Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse no kaha no kamitsu se ni u wo yatsu kadzuke shimotsu se ni 5 u wo yatsu kadzuke kamitsu se no ayu wo kuhashime shimotsu se no ayu wo kuhashime 10 kuhashi imo ni taguhite mashi wo naguru-sa no tohozakari wite omofu sora 15 yasukaranaku ni nageku sora yasukaranaku ni kinu koso ha sore yarenureba 20 nuhitsutsu mo mata mo afu to ihe tama koso ha wo no tayenureba kukuritsutsu 25 mata mo afu to ihe mata mo ahanu mono ha imo ni shi arikeri. 1-10 introductory to _kuhashi imo_. In the use of _kuhashime_ there is an imitation or a reminiscence of the Kojiki lay (K. App. LXXVI) translated in the notes to 177. _kuhashime_ = here, make-swallow, afterwards to disgorge. 13 _nagarusa_, as far as an arrow can be shot. 25 Note the curious script for _kuku_ (_kukuri_) the figures 81 are used, 81 = 9 x 9 = _ku ku_. For _komorikuno_ see List m. k. 190 Komorikuno 1 Hatsuse no yama awohatano Osaka no yama ha washiri-de no 5 yoroshiki yama no ide-tachi no kuhashiki yama so atarashiki yama no 10 aremakurashi wo. 5 _washiri-de_ = _hashiri-de_, run out, tower, rise high. 9 _atarashiki_, not here ‘new’ but _oshimubeshi_ = what may be prized, valued, regretted, excellent. For _komorikuno_, _awohatano_ see List m. k. 191 Taka yama to 1 umi koso ha yama nagara kaku mo utsushiku umi nagara 5 shika mo tada narame hito ha hana mono so utsusemino yo hito. 10 2, 6 _koso_ to be read with _narame_. 3, 5 _nagara_ is, just as, exactly as = _na[ru] kara[da]_. 4 _utsushiku_ here means real, actual. For _utsusemino_ see List m. k. 192 Ohokimi no 1 mikoto kashikomi Akitsushima Yamato wo sugite Ohotomo no 5 Mitsu no hama-he yu ohobune ni ma-kaji shizhi nuki asa nagi ni kako no kowe yobi 10 yufu nagi ni kaji no ’to shitsutsu yukishi kimi itsu ki-masamu to nusa okite 15 ihahi-wataru ni taha-koto ya hito no ihitsuru waga kokoro Tsukushi no yama no 20 momijibano chiri-sugi nishi to kimi ga tadaka wo. Taha-koto ya 1 hito no ihitsuru tamanowono nagaku to kimi ha iiteshi mono wo. 5 15 Motowori reads _mitegura_, Okabe _yufu ke okite_. The Kogi reading, here adopted, seems simpler and sufficient. 19 _waga kokoro_, is here an exclamation. 21 _momiji-ba_ is to be read with _chiri-_ of _chirisugi_ (22), and this with the last line. For _momijibano_, _tamanowono_ see List m. k. 193