Asa sareba 1 imo ga te ni maku kagaminasu Mitsu no hama-bi ni ohobune ni 5 ma kaji shizhi nuki Kara kuni ni watari yukamu to tadamukafu Minume wo sashite 10 shiho machite mi-wo-biki yukeba oki-he ni ha shiranami takami ura-mi yori 15 kogite watareba wagimokoni Ahade no shima ha yufu sareba kumo-wi kakurinu 20 sayo fukete yuku-he wo shirani agakokoro Akashi no ura ni fune tomete 25 ukine wo shitsutsu watatsumi no oki-he wo mireba izari suru ama no wotome ha 30 wo-bune nori tsurara ni ukeri akatoki no shiho michi kureba ashi-he ni ha 35 tadzu naki wataru asa nagi ni funa-de wo semu to funa-bito mo kako mo kowe yobi 40 niho-dori no nadzusahi yukeba Iheshima ha kumo-wi ni miyenu aga ’moheru 45 kokoro nagu ya to hayaku kite mimu to omohite ohobune wo waga kogi yukeba 50 okitsu nami takaku tachikinu yoso nomi ni mitsutsu sugi-yuki Tama no ura ni 55 fune wo todomete hamabi yori ura iso wo mitsutsu nakukonasu ne nomi shi nakayu 60 watatsumi no ta-maki no tama wo ihe tsuto ni imo ni yaramu to hirihi-tori 65 sode ni hairete kaheshi-yaru tsukahi nakereba moteredomo shirushi wo nami to 70 mata okitsuru ka mo. In the script of this lay, as in that of the last and of many succeeding lays, the ideograms are entirely phonetic, or nearly so. 70 Observe use of _wo_, not here objectively. The m. k. (3) applies to _Mi[tsu]_, (9) to Mi(nume), (23) to Akashi ( = _akashi_, bright, be clear). For _kagaminasu_, _tadamukafu_, _wagimokoni_, _agakokoro_, _nakukonasu_ see List m. k. MAKI XV, NAKA 200 Yuki no shima ni itarite Yuki no Murazhi Yakamori ga tachimachi ye-yami nite mi makareru toki yomeru uta. Sumerogi no 1 toho no Mikado to Kara kuni ni wataru waga se ha ihe-bito no 5 ihahi matane ka tatami ka mo ayamachi shikemu aki saraba kaheri-masamu to 10 tarachineno haha ni mawoshite toki mo sugi tsuki mo henureba kefu ka komu 15 asu ka mo komu to ihebito ha machi kofuramu ni toho no kuni imada mo tsukazu 20 Yamato wo mo tohoku sakarite iha ga ne no araki shima-ne yadori sura kimi! 25 Ihata-nu ni 1 yadori suru kimi ihebito no idzura to ware wo tohaba ikani ihamu! 5 6 _ihahi matane [ba] ka_, is it they do not go on honouring…? For _tarachineno_ see List m. k. 201