ga shinubi ni seyo to chi yo ni mo 15 shinubi wataredo yorodzu yo ni katari to tsugahe hazhimete shi kono nagatsuki no 20 sugimaku wo ita mo sube nami aratamano tsuki no kahareba semu sube no 25 tadoki wo shirani iha ga ne no kogoshiki michi no iha-toko no ne-haheru kado ni 30 ashita ni ha ide-wite nageki yufu-he ni ha iri-wi kohitsutsu. 8 Read as _ini-kihenuru ni masaru_. 10 _kohinu_ is negative. 14 _seyo_, perhaps a sort of (logical) 1st pers. imperative. 30 _ne-haheru_, _nehafu_, or _nebafu_, apparently means extended entrance, referring to gallery approaching tomb-chamber. 31 _ashita_ is here ‘morning’, not merely ‘morrow’. For _aratamano_ see List m. k. 188 Nubatamano 1 kuro kami shikite hito no nuru uma-i ha nezu ni ohobuneno 5 yukura yukura ni omohitsutsu aga nuru yora ha yomi mo ahenu ka mo. 9 _yomi_, here ‘count’. For _nubatamano_, _ohobuneno_ see List m. k. 189